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SAFAVID SHIRAZ, 16TH CENTURY
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BAHRAM CHUBINA'S ATTACK ON THE CAMP OF KHUSRAW PARVIZ
SAFAVID SHIRAZ, 16TH CENTURY
An illustration from the Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a fierce battle ensues against a light blue background populated by small flowers, figures in large white tents look on from the rocky horizon beneath a starry sky, lines of black nasta'liq above and below arranged in four columns with double gold intercolumnar rule, one heading in white on a gold and polychrome illuminated ground, laid down between gold and polychrome rules on wide cream margins decorated with gold flowers and animals, small areas of repainting, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 8¼ x 7in. (20.8 x 17.7cm.); folio 13¾ x 9in. (35 x 23cm.)
SAFAVID SHIRAZ, 16TH CENTURY
An illustration from the Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, a fierce battle ensues against a light blue background populated by small flowers, figures in large white tents look on from the rocky horizon beneath a starry sky, lines of black nasta'liq above and below arranged in four columns with double gold intercolumnar rule, one heading in white on a gold and polychrome illuminated ground, laid down between gold and polychrome rules on wide cream margins decorated with gold flowers and animals, small areas of repainting, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 8¼ x 7in. (20.8 x 17.7cm.); folio 13¾ x 9in. (35 x 23cm.)
Provenance
With Professor Henry & Gertrude Schaefer-Simmern
Thence by descent to present owner
Thence by descent to present owner
Exhibited
Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College of California, Moraga, 8 January-15 February 1978
Brought to you by
Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse