• FIVE ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS AND AN ILLUMINATED TITLE PAGE FROM THE KHAMSA OF NIZAMI GANJAVI 1520
  • Handicrafts and classics, miniature
  • 19.7 * 30.5 cm
  • PROBABLY SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, CIRCA 1520
    Four folios from the Haft Paykar and one from Khusraw wa Shirin, together with an illuminated opening folio from Khusraw wa Shirin, the illustrated folios with opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, four columns of black nasta'liq above and below, some with a chapter heading in blue nasta'liq against a floral ground above, the reverse with 14-18ll. black nasta'liq arranged in four columns and occasional chapter headings, set within gold and polychrome rules, three folios with margins cropped; the opening folio a Persian manuscript on paper, gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece surmounting 12ll. black nasta'liq arranged in four columns in clouds reserved against a gold ground, within gold and polychrome rules
    Painting 7 1⁄8 x 3 7⁄8in. (18.3 x 9.8cm.); text panel 7 1⁄4 x 4 3⁄8in. (18.4 x 10.9cm.); folio 12 x 7 3⁄4in. (30.5 x 19.7cm.)
Estimation
£10,000
13,161 USD
- £15,000
19,742 USD
Realized Price
£20,160
26,533 USD
61.28%
ArtChart | A SCENE FROM THE BATTLE OF KARBALA by Unknown Artist
A SCENE FROM THE BATTLE OF KARBALA
Estimation
£6,000
7,897 USD
-
£8,000
10,529 USD
Realized Price
£22,680
29,850 USD
224%
Sale Date
Christie's - 31 March 2022
ArtChart | KHUSRAW KILLS THE LION WITH HIS FIST by Unknown Artist
KHUSRAW KILLS THE LION WITH HIS FIST
Estimation
£6,000
7,897 USD
-
£8,000
10,529 USD
Realized Price
£20,160
26,533 USD
188%
Sale Date
Christie's - 31 March 2022