ID 1033182
Lot 66 | THE FEAST OF ISKANDAR AND NUSHABA
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
CALLIGRAPHY BY MIR HUSAYN AL-HUSAYNI, KNOWN AS MIR KOLANGI, SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY
From the Sharafnama from a Khamsa of Nizami Ganjavi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with 4ll. neat black nasta'liq at the top of the painting and 4ll. at the bottom, verso with 20ll. neat black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, set within gold and polychrome rules, catchword, folio mounted in double-sided card mount, some repainting
Painting 7 ½ x 5 ¾in. (19 x 14.5cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 6 7/8in. (29 x 17.5cm.)
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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