TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A KHUSRAWNAMA AND ASRARNAMA OF `ATTAR

Lot 61
01.05.2025 11:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 61 | TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A KHUSRAWNAMA AND ASRARNAMA OF 'ATTAR
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£ 7 000 – 10 000
TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A KHUSRAWNAMA AND ASRARNAMA OF 'ATTAR
SULTANATE INDIA, 15TH CENTURY
Both opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, one folio from the Asrarnama of 'Attar depicting the Prophet Muhammad in conversation with 'Ali, Abu Bakr, 'Umar, 'Uthman, and Bilal, with 2ll. black naskh arranged in two columns above and 3ll. below, within gold and blue rules, margins repaired; the other from the Khusrawnama of 'Attar depicting Khusraw and the daughter of the Zangi, 9ll. black naskh arranged in two columns below, within gold and blue rules, marginal annotations, each pasted onto mount, framed and glazed
Largest 6 1/8 x 4 ¾in. (15.5 x 12cm.); text panel 8 ½ x 4 ¾in. (21.8 x 12cm.); folio 11 x 7in. (28 x 17.5cm.)




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Muhsin Sayyid Mahdi, Massachusetts (1926-2007)
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