Signed Miran, Probably Lahore, Second Quarter 18Th Century
Kaveh The Blacksmith Complains To The Tyrant Zahhak
Estimate: 3.000 - 3.400 GBP
Price realised: 3.250 GBP
Price realised: 3.250 GBP
Description
KAVEH THE BLACKSMITH COMPLAINS TO THE TYRANT ZAHHAK
SIGNED MIRAN, PROBABLY LAHORE, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
From a manuscript composed on the model of the Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Kaveh followed by a youth and two men carrying staffs approach Zahhak who sits cross-legged on his gold throne, two black serpents emerging from his back and attended by two courtiers with fly-whisks, signed Miran below the miniature, 4ll. of black nasta'liq script above and below arranged in four columns with double gold intercolumnar rule, the verso with 11ll. of black and red nasta'liq arranged in diagonal and horizontal panels within four columns with similar intercolumnar rule, gold outer margins, small areas of repair
Painting 9 3/8 x 10 1/8in. (23.5 x 25.8cm.); folio 19 5/8 x 12½in. (49.9 x 31.6cm.)
SIGNED MIRAN, PROBABLY LAHORE, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
From a manuscript composed on the model of the Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, Kaveh followed by a youth and two men carrying staffs approach Zahhak who sits cross-legged on his gold throne, two black serpents emerging from his back and attended by two courtiers with fly-whisks, signed Miran below the miniature, 4ll. of black nasta'liq script above and below arranged in four columns with double gold intercolumnar rule, the verso with 11ll. of black and red nasta'liq arranged in diagonal and horizontal panels within four columns with similar intercolumnar rule, gold outer margins, small areas of repair
Painting 9 3/8 x 10 1/8in. (23.5 x 25.8cm.); folio 19 5/8 x 12½in. (49.9 x 31.6cm.)
