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ZAND AND QAJAR IRAN, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
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AN ILLUSTRATED PAGE FROM A SAFINA MANUSCRIPT DEPICTING THE COURT OF THE FRANKS AND AN ALBUM PAGE WITH A PAINTING OF AN IRIS
ZAND AND QAJAR IRAN, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
The Court of the Franks, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, an identification inscription reading majlis al-firangi along the top edge, within gold and polychrome rules and blue-speckled margins, the verso with 14ll. black nasta'liq arranged in two columns; the iris opaque pigments on paper, set within gold-illuminated blue and red borders with wide blue margins, later ascription to Muhammad Zaman and the date of AH 1084⁄1673-74 AD, '56' in black ink in the top left, the verso plain
The largest 6 ¾ x 3 ¾in. (16.8 x 9.5cm.); folio 15 7⁄8 x 10 ¼in. (40.3 x 26.1cm.)
ZAND AND QAJAR IRAN, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
The Court of the Franks, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, an identification inscription reading majlis al-firangi along the top edge, within gold and polychrome rules and blue-speckled margins, the verso with 14ll. black nasta'liq arranged in two columns; the iris opaque pigments on paper, set within gold-illuminated blue and red borders with wide blue margins, later ascription to Muhammad Zaman and the date of AH 1084⁄1673-74 AD, '56' in black ink in the top left, the verso plain
The largest 6 ¾ x 3 ¾in. (16.8 x 9.5cm.); folio 15 7⁄8 x 10 ¼in. (40.3 x 26.1cm.)
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