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Five illustrated folios
from Persian manuscripts, gouache heightened with gold on paper, two from the same manuscript showing Yusuf and a battle scene, verso with 20ll. of black nasta'liq - 12¼ x 7¾in. (31.5 x 19.6cm.), the three others showing the simurgh, Rustem killing the white demon and a group of mythical people, each with script in four columns - largest 13½ x 8¾in. (34.4 x 22.3cm.), (small damages and repairs, some overpainting) Safavid Persia and later
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from Persian manuscripts, gouache heightened with gold on paper, two from the same manuscript showing Yusuf and a battle scene, verso with 20ll. of black nasta'liq - 12¼ x 7¾in. (31.5 x 19.6cm.), the three others showing the simurgh, Rustem killing the white demon and a group of mythical people, each with script in four columns - largest 13½ x 8¾in. (34.4 x 22.3cm.), (small damages and repairs, some overpainting) Safavid Persia and later
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