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TIMURID IRAN, LATE 14TH/EARLY 15TH CENTURY
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BAHRAM GUR, THE SHEPHERD, AND HIS DOG
TIMURID IRAN, LATE 14TH/EARLY 15TH CENTURY
An illustrated folio from the Haft Paykar of Nizami, gouache heightened with gold on paper, Bahram Gur in conversation with a shepherd beneath a tree, his dog hangs in the branches above, a black tent to one side and a saddled horse to the other, a gold sky above them, 11ll. of black nasta'liq in four double outlined columns below, the reverse with four columns of 25ll. of similar text, miniature with some scuffing, top of text panel on verso restored
Miniature 4½ x 5¼in. (11.5 x 13.5cm.); folio 10¼ x 7in. (26 x 17.8cm.)
TIMURID IRAN, LATE 14TH/EARLY 15TH CENTURY
An illustrated folio from the Haft Paykar of Nizami, gouache heightened with gold on paper, Bahram Gur in conversation with a shepherd beneath a tree, his dog hangs in the branches above, a black tent to one side and a saddled horse to the other, a gold sky above them, 11ll. of black nasta'liq in four double outlined columns below, the reverse with four columns of 25ll. of similar text, miniature with some scuffing, top of text panel on verso restored
Miniature 4½ x 5¼in. (11.5 x 13.5cm.); folio 10¼ x 7in. (26 x 17.8cm.)
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