Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Islamic & Indian Art ft. Indian Paintings from the Collection of William & Mildred Archer | 12345
Auction: Islamic Art | Lots 1 to 66 | 12 June at 10am
likely to be from a Safavid manuscript of Firdausi’s Shahnama, gouache on paper heightened in gold, depicting a ruler enthroned, flanked by huntsmen, foreground within a symmetrical courtyard with fountain, the court audience on either side, verso with inscriptions in nastaliq black ink, divided into diagonal lines and horizontal lines, heading in a coloured and gold panel
33.3cm x 20.4cm (13 1/8in x 8 1/8in)