Details
Seven miniatures, mounted on card, including: court scene in 16th century Safavid style, showing a prince in audience, lines of black nasta'liq above and below, mounted on card, (light rubbing) - 8 x 5¼in. (20.3 x 13.4cm.); woodsmen at work chopping and carving wood, ink heightened with gold and colour, (some surface wear), probably 17th century and later, verso with lines of nasta'liq calligraphy and illuminated panels, signed by Ghulam Zadeh Faraj - 10½ x 7in. (26.7 x 17.7cm.); figure of an old man, Safaivd style, verso with lines of black nasta'liq calligraphy - 7½ x 3¾in. (19.2 x 9.5cm.); a man carrying a ram - 5 x 2¼in. (12.7 x 5.8cm.); a battle the two sides lined up opposite each other, mounted on 14th century leaf, verso with lines of black naskh and words in gold - 9¼ x 7in. (23.6 x 17.8cm.), crucifiction scene - 9¼ x 6¾in. (23.6 x 17.3cm.); Japanese print - 6¼ x 4¼in. (15.8 x 10.8cm.)
See illustration for one (7)
See illustration for one (7)