Lot Essay
The manuscript from which this miniature comes was produced in Qazwin in 973.
QAZWIN, AH 973/1565-6 AD
Details
Illustration from the Shahnameh
Qazwin, AH 973/1565-6 AD
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, with Bahram Gur on horseback performing his amazing feat of bowmanship while Azada and other ladies and nobles look on, lines of black nasta'liq above and below, small holes and slight repainting
Folio 13¼ x 8 7/8in. (33.7 x 33.5cm.)
Qazwin, AH 973/1565-6 AD
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, with Bahram Gur on horseback performing his amazing feat of bowmanship while Azada and other ladies and nobles look on, lines of black nasta'liq above and below, small holes and slight repainting
Folio 13¼ x 8 7/8in. (33.7 x 33.5cm.)