Arts of the Islamic World & India

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An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: The arrival of Rustam before Kai Kavus, Persia, Qazwin, Safavid, last quarter 16th century

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October 25, 04:59 PM GMT

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

gouache and ink heightened with gold on paper, ruled in gold, red and black, verso with later added miniature depicting a tiger and cheetah attaching gazelles

painting: 23 by 17cm. (recto); 28 by 17cm. (verso)

leaf: 35.7 by 23.7cm.

Private Collection, Denmark, 1960s, thence by descent.