KHUSRAW KILLS THE LION WITH HIS FIST

Lot 59
31.03.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 59 | KHUSRAW KILLS THE LION WITH HIS FIST
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KHUSRAW KILLS THE LION WITH HIS FIST

SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

An illustration from the Khamsa of Nizami Ganjavi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, four columns of black nasta'liq above and below, within gold and polychrome rules, illustration cropped and laid down within paper margins, catchword, the reverse with 12ll. of nasta'liq arranged in four columns written on the diagonal and horizontal, a heading in gold, minor repairs

Painting 6 x 5 3⁄8in. (15.5 x 13.7cm.); text panel 8 5⁄8 x 4 3⁄4in. (21.9 x 12.1cm.); folio 11 3⁄4 x 7 3⁄8in. (29.8 x 18.8cm.);







Literature

B.W. Robinson, Catalogue of a loan exhibition of Persian Miniature Paintings from British Collections, London, 1957, no.89, p.26.





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Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1951
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