ID 1306538
Lot 57 | LADIES REVIVING THEIR FAINTING MISTRESS
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
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.)
Provenance
Private Collection, UK, since the 1980s from which acquired by the present owner
| Applied technique: | Gouache, Painted |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache, Painted |
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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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