ID 1178348
Lot 53 | THE BIRTH OF RUSTAM
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
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.)
Provenance
French Collection, circa 1950
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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