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Lot 22*,R

Majnun brought to Layla's camp in chains by a beggar woman, after an illustration in Shah Tahmasp's manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa, by a follower of Haj Mirza Aqa Imami (1880-1955)
Iran, 20th Century

23 May 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,920 inc. premium

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Majnun brought to Layla's camp in chains by a beggar woman, after an illustration in Shah Tahmasp's manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa, by a follower of Haj Mirza Aqa Imami (1880-1955)
Iran, 20th Century

gouache and gold on paper, panels at top containing text in nasta'liq script, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, outer border with scrolling floral and vegetal motifs in colours and gold
painting 308 x 182 mm.; with borders 380 x 255 mm.

Footnotes

After the original (with very minor variations, notably some of the text) in the British Library (Or. 2265) by Mir Sayyid Ali, from Shah Tahmasp's Khamsa of Nizami, circa 1540.

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