ID 1306472
Lot 51 | RUSTAM UNSADDLES AFRASIYAB
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
From a Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with 2ll. black nasta'liq above arranged in two columns and 9ll. below in four columns, the reverse with 23II. of black nasta'liq within double gold intercolumnar rules, one heading in gold, laid down on card borders
Painting 5 ½ x 5in. (14 x 12.6cm.); text panel 9 ½ x 8in. (24 x 20.4cm.); folio 13 x 8in. (33 x 20.3cm.)
Provenance
Arthur Millier (1893-1975),
Thence by descent until 2015, when acquired by the present owner
| Art style: | Timurid (1378-1506) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Art style: | Timurid (1378-1506) |
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| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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