AN ILLUSTRATED LEAF FROM THE ‘TABBAGH’ SHAHNAMEH OF FIRDAUSI: THE DEATH OF RUSTAM AND RAKHSH
AN ILLUSTRATED LEAF FROM THE 'TABBAGH' SHAHNAMEH OF FIRDAUSI: THE DEATH OF RUSTAM AND RAKHSH, INDIA, POSSIBLY MYSORE, CIRCA 1760 AD
Stock number: 1079
ink, gouache and gold on paper, with text in black nasta’liq script arranged in six columns above and below the image, double intercolumnar gold rules, narrow gold border, verso with further text in columns, title in red ink
painting: 33.6 by 24.3 cm
leaf: 42.2 by 29.6 cm
Provenance:
Ex-collection George Tabbagh, circa 1929
Ex-private collection, Italy, until 2014
Ex-collection Marie-Christine David, Paris
