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SAFAVID QAZVIN, NORTH IRAN, MID 16TH CENTURY
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SHAPUR PRESENTS A PORTRAIT OF KHUSRAW TO SHIRIN
SAFAVID QAZVIN, NORTH IRAN, MID 16TH CENTURY
An illustration to the Khamsa of Nizami, gouache heightened with gold on paper, Shirin holds up the portrait of Khusraw as Shapur kneels before her, later attributed to Behzad, set within four columns of elegant nasta'liq in white clouds on gold ground with gold and polychrome illumination between the columns, with large headings in nasta'liq above and below, mounted on later blue margins with gold floral and geometric designs, reverse with old collector's label, mounted on card
Painting 4¾ x 5 1/8in. (12 x 13cm.) at largest; folio 12¾ x 8 7/8in. (32.4 x 22.8cm.)
SAFAVID QAZVIN, NORTH IRAN, MID 16TH CENTURY
An illustration to the Khamsa of Nizami, gouache heightened with gold on paper, Shirin holds up the portrait of Khusraw as Shapur kneels before her, later attributed to Behzad, set within four columns of elegant nasta'liq in white clouds on gold ground with gold and polychrome illumination between the columns, with large headings in nasta'liq above and below, mounted on later blue margins with gold floral and geometric designs, reverse with old collector's label, mounted on card
Painting 4¾ x 5 1/8in. (12 x 13cm.) at largest; folio 12¾ x 8 7/8in. (32.4 x 22.8cm.)
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