ID 932243
Lot 3 | ISKANDAR COMFORTS THE DYING DARA
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
SIGNED MU'IN MUSAVVIR, SAFAVID ISFAHAN, FROM A MANUSCRIPT DATED AH 1059/1648-49 AD
From a Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with lines of nasta'liq in four columns above and below in clouds reserved against gold, the margins with further nasta'liq verse arranged diagonally, the chapter heading in blue thuluth on gold ground, the outer margin with artist's signature, laid down within gold and polychrome rules on gold-speckled card
Painting 9 1/4 x 4 1/2in. (23.5 x 11.6cm.); folio 36 1/2 x 12 3/8in. (46.9 x 30.7cm.)
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia, Persia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| Genre: | Mythological painting |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia, Persia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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