RUSTAM KICKING AWAY THE BOULDER PUSHED BY BAHMAN - photo 1

RUSTAM KICKING AWAY THE BOULDER PUSHED BY BAHMAN

Lot 41
31.03.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
Classic
Sold
£ 4 842 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
Buyer Premiumsee on Website%
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 727234
Lot 41 | RUSTAM KICKING AWAY THE BOULDER PUSHED BY BAHMAN
Estimate value
£ 2 500 000 – 4 000 000
RUSTAM KICKING AWAY THE BOULDER PUSHED BY BAHMAN

ATTRIBUTED TO AQA MIRAK, ASSISTED BY QASIM BIN 'ALI, SAFAVID TABRIZ, CIRCA 1530

Folio 451 from the Shah Tahmasp Shahnama, gouache heightened with silver and gold on paper, panels of Persian nasta'liq verses in four columns above and below between gold and black rules, in gold and coloured ruled margin, gold-sprinkled leaf, the reverse with 22ll. of nasta'liq arranged in four columns, an illuminated heading panel below, in similar margins

Painting 8 1⁄4 x 8 3⁄8in. (20.8 x 21.2cm.); folio 18 1⁄2 x 12 1⁄4in. (47.2 x 31.1cm.)







Provenance

Commissioned by Shah Isma'il, circa 1522

Completed under his son Shah Tahmasp, circa 1525–1540; by whom presented in 1568 to

Sultan Selim II; thence by descent

Baron Edmund de Rothschild, Paris (d.1934), purchased in 1903, thence by descent to

Baron Maurice de Rothschild, Paris, (d.1957), sold from his estate in 1959 to

Arthur A. Houghton Jr., USA by whom consigned to Agnews, London, 1977, from where sold to

The British Rail Pension Fund, sold Sotheby’s London, 23 April 1996, lot 14, to Private Collection, USA





Literature

M. B. Dickson and Stuart Cary Welch, The Houghton Shahnameh, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1981

Sheila Canby, The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: The Persian Book of Kings, New York, 2011





Special notice


These lots have been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Art style:Safavid (1506-1722)
Place of origin:Iran, Asia
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
26.03.2022 – 30.03.2022
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
4FQ.AYGKAGLUQ@FO3G@
Buyer Premium see on Website
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase

Related terms

Frequently asked questions

First of all, you should register to be able to purchase at auction. After confirming your email address, enter your personal information in your user profile, such as your first name, last name, and mail address. Choose a lot from the upcoming auction and the maximum amount you want to place on it. After confirmation of your choice, we will send your application by e-mail to the appropriate auction house. If the auction house accepts a request, it will participate in the auction. You can view the current status of a bid at any time in your personal account in the "Bids" section.
Auctions are performed by auction houses and each of the auction houses describes their terms of auction. You can see the texts in the section "Auction information".
The results of the auction are published within a few days after the end of the auction. In the top menu of the site, find the tab "Auctions". Click on it and you will be on the auction catalog page, where you can easily find the category "Results". After opening it, select the desired auction from the list, enter and view the current status of the interested lot.
The information about the auction winners is confidential. The auction winner will receive a direct notification from the auction house responsible with instructions for further action: an invoice for payment and the manner in which the goods will be received.
Each of the auction houses has its own payment policy for the won lots. All auction houses accept bank transfers, most of them accept credit card payments. In the near future you will find detailed information for each case in the section "Auction information" on the page of the auction catalog and the lot.
Shipment of the won lot depends on its size. Small items can be delivered by post. Larger lots are sent by courier. Employees of the auction houses will offer you a wide range to choose from.
No. The archive serves as a reference for the study of auction prices, photographs and descriptions of works of art.