ID 727324
Lot 57 | THREE FOLIOS FROM THE ISKANDARNAMA
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
PROBABLY SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, CIRCA 1520
Three illuminated folios from the Khamsa of Nizami Ganjavi, opaque pigments heightened with silver and gold on paper, four columns of black nasta'liq above and below, the reverse with four columns black nasta'liq written on the horizontal and diagonal, set within gold and polychrome rules, margins cropped
Painting 5 1⁄8 x 3 7⁄8in. (13.1 x 9.9cm.); folio 7 1⁄4 x 4 3⁄8in. (18.3 x 11cm.)
| 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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