ID 727362
Lot 60 | THE SENDING OF GARSHASP'S LETTER TO THE KING OF THE TURKS
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
ATTRIBUTABLE TO BISHAN DAS, MUGHAL INDIA, FIRST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY
An illustrated folio from the Garshaspnama of Asadi Tusi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, four columns of black nasta'liq above and below with heading in gold against a blue ground, set within gold and polychrome rules, borders with flowering vine on a red ground, buff coloured margins embellished with gold lotuses and other flowers, laid down on card, the reverse plain
Painting 3 1⁄8 x 4 1⁄4in. (7.9 x 10.8cm.); text panel 8 5⁄8 x 4 3⁄4in. (21.9 x 12cm.); folio 13 5⁄8 x 9in. (34.5 x 22.8cm.)
| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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