TWO ILLUMINATED LEAVES FROM PERSIAN MANUSCRIPTS: 1) KHOSROW WATCHES SHIRIN BATHING, FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF NIZAMI'S KHAMSA, PERSIA, SAFAVID, 17TH CENTURY; 2) AN ILLUSTRATED LEAF FROM AN IDENTIFIED PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT DEPICTING A FALLEN MAN, PERSIA, SAFAVID, 16TH CENTURY |

gouache heightened with gold on paper, 1) with 6 lines of black nasta’liq above and below the scene; 2) with 23 lines of black nasta’liq, both pages’ borders with gold scrolls

H.K. Monif (d.1968), New York, 1940s, thence by descent.

Both are in good condition, minor flaking and losses to the painting, minor consolidation tape on the back and minor stains, as viewed.
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