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TWO ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A COPY OF BIJAN'S TARIKH-I JAHANGUSHA-YI KHAQAN SAHIBQIRAN
ATTRIBUTABLE TO MU'IN MUSAVVIR, ISFAHAN, SAFAVID IRAN, CIRCA 1680
From a History of Shah Isma'il, the first illustration depicting the Shah Isma'il taking Yazd and capturing the rebel Ra'is Muhammad Kara, the second Shah Isma'il in battle, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with lines of black nasta'liq reserved in clouds against a gold ground above and below, set within blue floral borders and gold and polychrome rules, the orange margins illuminated with large gold scrolling flowers, folios numbered bottom left corner, verso of each plain, one with red and blue stickers, both with pencil notations, the battle scene mounted, framed and glazed
Text panel 9 ½ x 6 1⁄8in. (24 x 15.5cm.); folio 14 1⁄8 x 9 1⁄8in. (36 x 23.3cm.)
Provenance
The taking of Yazd, Anon sale, Christie's London, 13 April 2010, lot 185
The battle scene, Anon sale, Sotheby's London, 9 October 2013, lot 4
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TWO ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A COPY OF BIJAN'S TARIKH-I JAHANGUSHA-YI KHAQAN SAHIBQIRAN
ATTRIBUTABLE TO MU'IN MUSAVVIR, ISFAHAN, SAFAVID IRAN, CIRCA 1680
From a History of Shah Isma'il, the first illustration depicting the Shah Isma'il taking Yazd and capturing the rebel Ra'is Muhammad Kara, the second Shah Isma'il in battle, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with lines of black nasta'liq reserved in clouds against a gold ground above and below, set within blue floral borders and gold and polychrome rules, the orange margins illuminated with large gold scrolling flowers, folios numbered bottom left corner, verso of each plain, one with red and blue stickers, both with pencil notations, the battle scene mounted, framed and glazed
Text panel 9 ½ x 6 1⁄8in. (24 x 15.5cm.); folio 14 1⁄8 x 9 1⁄8in. (36 x 23.3cm.)
Provenance
The taking of Yazd, Anon sale, Christie's London, 13 April 2010, lot 185
The battle scene, Anon sale, Sotheby's London, 9 October 2013, lot 4
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