An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: Zahhak wounds Jamshid in battle, Persia, Shiraz, Safavid, mid-16th century - Artworks | Unknown Artist | Artists

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

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An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: Zahhak wounds Jamshid in battle, Persia, Shiraz, Safavid, mid-16th century
Handicrafts and classics, Calligraphy, manuscript
27.8 * 44.4 cm
gouache and ink heightened with gold on paper, 10 lines to the page above and below the painting, written in nasta’liq in black ink within 4 columns, ruled in gold, green, red and blue, the reverse with 17 oblique and horizontal lines to the page in black nasta’liq

text panel: 27.5 by 16.5cm.
leaf: 44.4 by 27.8cm.

Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets - Sotheby's

30 March 2022

Estimation

£10,000 - £15,000

Realized Price

£13,860

10.88%

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Artwork Description

Two bifolia and a painting of Gayumars' court from the same lavish Shahnameh manuscript were sold in these rooms 9 April 2014, lots 10, 11 and 15, whilst further calligraphic pages were sold in the same sale, lots 8 and 9. Further leaves were sold on 24 April 2014, lots 53 and 54; 8 October 2014, lots 63 and 64; 25 April 2018, lots 72 and 73. The text of this Shahnameh was sold recently, Rim Enchères, Paris, 30 September - 15 October 2021, lot 150.