MAJNUN CARESSES A DEER IN THE DESERT SAFAVID SHIRAZ, SOUTH IRAN, CIRCA 1550 An illustration from the Khamsa of Nizami Ganjavi, opaque pigments heightened in gold on paper, 5ll. of black nasta'liq above and 2ll. below arranged in four columns, within gold and polychrome rules, reverse with 19ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns on a gold-sprinkled ground, a heading in white on a gold and polychrome illuminated panel, slight restoration and remargined Painting 8 x 7in. (20.3 x 17.7cm.); text panel 8 x 4 ½in. (20.3 x 11.5cm.); folio 10 ¾ x 8 ¾in. (27.4 x 22.2cm.)
MAJNUN CARESSES A DEER IN THE DESERT SAFAVID SHIRAZ, SOUTH IRAN, CIRCA 1550 An illustration from the Khamsa of Nizami Ganjavi, opaque pigments heightened in gold on paper, 5ll. of black nasta'liq above and 2ll. below arranged in four columns, within gold and polychrome rules, reverse with 19ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns on a gold-sprinkled ground, a heading in white on a gold and polychrome illuminated panel, slight restoration and remargined Painting 8 x 7in. (20.3 x 17.7cm.); text panel 8 x 4 ½in. (20.3 x 11.5cm.); folio 10 ¾ x 8 ¾in. (27.4 x 22.2cm.)
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