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Auction archive: Lot number 227

AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FERDOSI: RUSTAM KI...

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$938
Auction archive: Lot number 227

AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FERDOSI: RUSTAM KI...

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$938
Beschreibung:

AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FERDOSI: RUSTAM KILLS THE WHITE ELEPHANT
CENTRAL INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY GOLCONDA, MID 16TH CENTURY
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FERDOSI: RUSTAM KILLS THE WHITE ELEPHANT CENTRAL INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY GOLCONDA, Mid 16th century The young Rustam wearing his leopard skin robe striking the white elephant with a mace of his grandfather, a victim from the elephant's rampage lying next to the tree and another at the entrance to the palace, the rest of the court including his father wearing a golden crown staring in amazement, with Persian verses in nasta'liq above and below divided into four columns, surrounded by red and gold ruled margins with a page number above Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold 8½ x 6 1/8 in. (21.5 x 15.6 cm.), painting 10 5/8 x 7¼ in. (27 x 18.4 cm.), folio

Auction archive: Lot number 227
Auction:
Datum:
20 Mar 2012
Auction house:
Christie's
20 March 2012, New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FERDOSI: RUSTAM KILLS THE WHITE ELEPHANT
CENTRAL INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY GOLCONDA, MID 16TH CENTURY
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FERDOSI: RUSTAM KILLS THE WHITE ELEPHANT CENTRAL INDIA, DECCAN, PROBABLY GOLCONDA, Mid 16th century The young Rustam wearing his leopard skin robe striking the white elephant with a mace of his grandfather, a victim from the elephant's rampage lying next to the tree and another at the entrance to the palace, the rest of the court including his father wearing a golden crown staring in amazement, with Persian verses in nasta'liq above and below divided into four columns, surrounded by red and gold ruled margins with a page number above Opaque pigments on wasli heightened with gold 8½ x 6 1/8 in. (21.5 x 15.6 cm.), painting 10 5/8 x 7¼ in. (27 x 18.4 cm.), folio

Auction archive: Lot number 227
Auction:
Datum:
20 Mar 2012
Auction house:
Christie's
20 March 2012, New York, Rockefeller Center
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