ISKANDAR SUMMONS HIS COMMANDERS

Lot 50
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 50 | ISKANDAR SUMMONS HIS COMMANDERS
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ISKANDAR SUMMONS HIS COMMANDERS

PROBABLY SAFAVID TABRIZ OR QAZVIN, IRAN, THIRD QUARTER 16TH CENTURY

An illustration from the Sharafnama of Nizami's Khamsa, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, set within gold, red and black rules, an inner border of sixteen rectangular cartouches containing black nasta'liq reserved in clouds against gold, a further larger rectangular cartouche of black nasta'liq above and below, gold-sprinkled pink outer border, the buff margins decorated with a gold star-lattice, laid down onto card, the verso plain, mounted, framed and glazed

Painting 6 ¾ x 5 1⁄8in. (17.2 x 13cm.); folio 12 7⁄8 x 8 7⁄8in. (32.8 x 23cm.)





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New York by 1971
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