THE BATTLE BETWEEN NAWFAL AND LEILA`S ARMIES

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27.10.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 29 | THE BATTLE BETWEEN NAWFAL AND LEILA'S ARMIES
THE BATTLE BETWEEN NAWFAL AND LEILA'S ARMIES

SAFAVID SHIRAZ, SOUTH IRAN, CIRCA 1520

An illustration from the Khamsa of Nizami, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, four columns of black nasta'liq above and below, the reverse with 23ll. black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, set within gold and blue rules, marginal notations in pencil

Painting 6 1/8 x 4 3/8in. (15.5 x 11cm.); text box 8 1/2 x 4 5/8in. (21.7 x 11.8cm.); folio 11 1/4 x 7 3/8in. (28.5 x 18.8cm.)





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Estate of Rosamond Bernier (1916-2016)
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