RUSTAM RESCUES BIHZAN FROM THE PIT

Lot 65
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Lot 65 | RUSTAM RESCUES BIHZAN FROM THE PIT
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RUSTAM RESCUES BIHZAN FROM THE PIT

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.
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