ID 727120
Lot 55 | THREE FOLIOS FROM LAYLA WA MAJNUN
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
PROBABLY SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, CIRCA 1520
Three illustrated folios from the Khamsa of Nizami, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, four columns of black nasta'liq above and below, the reverse with 18ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, two folios with headings in blue naskh against a gold scrolling ground, set within gold and polychrome rules, two folios with margins cropped
Painting 4 1⁄2 x 3 3⁄4in. (11.3 x 9.6cm.); text panel 7 1⁄8 x 4 1⁄4in. (18.2 x 10.8cm.); folio 12 1⁄4 x 7 1⁄2 (31.1 x 19cm.)
Provenance
Folio 1, Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 9 December 1970, lot 240
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
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