SAFAVID SHIRAZ, SOUTH IRAN, CIRCA 1520

Early sixteenth century Shirazi paintings can be identified not only by the slender figures and dynamic compositions, but also by the way in which the setting is executed in a concise yet detailed manner as seen on these illustrated folios. Similar landscapes can be found in a 1513 Gulistan in the British Library (N. M. Titley, Persian Miniature Painting, London, 1983, p.97). A complete Khamsa manuscript, dated to AH 940/1533 AD and with 22 illustrations painted in a similar style sold in these Rooms, 26 April 2005, lot 115. Another folio from the same Khamsa as the three paintings being offered here was recently sold in these Rooms, 27 October 2022, lot 29.