Lot Essay
Another folio depicting Kay Khusraw and his mother Farangis crossing the Oxus was in the Freer 'Small' Shahnama and sold at Christie's King Street, 6 October 2011, lot 82.
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SAFAVID IRAN, FIRST HALF 16TH CENTURY
Details
TWO ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A SAFAVID SHAHNAMA: KAY KHUSRAW, FARANGIS AND GIV CROSSING THE OXUS AND RUSTAM HOLDS CAPTIVE THE KHAQAN OF CHIN
SAFAVID IRAN, FIRST HALF 16TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, each folio with text in black nasta'liq script arranged in four columns, with double gold and black divisions, text within gold and polychrome rules, each with a single illustration at top, mounted together, framed and glazed
Largest illustration 4 ½ x 6 1/8in. (11.4 x 15.5cm.); each folio 13 3/8 x 8 5/8in. (34.1 x 21.9cm.)
SAFAVID IRAN, FIRST HALF 16TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, each folio with text in black nasta'liq script arranged in four columns, with double gold and black divisions, text within gold and polychrome rules, each with a single illustration at top, mounted together, framed and glazed
Largest illustration 4 ½ x 6 1/8in. (11.4 x 15.5cm.); each folio 13 3/8 x 8 5/8in. (34.1 x 21.9cm.)
Provenance
The Francoise and Claude Bourelier Collection