TIMUR FORDS THE OXUS BY SHIV DAS, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA...
TIMUR FORDS THE OXUS
BY SHIV DAS, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1595-1600
Folio 49 from the Royal Mughal Zafarnama of Yazdi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 4ll. of black nasta'liq above and one below, gold and polychrome rules, plain paper margins, ascribed to the artist and titled and illustration numbered '6' in red nasta'liq in the lower margin, the reverse with 16ll. black nasta'liq
Painting 7 3⁄8 x 4 1/8in. (18.7 x 10.6cm.); text panel 7 ¼ x 4 ½in. (18.5 x 11.5cm.); folio 11 1⁄8 x 7 7/8in. (28.1 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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TIMUR FORDS THE OXUS
BY SHIV DAS, MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1595-1600
Folio 49 from the Royal Mughal Zafarnama of Yazdi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 4ll. of black nasta'liq above and one below, gold and polychrome rules, plain paper margins, ascribed to the artist and titled and illustration numbered '6' in red nasta'liq in the lower margin, the reverse with 16ll. black nasta'liq
Painting 7 3⁄8 x 4 1/8in. (18.7 x 10.6cm.); text panel 7 ¼ x 4 ½in. (18.5 x 11.5cm.); folio 11 1⁄8 x 7 7/8in. (28.1 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
