ID 1306410
Lot 62 | TWO ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM AN AJA'IB AL-MAKHLUQAT OF QAZWINI
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000
TURKMAN SHIRAZ, IRAN, LATE 15TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, each folio with two polychrome illustrations in opaque pigments within a single grey rule, 17ll. black nasta'liq with key words and headings in gold, blue and red, set within gold and grey rules, the margins plain, restoration, mounted on card
Text panel 6 1/8 x 3 7/8in. (15.5 x 9.8cm.); folio 9 1/8 x 6 3/8in. (23.4 x 16.1cm.)
Provenance
Paul Richard Loewi (1879-1939)
Thence by descent to the current owner
| Applied technique: | Painted |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Painted |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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