THE BIRTH OF RUSTAM

Lot 53
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 53 | THE BIRTH OF RUSTAM
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£ 20 000 – 30 000
THE BIRTH OF RUSTAM

SIGNED HAJJI MUHAMMAD, SAFAVID IRAN, FROM A MANUSCRIPT DATED AH 1097 / 1685-6 AD

An illustration from a Shahnama, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with four columns of nasta'liq script above and below, verso with 10ll. of black nasta'liq, set within red and gold rules, the margins plain, signed, mounted, framed and glazed, the frame enclosing old notes in French, the painting trimmed from a larger folio

4 ¼ x 6in. (10.9 x 15.1cm.)





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French Collection, circa 1950
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