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IRAN, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY
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THE FLIGHT OF THE SIMURGH, A PEACOCK, A HERON AND AN EAGLE
IRAN, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY
Opaque and transparent pigments with gold on paper, of horizontal format, finely depicted flying, between illuminated cartouches and gold, black and orange rules, the reverse a page from a Timurid or Safavid manuscript arranged in two columns of black nasta'liq script, mounted
Panel 2.1/2 x 9.1/2in. (6.3 x 24.2cm.)
IRAN, CIRCA 16TH CENTURY
Opaque and transparent pigments with gold on paper, of horizontal format, finely depicted flying, between illuminated cartouches and gold, black and orange rules, the reverse a page from a Timurid or Safavid manuscript arranged in two columns of black nasta'liq script, mounted
Panel 2.1/2 x 9.1/2in. (6.3 x 24.2cm.)
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