ID 828686
Lot 65 | RUSTAM RESCUES BIHZAN FROM THE PIT
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
SUB-IMPERIAL MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1605
From the Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 2ll. black nasta'liq divided in four columns above and below, set between gold, black and red rules, the reverse with 25ll. black nasta'liq divided in four columns, headings in red, set between gold, red and black rules
Painting 6 3/4 x 4 3/4in. (17.5 x 12cm.); text panel 8 1/2 x 5in. (21.6 x 12.6cm.); folio 10 1/8 x 6 1/2in. (25.8 x 16.5cm.)
Provenance
Anon, sale, Sotheby's, New York, 20 March 2001, lot 27.
Literature
L.V. Habighorst, Moghul Ragamala, Koblenz, 2006, fig. 5.
L.V. Habighorst, Blumen - Bäume - Göttergärten, Koblenz, 2011, fig. 122, p. 150.
Exhibited
Blumen - Bäume - Göttergärten - Indische Malerei aus sechs Jahrhunderten, Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg, 17 March - 27 October 2013.
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Gold, Paper, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Gold, Paper, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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