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WORKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE SAEED MOTAMED (LOTS 211-218)
KHUSRAW AND SHIRIN ENJOYING MUSIC
SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, 1530-40 AD
Details
KHUSRAW AND SHIRIN ENJOYING MUSIC
SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, 1530-40 AD
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the couple seated on a gold throne, surrounded with attendants fanning them, reading or playing music, the scene set in a richly decorated palace interior, with lines of text in small black nasta'liq script above and below arranged in six columns, within gold, black and blue rules, old damage and waterstaining, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 9¾ x 6¾in. (24.7 x 17.2cm.)
SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, 1530-40 AD
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the couple seated on a gold throne, surrounded with attendants fanning them, reading or playing music, the scene set in a richly decorated palace interior, with lines of text in small black nasta'liq script above and below arranged in six columns, within gold, black and blue rules, old damage and waterstaining, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 9¾ x 6¾in. (24.7 x 17.2cm.)
Provenance
Christie's, 20 April 1999, lot 361
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