拍品专文
This is a scene rarely illustrated.
细节
The women of Kipchak
Shiraz circa 1520
gouache heightened with gold on paper, a page from the Nizami of Haft Paikar showing Iskander in an orange tunic sitting astride his chestnut horse on the crest of the hill accompanied by two attendants, watching the results of his attempt to persuade the women of Kipchak to veil their faces by setting up a wooden carving of a veiled bride, four columns of nasta'liq text above and below, gold margin between black rules, blue outer rule, (minor wear), verso with further text, mounted
miniature 7½ x 3¾in. (18.8 x 9.8cm.)
leaf 10½ x 5¾in. (26.8 x 14.8cm.)
Shiraz circa 1520
gouache heightened with gold on paper, a page from the Nizami of Haft Paikar showing Iskander in an orange tunic sitting astride his chestnut horse on the crest of the hill accompanied by two attendants, watching the results of his attempt to persuade the women of Kipchak to veil their faces by setting up a wooden carving of a veiled bride, four columns of nasta'liq text above and below, gold margin between black rules, blue outer rule, (minor wear), verso with further text, mounted
miniature 7½ x 3¾in. (18.8 x 9.8cm.)
leaf 10½ x 5¾in. (26.8 x 14.8cm.)