FARHAD IS BROUGHT BEFORE KHUSRAW
FARHAD IS BROUGHT BEFORE KHUSRAW

SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY

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FARHAD IS BROUGHT BEFORE KHUSRAW
SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
From the Khamsa of Nizami, gouache heightened with gold on paper, Farhad, wearing orange robes, is depicted kneeling before an enthroned Khusraw, a number of turbaned courtiers kneel around them, a number of rubbed identification inscriptions, lines of nasta'liq above and below arranged in four columns and with further lines on the diagonal, areas of scuffing and creasing, some wormholing, mounted
Painting 5¼ x 5 1/8in. (13.2 x 13cm.); folio 8 7/8 x 5½in. (22.9 x 14cm.)

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