THE HEADS OF THE DEFEATED COMMANDERS ARE BROUGHT BEFORE TIMUR...
THE HEADS OF THE DEFEATED COMMANDERS ARE BROUGHT BEFORE TIMUR
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1595-1600
Folio 60 from the Royal Mughal Zafarnama of Yazdi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 3ll. of black nasta'liq above and two below, gold and polychrome rules, plain paper margins, illustration numbered '9' in red ink in the lower margin, the reverse with 16ll. black nasta'liq
Painting 4 7⁄8 x 3 5/8in. (12.5 x 9.3cm.); text panel 7 1⁄8 x 3 7/8in. (18.1 x 10.1cm.); 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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THE HEADS OF THE DEFEATED COMMANDERS ARE BROUGHT BEFORE TIMUR
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1595-1600
Folio 60 from the Royal Mughal Zafarnama of Yazdi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 3ll. of black nasta'liq above and two below, gold and polychrome rules, plain paper margins, illustration numbered '9' in red ink in the lower margin, the reverse with 16ll. black nasta'liq
Painting 4 7⁄8 x 3 5/8in. (12.5 x 9.3cm.); text panel 7 1⁄8 x 3 7/8in. (18.1 x 10.1cm.); 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
