A FOLIO FROM AN ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT: A MEETING OF TWO HEROES
A FOLIO FROM AN ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT: A MEETING OF TWO HEROES

SAFAVID IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

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A FOLIO FROM AN ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT: A MEETING OF TWO HEROES
SAFAVID IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments and gold on paper, each on horseback, their army watching them from behind a hill, the illustration above a panel of text arranged in four columns of fine elegant nasta'liq script, between gold and polychrome rules, the reverse with full panel of text similarly arranged, the margins a Qajar replacement
Painting 3.1/2 x 4.5/8in. (9 x 11.8cm.); folio 13.1/2 x 8.3/8in. (34 x 21.3cm.)
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