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SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, FIRST HALF 16TH CENTURY
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TWO ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A KHAMSA OF NIZAMI
SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, FIRST HALF 16TH CENTURY
Depicting the battle between the Nawfal and Leila's tribe and Iskandar's journey to the Land of Darkness, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the first folio with 2ll. above and one below of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, set within gold and polychrome rules, cropped margins, the verso with 19ll. text similarly arranged, the second folio with 3ll. above and 4ll. below of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, within gold and polychrome rules, plain margins, librarian's stamp, the verso with 22ll. text similarly arranged and '1415' sticker in top left, flyleaf
Largest painting 7 1⁄8 x 3 ½in. (18 x 9cm.); folio 10 ½ x 6in. (26.8 x 15.3cm.)
SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, FIRST HALF 16TH CENTURY
Depicting the battle between the Nawfal and Leila's tribe and Iskandar's journey to the Land of Darkness, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the first folio with 2ll. above and one below of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, set within gold and polychrome rules, cropped margins, the verso with 19ll. text similarly arranged, the second folio with 3ll. above and 4ll. below of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, within gold and polychrome rules, plain margins, librarian's stamp, the verso with 22ll. text similarly arranged and '1415' sticker in top left, flyleaf
Largest painting 7 1⁄8 x 3 ½in. (18 x 9cm.); folio 10 ½ x 6in. (26.8 x 15.3cm.)
Provenance
Iskandar's journey to the Land of Darkness, Anon sale, Christie's London, 20 October 1994, lot 292
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