THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FIRDAWSI

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£ 5 292
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Lot 79 | THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FIRDAWSI
THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FIRDAWSI

TIMURID AND SAFAVID IRAN, CIRCA 1440 AND 16TH CENTURY AND SULTANATE INDIA, 15TH CENTURY

Depicting a young Rustam killing the white elephant; Bihzan and the Boars; and the Simurgh discovering Zal, opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on paper, each with text in either nasta'liq or naskh above and below, one mounted

Largest folio 13 3/8 x 8 5/8in. (34 x 22cm.)





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The Simurgh Discovers Zal, Anon sale, Christie's, South Kensington, 20 October 1994, lot 293 (part lot)
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