BAHRAM CHUBINA AND THE SPINNING WHEEL GIFT

TURKMAN, CIRCA 1480

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BAHRAM CHUBINA AND THE SPINNING WHEEL GIFT
TURKMAN, CIRCA 1480
From the Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments on paper, set within four columns of black nasta'liq, within gold margins and blue rule, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 5¾ x 6¼in. (14.6 x 15.9cm.); folio 10½ x 7½in. (26.7 x 19.1cm.)

Provenance

Hagop Kevorkian Fund, sold Sotheby's London, 21 April 1980, lot 41.

Lot Essay

Other leaves mostly from the Kevorkian Collection were sold at Sotheby's, London, 1 December 1969, lots 46-54; 7 December 1970, lots 27-32; 7 April 1975, lot 21; 12 April 1976, lot 13; 2 May 1977, lot 36; 3 April 1978, lot 23; 23 April 1979, lots 48-54 and 21 April 1980, lots 41-46. This painting is from same manuscript as the following two lots.

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