YUSUF IS TAKEN BEFORE POTIPHAR

Lot 49
31.03.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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ID 727157
Lot 49 | YUSUF IS TAKEN BEFORE POTIPHAR
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£ 2 500 – 3 500
YUSUF IS TAKEN BEFORE POTIPHAR

SAFAVID KHORASSAN, NORTH EASTERN IRAN, CIRCA 1570-80

An illustration from Yusuf wa Zulaykha of Jami, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 2ll. of black nasta'liq above and below on a scrolling ground, within gold and polychrome rules and wide gold-sprinkled margins, the reverse with 10ll. of nasta'liq, a heading in white on a gold illuminated panel

Painting 4 1⁄2 x 4in. (11.5 x 10.2cm.); text panel 5 5⁄8 x 3 1⁄8in. (14.3 x 8cm.); folio 10 3⁄4 x 6 7⁄8in. (27.2 x 17.3cm.)







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