• An illustrated and illuminated leaf from the Tarikh-i 'alam-ara-yi Abbasi of Iskander Bayg Munshi: the Uzbek army storms the fort of Isfarain, Persia, Isfahan, Safavid, circa 1650 1650
  • Handicrafts and classics, Calligraphy, manuscript
  • 19.5 * 26.5 cm
  • gouache heightened with gold and silver on paper, a line of text to upper right and lower right in black nasta'liq script, with a narrow gold border and black rules, the reverse with 21 lines of text in black nasta'liq script

    painting: 23 by 16.2cm.
    leaf: 26.5 by 19.5cm.
Estimation
£15,000
19,634 USD
- £25,000
32,723 USD
Realized Price
£20,160
26,387 USD
0.8%
ArtChart | Nizami (d.1209), Khamsa, copied by Khwaja Mir ibn Shams al-Din Muhammad Munshi Astarabadi, Persia, Safavid, dated 966 AH/1558-9 AD by Unknown Artist
Nizami (d.1209), Khamsa, copied by Khwaja Mir ibn Shams al-Din Muhammad Munshi Astarabadi, Persia, Safavid, dated 966 AH/1558-9 AD
Estimation
£10,000
13,089 USD
-
£15,000
19,634 USD
Realized Price
£22,680
29,686 USD
81.44%
Sale Date
Sotheby's - 30 March 2022
ArtChart | An illuminated Qur’an juz’ (XXX), copied by Muhammad ibn Hasan, known as Kamal, Persia, Safavid, dated 930 AH/1523-24 AD by Unknown Artist
An illuminated Qur’an juz’ (XXX), copied by Muhammad ibn Hasan, known as Kamal, Persia, Safavid, dated 930 AH/1523-24 AD
Estimation
£15,000
19,634 USD
-
£20,000
26,178 USD
Realized Price
£18,900
24,738 USD
8%
Sale Date
Sotheby's - 30 March 2022
ArtChart | MANSUR BIN MUHAMMAD BIN AHMAD BIN YUSUF BIN FAQIR ILYAS (D. CIRCA 1420 AD): AL-TASHRIH BI'L-TASWIR by Unknown Artist
MANSUR BIN MUHAMMAD BIN AHMAD BIN YUSUF BIN FAQIR ILYAS (D. CIRCA 1420 AD): AL-TASHRIH BI'L-TASWIR
Estimation
£1,000
1,316 USD
-
£1,500
1,974 USD
Realized Price
£16,380
21,558 USD
1210.4%
Sale Date
Christie's - 31 March 2022