Qazvin School
( Persian, 16th C)
The disappearance of kay Khusrau watched by paladins in a snowstorm
LOT DETAILS
Materials:
Persian manuscript on polished paper
Size Notes:
leaf
Description:
Exhibited:
Two folios were at the Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, in 2007: see The Arts of the Muslim Knight. The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection, Milan 2008 (the paintings were not published in the catalogue).Two folios attributed to artist A were at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 11 September 20109 January 2011: see B. Brend and C. Melville, Epic of the Persian Kings: The Art of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, London 2010, pp. 7275. Two folios are in the Sarikhani Collection, UK
Provenance:
Sotheby's, Fine Oriental Manuscripts, Miniatures and Qajar Lacquer, 22nd April 1980, lot 271 (the original manuscript); the present lot was folio 284a
