SIGNED MU'IN MUSAVVIR, SAFAVID ISFAHAN, IRAN, CIRCA 1640

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THE DEATH OF BAHRAM CHUBINA
SIGNED MU'IN MUSAVVIR, SAFAVID ISFAHAN, IRAN, CIRCA 1640
From the Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, added identification inscriptions above Bahram Chubina and his sister, within gold and polychrome rules, with 10ll. of nasta'liq arranged in four columns above and two columns of 2ll. below, one heading in larger red nasta'liq, within gold and polychrome rules and plain margins, inscribed in the lower margin, folio numbered '100', catchword, verso with 30ll. black nasta'liq similarly arranged, pasted along one edge to card, one heading, within gold and polychrome rules, mounted, framed and glazed
Painting 6 ¾ x 5 ¾in. (17 x 14.5cm.); text panel 10 x 5 ¾in. (25.4 x 14.8cm.); folio 14 x 8 7⁄8in. (35.8 x 22.5cm.)

Provenance

Anon sale, Christie's London, 6 October 2009, lot 121

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Lot Essay

Inscription:
In the lower margin, raqam-e kamtarin Mu'in Musavvir

For a note on on Mu'in Musavvir, see the following lot.

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