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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION 1 AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A SHAHNAMA: KHUSRAW AND SHIRIN MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY Opaque pigments heightened with gold and black ink on paper, Khusraw visiting Shirin seated in a pavilion accompanied by attendants on horseback, with lines of black nasta’liq script above, the preceding folio with 25ll. of black nasta’liq script arranged within four gold-outlined columns Painting 5Ω x 6ºin. (14 x 15.7cm.); folio 11æ x 7ºin. (30 x 18.5cm.); £3,000-5,000 $4,300-7,100 €3,800-6,200 2 AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A SHAHNAMA: RUSTAM KILLS SOHRAB MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 16TH CENTURY Opaque pigments heightened with gold and black ink on paper, the hero Rustam killing Sohrab in a landscape watched by horsemen and attendants, with lines of black nasta’liq script above and below, the verso with full text of 25ll. of black nasta’liq script arranged within four gold-outlined columns, slight faking to miniature, restoration to folio corner Painting 5Ω x 6Ωin. (14 x 16.5cm.); folio 11æ x 7ºin. (30 x 18.5cm.) £3,000-5,000 $4,300-7,100 €3,800-6,200 The two heroes fought on opposite sides during the war between the kingdoms of Iran and Turan. Our folio shows the moment where Rustam mortally wounds his opponent Sorhab on the battlefeld. Sorhab, suspecting his father to be Rustam, twice asks not to fght during the encounter. When forced by Rustam, hesitant and anxious he relents to. It is only after killing Sohrab that Rustam realized he was his son, recognizing on Sohrab’s arm the bracelet he had given Tahmina, Sohrab’s mother, long before. 4
VARIOUS PROPERTIES 3 A PRINCESS IN A BLOSSOMING TREE DECCAN, CENTRAL INDIA, MID-18TH CENTURY Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, she stands under a blossoming tree, wearing a bejewelled turban, yellow diaphanous robe and gold trousers, she smokes a huqqa, birds along a stream in the foreground, against a green background with blue skyline, mounted on black card 8º x 5in. (21.1 x 12.8cm.) £4,000-6,000 $5,700-8,500 €5,000-7,500 4 AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL NOBLE KISHANGARH, NORTH INDIA, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, facing left, wearing a red turban and white tunic embroidered with gold leaf motifs, wearing a sword, mounted on prancing piebald stallion, within gold margins, the wide borders with white scrolling foral motifs, the reverse with a calligraphic panel, within gold rules and wide gold-speckled margins, mounted 17º x 11ºin. (43.9 x 28.5cm.) £6,000-8,000 $8,600-11,000 €7,500-10,000 The motif of a beautiful woman embracing a tree is an ancient Indian motif known as the salabhanjika. The present painting presents a variation on this theme, as our lady is not strictly grasping the tree but holds the snake pipe of her huqqa. For a related portrait of a woman grasping a fowering tree, attributed to Deccan, circa 1720 see Ivory and Painting, Indian Goods for the Luxury markets, Francesca Galloway, London, 2011, cat.22, pp.66-67. 5
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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN FAMILY COLLECTION<br />
1<br />
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A SHAHNAMA: KHUSRAW AND<br />
SHIRIN<br />
MUGHAL <strong>INDIA</strong>, LATE 16TH CENTURY<br />
Opaque pigments heightened with gold and black ink on paper, Khusraw<br />
visiting Shirin seated in a pavilion accompanied by attendants on horseback,<br />
with lines of black nasta’liq script above, the preceding folio with 25ll. of black<br />
nasta’liq script arranged within four gold-outlined columns<br />
Painting 5Ω x 6ºin. (14 x 15.7cm.); folio 11æ x 7ºin. (30 x 18.5cm.);<br />
£3,000-5,000 $4,300-7,100<br />
€3,800-6,200<br />
2<br />
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A SHAHNAMA: RUSTAM KILLS<br />
SOHRAB<br />
MUGHAL <strong>INDIA</strong>, LATE 16TH CENTURY<br />
Opaque pigments heightened with gold and black ink on paper, the hero<br />
Rustam killing Sohrab in a landscape watched by horsemen and attendants,<br />
with lines of black nasta’liq script above and below, the verso with full text of<br />
25ll. of black nasta’liq script arranged within four gold-outlined columns, slight<br />
faking to miniature, restoration to folio corner<br />
Painting 5Ω x 6Ωin. (14 x 16.5cm.); folio 11æ x 7ºin. (30 x 18.5cm.)<br />
£3,000-5,000 $4,300-7,100<br />
€3,800-6,200<br />
The two heroes fought on opposite sides during the war between the<br />
kingdoms of Iran and Turan. Our folio shows the moment where Rustam<br />
mortally wounds his opponent Sorhab on the battlefeld. Sorhab, suspecting<br />
his father to be Rustam, twice asks not to fght during the encounter. When<br />
forced by Rustam, hesitant and anxious he relents to. It is only after killing<br />
Sohrab that Rustam realized he was his son, recognizing on Sohrab’s arm<br />
the bracelet he had given Tahmina, Sohrab’s mother, long before.<br />
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