ID 1033068
Lot 55 | RUSTAM SLAYS THE WHITE ELEPHANT
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
TIMURID SHIRAZ, CIRCA 1450
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with 9ll. of black nasta'liq above and below arranged in four columns within gold and blue rules, catchword, the reverse with 15ll. of black nasta'liq of which 4ll. are set diagonally, title in gold thuluth against spiralling floral scroll, with H. Kevorkian Collection' sticker on face
Painting 5 ¾ x 6 ¼ (14.6 x 15.7cm.); text panel 9 x 6 3/8in. (22.8 x 16.2cm.); folio 13 x 9in. (32.8 x 22.9cm.)
Provenance
Hagop Kevorkian Collection (label on the back)
| 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 |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |||||
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