THE FEAST OF ISKANDAR AND NUSHABA

Lot 66
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 8 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 66 | THE FEAST OF ISKANDAR AND NUSHABA
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
THE FEAST OF ISKANDAR AND NUSHABA

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.)

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