Beschreibung:

A seated Mulla in conversation with a youth, leaf from a Shahnameh, in Farsi, illuminated manuscript on polished paper [probably Shiraz, Safavid Persia, last decades of sixteenth century] single leaf, text in 4 columns, 15 lines black nasta'liq (verso with 23 lines nasta'liq) above the miniature on the bottom half of the leaf, depicting a seated Mulla in conversation with a youth, on a hillside with an attendant in waiting, image heightened in gilt, panel ruled in orange, gold and black, miniature heightened in silver and gold, a few darkened areas and some light smudges, some light restoration to old chips, overall presentable and bright, 330 by 240 mm.; in modern card mound Evidently from the same dispersed Shanameh as previous lot.