ArtChart | A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL by Unknown Artist
  • A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL
  • Handicrafts and classics, Calligraphy, manuscript
  • 31.5 * 46.5 cm
  • SIGNED MIR 'ALI, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
    Persian manuscript on paper, 4ll. of black nasta'liq written on the diagonal in clouds reserved against a pink-hatched ground, flanked by triangular gold and polychrome illuminated panels, 4ll. of black nasta'liq above and to the left, signed below in a gold and polychrome illuminated panel, within blue stencilled borders with figures and animals outlined in gold, laid down on card, the reverse plain
    Text panel 8 1⁄2 x 4 1⁄4in. (21.4 x 10.8cm.); folio 18 1⁄4 x 12 3⁄8in. (46.5 x 31.5cm.)
Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Oriental Rugs and Carpets - Christie's
31 March 2022
Estimation
£4,000
5,265 USD
- £6,000
7,897 USD
Realized Price
£10,710
14,096 USD
114.2%
ArtChart | An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: Zahhak wounds Jamshid in battle, Persia, Shiraz, Safavid, mid-16th century by Unknown Artist
An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: Zahhak wounds Jamshid in battle, Persia, Shiraz, Safavid, mid-16th century
Estimation
£10,000
13,089 USD
-
£15,000
19,634 USD
Realized Price
£13,860
18,141 USD
10.88%
Sell at
Sale Date
Sotheby's - 30 March 2022