拍品 65
  • 65

TWO LEAVES FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF NIZAMI’S KHAMSA: 1) THE TITLE PAGE OF LAYLA WA MAJNUN; 2) AN ILLUSTRATION OF BAHRAM GUR IN THE BLUE PAVILION, PERSIA, TURKMAN, END OF 15TH CENTURY |

估價
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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描述

  • watercolour on paper
  • leaves: 26.7 by 16.8 cm.painting: 20.3 by 10.2 cm.
1) gouache heightened with gold on paper, the painting surmounted by 10 lines of fine nasta’liq within 4 columns; 2) the leaf on the right hand side with 12 lines of fine nasta’liq surmounted by a gold and polychrome headpiece

來源

H.K. Monif, New York, 1940s, thence by descent.

Condition

In good condition, mounted, the painting with minor flaking and very minor re-painting, the margins are clean with minor stains and few consolidation to the paper, the reverse of the painting with a collection label of H.K. Monif, the headpiece in very good condition, as viewed.
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