THE WEDDING OF ZAL AND RUDABA

Lot 56
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 7 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1033155
Lot 56 | THE WEDDING OF ZAL AND RUDABA
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£ 7 000 – 10 000
THE WEDDING OF ZAL AND RUDABA

SAFAVID IRAN, CIRCA 1650

From a Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a line of black nasta'liq above and 3ll. below arranged in four columns, set within gold and polychrome rules, margins with a single plain gold medallion, verso with 21ll. similarly arranged, one heading in blue nasta'liq against a gold ground with narrow orange border, catchword

Text panel 8 7/8 x 6 7/8in. (22.5 x 17.6cm.); folio 14 ½ x 9 ¼in. (37 x 23.5cm.)

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