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The Quest of Salm
Shiraz, circa 1460
from a Shahnameh, gouache heightened with gold on paper, on a hill with a tree and flowers, a group of men, including Salm, the grandfather of Rustem, stand by the door of a house where they search for Salm's future wife, women and a black eunuch greet them, panels of black nasta'liq above and below, gold margins between black rules, (some discolouration, light rubbing), verso with 23ll. of black nasta'liq and a heading in red, mounted, framed and glazed
miniature 9 x 6in. (22.8 x 15.2cm.)
Shiraz, circa 1460
from a Shahnameh, gouache heightened with gold on paper, on a hill with a tree and flowers, a group of men, including Salm, the grandfather of Rustem, stand by the door of a house where they search for Salm's future wife, women and a black eunuch greet them, panels of black nasta'liq above and below, gold margins between black rules, (some discolouration, light rubbing), verso with 23ll. of black nasta'liq and a heading in red, mounted, framed and glazed
miniature 9 x 6in. (22.8 x 15.2cm.)