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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ESKANDAR ARYEH (1938-88)
THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A SHAHNAMA OF FIRDAWSI
SAFAVID ISFAHAN, IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
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THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A SHAHNAMA OF FIRDAWSI
SAFAVID ISFAHAN, IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
The paintings include Zal rescued by the Simurgh, Rustam slaying the White Div, and the Fire Ordeal of Siyawush, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, each with four columns of black nasta'liq above and below, set within gold and polychrome rules, the reverse with 25ll. of black nasta'liq set within four columns, with similar gold and polychrome rulings, set in paperboard and red fabric mounts
Largest painting 8 5/8 x 5 3/4in. (21.9 x 14.7cm.); largest text panel 10 3/8 x 6 3/8in. (26.4 x 16.1cm.); largest folio 13 3/4 x 9 1/8in. (34.8 x 23.4cm.)
SAFAVID ISFAHAN, IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
The paintings include Zal rescued by the Simurgh, Rustam slaying the White Div, and the Fire Ordeal of Siyawush, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, each with four columns of black nasta'liq above and below, set within gold and polychrome rules, the reverse with 25ll. of black nasta'liq set within four columns, with similar gold and polychrome rulings, set in paperboard and red fabric mounts
Largest painting 8 5/8 x 5 3/4in. (21.9 x 14.7cm.); largest text panel 10 3/8 x 6 3/8in. (26.4 x 16.1cm.); largest folio 13 3/4 x 9 1/8in. (34.8 x 23.4cm.)
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