LOT DETAILS

Materials:

drawing with use of color on paper

Size Notes:

painting; album page: 29.6 x 20 cm.

Description:

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Markings:

a scroll bearing a kufic inscription held in her hands, domed buildings on a hillside in the background, the inscription naming the artist as Sadiqi with the date AH 1018/AD 1609-10 on the upper part of the scroll, another inscription further down the scroll bears the place name Isfahan and the name Asaf Bahadur with the date AH 1015/AD 1606-7, nasta'liq inscription and labels on reverse including a Kevorkian label with the numeral 1353 C4 in pencil

Condition:

mounted on an album page with red and blue borders and gilt-colored margin rules

Provenance:

Swiss private collection; Sotheby's, Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 27th April 1994, lot 125; The Collection of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund, Important Oriental Miniatures and Manuscripts, Sotheby's, 7th April 1975, lot 103