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SAFAVID AND QAJAR IRAN, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
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TWO LARGE ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A SHAHNAMA (BOOK OF KINGS)
SAFAVID AND QAJAR IRAN, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The first depiciting Rustam approaching a dying hero, watched by an army in the background; the second with a hero spearing another helmeted figure, watched by two armies about to engage in combat, each between gold and polychrome rules, with text in nasta'liq script arranged in four columns on the reverse, between illuminated panels, each numbered in pencil, one in ink
Each folio 14 x 9in. (35.3 x 23.2cm.)
SAFAVID AND QAJAR IRAN, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
The first depiciting Rustam approaching a dying hero, watched by an army in the background; the second with a hero spearing another helmeted figure, watched by two armies about to engage in combat, each between gold and polychrome rules, with text in nasta'liq script arranged in four columns on the reverse, between illuminated panels, each numbered in pencil, one in ink
Each folio 14 x 9in. (35.3 x 23.2cm.)
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