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SAFAVID IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
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TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A KHAMSA OF NIZAMI
SAFAVID IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Khusraw sees Shirin bathing and Majnun is bought to Layla's tent, opaque pigments heightened withgold on paper, 3ll. and 2ll. of black nasta'liq above and 2ll. below arranged in four columns, within gold and polychrome rules, reverse with 20ll. of black nasta'liq, some written on the diagonal, a heading in white on a gold and polychrome illuminated panel, slight restoration, remargined
First painting, text panel 10 ¼ x 8 ½ (26 x 21.5cm.), folio 13 ¾ x 9in. (34.8 x 23cm.)
Second painting, text panel 10 ¼ x 8 ½in. (26.3 x 21.5cm.), folio 11 7⁄8 x 10 ¼in. (30.2 x 26.1cm.)
SAFAVID IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Khusraw sees Shirin bathing and Majnun is bought to Layla's tent, opaque pigments heightened withgold on paper, 3ll. and 2ll. of black nasta'liq above and 2ll. below arranged in four columns, within gold and polychrome rules, reverse with 20ll. of black nasta'liq, some written on the diagonal, a heading in white on a gold and polychrome illuminated panel, slight restoration, remargined
First painting, text panel 10 ¼ x 8 ½ (26 x 21.5cm.), folio 13 ¾ x 9in. (34.8 x 23cm.)
Second painting, text panel 10 ¼ x 8 ½in. (26.3 x 21.5cm.), folio 11 7⁄8 x 10 ¼in. (30.2 x 26.1cm.)
Provenance
Succession du Dr S., sold Pescheteau-Badin, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 12 décembre 2007, lot 81
Sotheby's Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 76
Sotheby's Paris, 18 November 2013, lot 76
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