TWO ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A KHAMSA OF NIZAMI

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£ 2 772
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27.10.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 83 | TWO ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A KHAMSA OF NIZAMI
TWO ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A KHAMSA OF NIZAMI

SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, FIRST HALF 16TH CENTURY

Depicting the battle between the Nawfal and Leila's tribe and Iskandar's journey to the Land of Darkness, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the first folio with 2ll. above and one below of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, set within gold and polychrome rules, cropped margins, the verso with 19ll. text similarly arranged, the second folio with 3ll. above and 4ll. below of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, within gold and polychrome rules, plain margins, librarian's stamp, the verso with 22ll. text similarly arranged and '1415' sticker in top left, flyleaf

Largest painting 7 1/8 x 3 ½in. (18 x 9cm.); folio 10 ½ x 6in. (26.8 x 15.3cm.)





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Iskandar's journey to the Land of Darkness, Anon sale, Christie's London, 20 October 1994, lot 292
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