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IRAN, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
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AN ANIMAL COMBAT SCENE
IRAN, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Ink heightened with gold on paper, a qilin attacks a hoofed mythical beast, with ibises below in a landscape with dense foliage, the gold and polychrome borders with cartouches containing nasta'liq verses, within wide gold-speckled margins, mounted on card
Drawing 6 1/8 x 4 3/8in. (15.5 x 11.2cm.); folio 12¾ x 9 7/8in. (32.3 x 25.3cm.)
IRAN, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
Ink heightened with gold on paper, a qilin attacks a hoofed mythical beast, with ibises below in a landscape with dense foliage, the gold and polychrome borders with cartouches containing nasta'liq verses, within wide gold-speckled margins, mounted on card
Drawing 6 1/8 x 4 3/8in. (15.5 x 11.2cm.); folio 12¾ x 9 7/8in. (32.3 x 25.3cm.)
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