TWO ALBUM PAGES: A HERON LANDING AND TWO CRANES STANDING IN A POOL - photo 1
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TWO ALBUM PAGES: A HERON LANDING AND TWO CRANES STANDING IN A POOL

Lot 29
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 9 450
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1178449
Lot 29 | TWO ALBUM PAGES: A HERON LANDING AND TWO CRANES STANDING IN A POOL
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
TWO ALBUM PAGES: A HERON LANDING AND TWO CRANES STANDING IN A POOL

THE HERON ASCRIBED TO 'ABD AL-HAYY, BOTH IN THE STYLE OF JALAYIRID MESOPOTAMIA OR TABRIZ CIRCA 1370-80, PROBABLY 19TH/20TH CENTURY

The heron opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper laid down on card, an inscription in black nasta'liq above the right foot, two small pages of Persian poetry written in nasta'liq at the diagonal, horizontal and vertical, separated by an illuminated medallion below, a strip of marbled paper above, within gold and polychrome rules, plain buff inner border and pink outer border, the verso plain; the cranes opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper laid down on card, 4ll. black nasta'liq on the diagonal and arranged in two columns in the upper left, within gold and black rules, light pink outer border, the verso plain

Heron 10 ¾ x 9 ¾in. (27.4 x 24.6cm.); folio 14 3⁄8 x 9 ½in. (36.6 x 24cm.); cranes 13 x 9in. (33.1 x 23cm.); folio 14 3⁄8 x 9in. (36.6 x 24.3cm.)





Inscribed

The painting of the heron inscribed on the left above the right foot of the bird, qalam-i khwaja 'abd al-hayy naqqash mahmud shah al-khayyam, 'The work of Khwaja 'Abd al-Hayy the painter, Mahmud Shah al-Khayyam'
Applied technique:Gouache
Art style:Timurid (1378-1506)
Place of origin:Iran, Asia
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
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