ID 1178412
Lot 51 | KHUSRAW PARVIZ AND BAHRAM CHUBINA PARLEY ON THE EVE OF BATTLE
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
ATTRIBUTED TO MU'IN MUSAVVIR, SAFAVID ISFAHAN, IRAN, CIRCA 1660
An illustration from the Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with 17ll. of black nasta'liq above and below arranged in four columns, verso with 27ll. of black nasta'liq with section heading picked out in red, set within gold and polychrome rules, the margins plain, catchword
Text panel 10 5⁄8 x 6 ¼in. (26.9 x 16cm.); folio 13 5⁄8 x 8 ¾in. (34.6 x 22.1cm.)
Provenance
With Richard Ettinghausen (d.1979),
Sotheby's London, 25 April 2012, lot 480
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| 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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