Property from an Important Private Collection The four supporters of the celestial throne, Persia, 15th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, above 6 lines of black naskh, the reverse with 17 lines of black naskh, important words in red, the leaf 22 x 14.5cm. Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 12 October 2000, lot 59 (part lot) Note: This leaf was probably from a treatise on eschatology or from the Mi’raj; the four angels have the head of a human, an eagle, a lion and an ox and
Property from an Important Private Collection The four supporters of the celestial throne, Persia, 15th century, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, above 6 lines of black naskh, the reverse with 17 lines of black naskh, important words in red, the leaf 22 x 14.5cm. Provenance: Sotheby’s London, 12 October 2000, lot 59 (part lot) Note: This leaf was probably from a treatise on eschatology or from the Mi’raj; the four angels have the head of a human, an eagle, a lion and an ox and
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