THREE FOLIOS FROM THE ISKANDARNAMA

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Lot 57 | THREE FOLIOS FROM THE ISKANDARNAMA
THREE FOLIOS FROM THE ISKANDARNAMA

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.)

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