QAZVIN, CIRCA 1580
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Iskander visiting the Ka'ba
Qazvin, circa 1580
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a group of pilgrims circle the Ka'ba, others sit on prayer mats behind or watch from the balconies above, servants fetch water for ablutions, two angels fly above the black stone, flaking, staining, and small damages, 4ll. of black nasta'liq above and below arranged in 4 columns within gold clouds, mounted on a related manuscript leaf
Miniature 12½ x 8¾in. (32 x 22cm.)
Qazvin, circa 1580
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a group of pilgrims circle the Ka'ba, others sit on prayer mats behind or watch from the balconies above, servants fetch water for ablutions, two angels fly above the black stone, flaking, staining, and small damages, 4ll. of black nasta'liq above and below arranged in 4 columns within gold clouds, mounted on a related manuscript leaf
Miniature 12½ x 8¾in. (32 x 22cm.)
Provenance
Hagop Kevorkian, sold Sotheby's 7 April 1975, lot 37