Sale 5560
London, South Kensington
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29 April 2005
Price realised
GBP 4,200
Estimate
AN ILLUSTRATRATION FROM A KHAMSA OF NIZAMI, OHDH, CIRCA 1760 Gouache heightened with gold and silver on paper, mounted with red borders, depicting Shirin seated on a river bank with one bare leg partly dipped in the shimmering water, three maidservants trying to hide her semi-naked body from Khusraw seen mounted on a prancing stead in the middle ground -- 8¾in. x 6in. (22.3 x 15.2cm.)
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