ID 1033235 
Lot 57  | NUSHABA RECOGNISES ISKANDAR BY HIS PORTRAIT
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 15 000 
WESTERN IRAN, SECOND HALF 15TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with two columns of black nasta'liq above, and 4ll. black nasta'liq below, verso with 12ll. of black nasta'liq largely arranged in two columns, within gold and polychrome rules, mounted and framed
Painting 4 5/8 x 3 ¾in. (11.7 x 9.5cm); folio 9 ¼ x 6 ½in. (23.6 x 16.4cm.)
Provenance
Rothschild Collection (label on the back)
Hagop Kevorkian Collection (label on the back)
Museum of Asian & African Arts, Geneva (label on the back)
Private Collection, Switzerland
| Applied technique: | Gouache | 
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| Art style: | Timurid (1378-1506) | 
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
| Applied technique: | Gouache | 
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| Art style: | Timurid (1378-1506) | 
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia | 
| Auction house category: | Paintings | 
| Address of auction | 
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