Arts of the Islamic World & India

Arts of the Islamic World & India

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 166. A leaf from a Shahnama with an earlier illustration depicting Majnun visiting Shirin's camp, India, the leaf: sub-imperial Mughal, circa 1650-75; the painting: Deccan, circa 1600.

A leaf from a Shahnama with an earlier illustration depicting Majnun visiting Shirin's camp, India, the leaf: sub-imperial Mughal, circa 1650-75; the painting: Deccan, circa 1600

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

folio from a Persian manuscript on paper, written in black nasta’liq divided into 4 columns in text panels with red intercolumnar rules, headings in red nasta’liq, the painting in gouache highlighted with gold

painting 14.4 by 12.3cm.; text panel 25.3 by 13.2cm; leaf 33.7 by 21cm.

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