SAFAVID ISFAHAN, 17TH CENTURY
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'ARDASHIR ASKS FOR THE HAND OF ARDAVAN'S DAUGHTER
SAFAVID ISFAHAN, 17TH CENTURY
From the Shahnama of Firdawsi, gouache heightened with gold on paper, the scene probably depicting the wedding between 'Ardashir and Ardavan's daughter, wearing richly adorned hats seated in an interior and surrounded by two musicians and an attendant, the miniature within a text panel arranged in four columns with double intercolumnar divisions, a title in red nasta'liq, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 12¼ x 5½in. (31 x 14cm.)
SAFAVID ISFAHAN, 17TH CENTURY
From the Shahnama of Firdawsi, gouache heightened with gold on paper, the scene probably depicting the wedding between 'Ardashir and Ardavan's daughter, wearing richly adorned hats seated in an interior and surrounded by two musicians and an attendant, the miniature within a text panel arranged in four columns with double intercolumnar divisions, a title in red nasta'liq, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 12¼ x 5½in. (31 x 14cm.)
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