KASHMIR, 19TH CENTURY

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ISKANDAR WITH THE SAGES ILLYAS AND KHIRZ
KASHMIR, 19TH CENTURY
An illustrated folio from a Khamsa of Nizami, gouache heightened with gold on paper, with a line of text in black nasta'liq at either corner, between red and blue-ruled gold frame, mounted, framed and glazed
Miniature 8 x 4 5/8in. (20.5 x 11.8cm.)

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Lot Essay

An almost identical depiction of the same scene in Nizami's Khamsa is in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. They were probably painted by the same artist (Pratapaditya Pal, The Art of Kashmir, New York, 2008, p.182, fig.200).

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