Arts of the Islamic World and India, including Fine Rugs and Carpets

Arts of the Islamic World and India, including Fine Rugs and Carpets

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 42. An illustration from Nizami’s Khosrow and Shirin: The battle between Khosrow and Bahram Chubin, India, Mughal, circa 1600.

An illustration from Nizami’s Khosrow and Shirin: The battle between Khosrow and Bahram Chubin, India, Mughal, circa 1600

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Auction Closed

April 26, 01:36 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

gouache heightened with gold on paper, narrow gold border with coloured rules, blue stained margins decorated with an arabesque of gold foliate and lotus palmette scrolls, black nasta'liq text in four columns above and below, verso with 21 lines of black nasta'liq text in four columns


painting: 20.5 by 12.3cm.

leaf: 32.3 by 21cm.