AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A SAFAVID MANUSCRIPT OF FIRDAUSI’S SHAHNAMA DEPICTING BAHRAM GUR WINNING THE THRONE BY DEFEATING TWO LIONS
PERSIA, DATED AH 975/ AD 1567
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
Auction: Islamic Art | Lots 1 to 66 | 12 June at 10am
Description
ink, gouache and gold on paper, showing Bahram Gur wrestling two lions with an animal-headed staff, a luxuriously decorated throne behind him, all within a mountainous landscape watched over by an audience, 4 columns of nasta’liq script in black ink, margin rules in red blue and gold
Dimensions
32.5cm x 21.9cm (12 ¾in x 8 5/8in)