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Auction archive: Lot number 63

An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: Rustam Kills Isfandiyar, Persia, Safavid, Shiraz, 16th century

Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$9,641 - US$12,855
Price realised:
£11,250
ca. US$18,078
Auction archive: Lot number 63

An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: Rustam Kills Isfandiyar, Persia, Safavid, Shiraz, 16th century

Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$9,641 - US$12,855
Price realised:
£11,250
ca. US$18,078
Beschreibung:

An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: Rustam Kills Isfandiyar, Persia, Safavid, Shiraz, 16th century gouache heightened with gold on paper, 4 columns of fine nasta'liq script in black ink sprinkled with gold, reverse with 25 lines of text and an illuminated heading painting: 30 by 22cm. leaf: 33 by 24.8cm.

Auction archive: Lot number 63
Auction:
Datum:
8 Oct 2014
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh: Rustam Kills Isfandiyar, Persia, Safavid, Shiraz, 16th century gouache heightened with gold on paper, 4 columns of fine nasta'liq script in black ink sprinkled with gold, reverse with 25 lines of text and an illuminated heading painting: 30 by 22cm. leaf: 33 by 24.8cm.

Auction archive: Lot number 63
Auction:
Datum:
8 Oct 2014
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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