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Lot 5†,R
An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Rustam killing the white elephant Persia, Shiraz, circa 1450
12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Oliver White
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An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Rustam killing the white elephant
Persia, Shiraz, circa 1450
Persia, Shiraz, circa 1450
gouache and gold on paper, 9 lines of text recto above and below painting, written in nasta'liq script in black ink in four columns, intercolumnar rules in gold, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, catchword, verso with 15 lines of text of which four lines are written diagonally, title in thuluth in gold against a spiralling floral scroll, with H. Kevorkian Collection label affixed to outer margin recto
leaf 325 x 228 mm.
leaf 325 x 228 mm.
Footnotes
Provenance
Sotheby's, Highly Important Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures: the Property of the Kevorkian Foundation, 7th December 1970, lot 27 (illus.)
The above sale featured six leaves from the same dispersed manuscript of the Shahnama, including our leaf (lots 27-32). The catalogue noted that other leaves had been offered at Sotheby's in the sale of 1st December 1969, lots 46-54.
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