SIX ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A HISTORY OF THE WORLD
SAFAVID SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, CIRCA 1600
SIX ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A HISTORY OF THE WORLD SAFAVID SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, CIRCA 1600 Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, each depicting a different scene, a prisoner being presented before a prince on horseback, Shah Isma'il before his tent discussing with a sage, Timur (?) and a youth drinking wine whilst enjoying music, a prisoner chained and presented to a party, a man escaping from a palace and a horserider in a rocky landscape, each with lines of text above and below in black nasta'liq script, within gold and polychrome rules, each individually mounted, framed and glazed Each folio 6½ x 4½in. (16.5 x 11.6cm.) approx. (visible) (6)
SIX ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A HISTORY OF THE WORLD
SAFAVID SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, CIRCA 1600
SIX ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A HISTORY OF THE WORLD SAFAVID SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, CIRCA 1600 Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, each depicting a different scene, a prisoner being presented before a prince on horseback, Shah Isma'il before his tent discussing with a sage, Timur (?) and a youth drinking wine whilst enjoying music, a prisoner chained and presented to a party, a man escaping from a palace and a horserider in a rocky landscape, each with lines of text above and below in black nasta'liq script, within gold and polychrome rules, each individually mounted, framed and glazed Each folio 6½ x 4½in. (16.5 x 11.6cm.) approx. (visible) (6)
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