ID 1306368
Lot 50 | KAY KHUSRAW, FARANGIS AND GIV CROSSING THE RIVER JIHUN (OXUS)
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
SHIRAZ, IRAN, SECOND HALF 15TH CENTURY
From a Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with 2ll. black nast'aliq above and 7ll. below arranged in four columns with one line set diagonally, set within gold rules, the reverse with 17ll. of which 2ll. set diagonally, the margins plain, catchword, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 4 1/8 x 6 3/8in. (10.6 x 16.1cm.); text panel 9 x 6 3/8in. (22.7 x 16.3cm.); folio 12 ¾ x 8 3/8in. (32.5 x 21.4cm.)
Provenance
Michael Goedhuis Ltd, Colnaghi Oriental, 8 August 1983
| Art style: | Timurid (1378-1506) |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Art style: | Timurid (1378-1506) |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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