Illustration from the Khalila wa Dimna

SHIRAZ, 1333 AD

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Illustration from the Khalila wa Dimna
Shiraz, 1333 AD
From Nasr Allah's Persian version of Bidpai's Khalila wa Dimna, manuscript leaf with gouache heightened with gold on paper, with a lion attacking a spotted bull on yellow ground, with 16ll. of sepia naskh above and below, one corner missing, light staining, mounted, framed and glazed
Leaf 11¾ x 7¼in. (30 x 18.5cm.)

拍品專文

Leaves from this dispersed manuscript are to be found in the British Museum and various collections in America.
Another leaf from this manuscript was sold in these rooms, October 15, 1996, lot 132.