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SHIRAZ, SAFAVID IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
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AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A SHAHNAMA: JAMSHID'S THRONE BORNE BY DIVS
SHIRAZ, SAFAVID IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Jamshid, son of Tahmuras and the fourth Pishdadian king is carried by two red and a white demons and surrounded by heavenly beings offering wine, delicacies and playing music, a simurgh hovers above, in thin blue margins, in black rules, mounted
12 ½ x 8 ½in. (31.8 x 21.5cm.)
SHIRAZ, SAFAVID IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Jamshid, son of Tahmuras and the fourth Pishdadian king is carried by two red and a white demons and surrounded by heavenly beings offering wine, delicacies and playing music, a simurgh hovers above, in thin blue margins, in black rules, mounted
12 ½ x 8 ½in. (31.8 x 21.5cm.)
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