ID 1178380
Lot 77 | THE MURDER OF KHUSRAW
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
BUKHARA, UZBEKISTAN, CIRCA 1570
An illustration from 'Abdullah Hatifi's Khusraw and Shirin, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, two panels containing black nasta'liq reserved in a cloud against gold within the painted area, set within narrow blue and gold borders, black and blue rules, laid down within gold-sprinkled margins, '29' in the upper left margin, the verso with 24ll. black nasta'liq arranged in four columns with gold intercolumnar rules, heading in red, within gold and blue rules, the margins plain, catchword
Painting 9 x 6 ½in. (22.7 x 16.5cm.); folio 13 ½ x 8 ½in. (34.2 x 22.5cm.)
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Uzbekistan |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Gouache |
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Uzbekistan |
| 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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