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Lot 116
  • 116

An Illustrated and Illuminated Leaf from Muhammad Ibn Suleyman's (known as Fazuli) Hadikat al-Su'ada ('Garden of the Blessed'): Imam 'Ali and his Council, Ottoman Baghdad, 16th century

Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Gouache & Gold on Paper
gouache heightened with gold on paper, depicting Imam 'Ali sitting in the centre within a rocky landscape, holding a scroll, surrounded by figures, horses in the background 

Exhibited

Couleurs d'Orient, Brussels 2010.

Literature

Brussels 2010, p.16.

Condition

In good overall condition, colours vivid and gold bright, as viewed.
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