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IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
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AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A TIMURID SHAHNAMA
IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a prisoner dressed with a white robe is beheaded by a hero in blue robe, watched by attendants, a tree in a flowery landscape in the background, with four columns of text in black nasta'liq script above and below, one panel with title in gold thuluth script, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, framed and glazed, faces repainted, old damages
Painting 3 7/8 x 4 7/8in. (9.8 x 12.3cm.) max; folio 9¾ x 5 5/8in. (24.7 x 14.3cm.) visible
IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a prisoner dressed with a white robe is beheaded by a hero in blue robe, watched by attendants, a tree in a flowery landscape in the background, with four columns of text in black nasta'liq script above and below, one panel with title in gold thuluth script, text within blue and black-ruled gold frame, framed and glazed, faces repainted, old damages
Painting 3 7/8 x 4 7/8in. (9.8 x 12.3cm.) max; folio 9¾ x 5 5/8in. (24.7 x 14.3cm.) visible