Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
January-February 1922
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/517
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 34 35 36 5 first Day NIGARISTAN, “A Gallery of Pictures.” A three-fold Table Screen with three full-page miniatures from Nizami’s Poems, on the right the Fate of the Kaves-dropper, in the centre Shapur delivering Khusrau’s letter to Shirin, on the left Sikander killing a dragon ; gilt frames ; 17 in. by 122 in. An Old Woman complaining to Sultan Sanjar of the injustice inflicted by one of his officials; 82 in. by 6 in. Zal cleaving Khazervan through with his battle-axe, the protect- ing Simurgh flying in the air above; 84 in. by 5 in. A Servant kneeling and serving wine, on a mauve ground covered with fine line arabesques ; 6 7n. by 4 in., on a red and gilt floral border A Young Man leaning against a cushion placed against a flower- ing tree, holding a cup, ona pale chrome ground ; 5% in. by 42 in. A Young Man standing holding a flower and looking at it, before two trees, on a pale chrome ground; 6% in. by 4 in. A Young Man seated before a folding book-rest, with paper on his knees, writing, floral ornament around in ink outline, on a pale chrome ground; 6% in. by 42 in. A Lady walking, holding up one end of her ZARI, in front of a leafless tree, on a pale yellow ground; 6% in. by 3% in. A young MIRZA kneeling on a mat beside a vase of flowers ; 63 in. by 44 tn. Virgin and Child, in European style ; 62. by 43 in. An Indian Miniature: A Prince seated in a richly decorated alcove holding the stem of a HUKA; in front of him a foun- tain playing, surrounded by blue and white Dutch tiles, the whole surrounded by a floral scroll border on a gilt ground ; 13 in. by 18 in. A Man tied to a tree being flogged, and two other men looking on; 6% in. by 4 in. ; Shah Tahmasp School A Battle Scene, with horsemen in the thick of the mélée, the centre of a page of MS.; 9%7n. by 6 in.; 16th Cent. Two Musicians standing by a tree in a flower-girt field, one with a lute and the other a pipe, an ink drawing in the style of MuHAMMAD KasEM; 522n. by 3%1n., with gilt floral and animated margins on a green ground; 16th Cent. B