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A Folio from the Khamsa of Nizami Ganjavi (d.1209) : Khusrow in Night Attire Slays A Lion With His Fist Outside Shirin’s Tent
Shiraz, Iran, ca. 1560-70
Estimate:
€5,000 - 7,000

Description

A Folio from the Khamsa of Nizami Ganjavi (d.1209) : Khusrow in Night Attire Slays A Lion With His Fist Outside Shirin’s Tent
Shiraz, Iran, ca. 1560-70

Or, pigments et encre sur papier, le feuillet de manuscrit illustré d’une grande peinture montrant Khusrow terrassant un lion au milieu d’un campement, observé par une foule, le texte persan en écriture nasta’liq noire copié dans quatre colonnes, le texte au revers copié dans une série de cartouches finement enluminés, jadwal à l’or et pigments, réclame, pliures, une déchirure à consolider, éclats, encadré.

Dim. : 23,4 x 17 cm (illustration) ; 34 x 23 cm (feuillet)

Provenance:

Collection Charles Gillet (1879 – 1972), puis par descendance

Comment:

Like the folio from the Garshaspnama presented here (lot 187), this folio from a Khamsa of Nizami comes from a manuscript of which two further folios, attributed to Shiraz and dated to circa 1560–70, are held at the National Museum of Asian Art in Washington (inv. nos. S1986.200 and S1986.185). Both derive from the collection of Henri Vever (d. 1942), making it likely that Vever and Charles Gillet acquired these folios from the same dealer. Unfortunately, their provenance prior to this remains unknown.

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