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- ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT]. Shahnameh Page, Iran, 19th century



Manuscript page on paper, 29 lines of text per page in four columns, in Persian nasta'liq script in black ink. Illustrated on one side with a gouache miniature inserted in the text depicting a crowned ruler on a throne, surrounded by two attendants and granting an audience to a soldier. The scene takes place in a garden with a fountain in the foreground.



Total dimensions : 40.3 x 27.8 cm | page : 38.3 x 24.5 cm | miniature : 21.3 x 14.5 cm.



Condition : Good general condition. Page surrounded by a wooden marie-louise.