LADIES REVIVING THEIR FAINTING MISTRESS

Lot 57
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 57 | LADIES REVIVING THEIR FAINTING MISTRESS
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£ 8 000 – 12 000
LADIES REVIVING THEIR FAINTING MISTRESS
BUKHARA, MID-16TH CENTURY
Probably from the Khamsa of 'Ali Shir Nava'i, opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on paper, 5ll. black Chagatai nasta'liq arranged in two columns above, one half line of text below, set within gold and black rules, pasted down onto a later album page between a gold and polychrome arabesque border, the blue margins illuminated with floral lattice and birds, the verso plain
Painting 4 1/8 x 3 ½in. (10.5 x 8.8cm.) at largest; text panel 6 ¼ x 3 ½in. (15.8 x 8.8cm.); folio 11 ¾ x 8in. (29.7 x 20.2cm.)




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Private Collection, UK, since the 1980s from which acquired by the present owner
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