Pre-Asta Islamic and Indian art from a Private Collection in Rome and other provenances. In partnership with BAIAS Arte. Sessione unica
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Three illustrated folios from Persian poetic manuscripts
Three illustrated folios from Persian poetic manuscripts
Persia, probably Shiraz, 17th-18th century
decorated and inscribed on both sides in nasta'liq script written in black ink and arranged in four columns bordered by gilt fillet. The larger folio illustrated with a schoolmaster giving a lesson to five pupils in a garden, the other decorated with a man taming a lion among onlookers.
Provenance: Private collection Tuscany.
27 X 15 cm ca. (the largest)