Lot 500
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FOLIO FROM A SHAHANSHAHNAMEH, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1810-20
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FOLIO FROM A SHAHANSHAHNAMEH, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1810-20

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FOLIO FROM A SHAHANSHAHNAMEH, QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1810-20
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, from a Persian manuscript, a group of towns people petitioning a troupe of soldiers led by a warrior with a long beard, lines of text above and below-11 x 7in. (28.5 x 18cm.)
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This miniature is probably from a manuscript of the Shahanshahnameh of Fath 'Ali Khan Saba, an epic poem recounting the feats of the early Qajar rulers. Four copies were made and presented to the English, Russian and Austrian rulers by Fath 'Ali Shah.
Diba, L. ed. Royal Persian paintings, the Qajar epoch, 1785-1925, New York, 1998, no.33, pp.171-2.

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