Leaf from the Khalila wa Dimna

SHIRAZ, 1333 AD

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Leaf from the Khalila wa Dimna
Shiraz, 1333 AD
From Nasr Allah's Persian version of Bidpai's Khalila wa Dimna, manuscript leaf illustrated on both sides, gouache heightened with gold on paper, RECTO two richly dressed courtiers sit in an interior, two attendants stand nearby, one with a crow perched on his arm, VERSO with two cockerels flanked by two men in stylised landscape, both miniatures with 16ll. of sepia naskh above and below, some smudging, staining, flaking of paint
Miniature 8 x 3¾in. (20 x 9.5cm); Leaf 13 x 8in. (33 x 20cm.)

Lot Essay

Leaves from this dispersed manuscript are to be found in the British Museum and in various collections in America. For further details see: Pope, A.U.: A Survey of Persian Art, Oxford, 1938, pls.819-821; Grube, E.J.: Muslim Miniature Paintings, Venice, 1962; and Canby, S.: Persian Painting, London, 1993, pp.34-37.

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