MIRANSHAH CROSSES THE TIGRIS WHILE TIMUR STANDS ON THE OTHER...
MIRANSHAH CROSSES THE TIGRIS WHILE TIMUR STANDS ON THE OTHER BANK
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1595-1600
Folio 246 from the Royal Mughal Zafarnama of Yazdi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 2ll. of black nasta'liq above and below, gold and polychrome rules, plain paper margins, the reverse with 16ll. black nasta'liq
Painting 6 3⁄8 x 4in. (16.1 x 10.2cm.); text panel 7 5⁄8 x 4 1/8in. (19.5 x 11.1cm.); folio 11 x 7 7/8in. (28 x 20.1cm.)
Provenance
Family Collection, by descent to the current owner, almost certainly from before 1900
In the UK since the 1970s
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MIRANSHAH CROSSES THE TIGRIS WHILE TIMUR STANDS ON THE OTHER BANK
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1595-1600
Folio 246 from the Royal Mughal Zafarnama of Yazdi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 2ll. of black nasta'liq above and below, gold and polychrome rules, plain paper margins, the reverse with 16ll. black nasta'liq
Painting 6 3⁄8 x 4in. (16.1 x 10.2cm.); text panel 7 5⁄8 x 4 1/8in. (19.5 x 11.1cm.); folio 11 x 7 7/8in. (28 x 20.1cm.)
Provenance
Family Collection, by descent to the current owner, almost certainly from before 1900
In the UK since the 1970s
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
