ID 828593 
Lot 29  | THE BATTLE BETWEEN NAWFAL AND LEILA'S ARMIES
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000 
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.)
Provenance
Estate of Rosamond Bernier (1916-2016)
| Applied technique: | Gouache | 
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) | 
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects | 
| Applied technique: | Gouache | 
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) | 
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia | 
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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