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English: THE DEATH OF BAHRAM CHUBINA

SIGNED MU'IN MUSAVVIR, SAFAVID ISFAHAN, IRAN, CIRCA 1640

From the Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, added identification inscriptions above Bahram Chubina and his sister, within gold and polychrome rules, with 10ll. of nasta'liq arranged in four columns above and two columns of 2ll. below, one heading in larger red nasta'liq, within gold and polychrome rules and plain margins, inscribed in the lower margin, folio numbered '100', catchword, verso with 30ll. black nasta'liq similarly arranged, pasted along one edge to card, one heading, within gold and polychrome rules, mounted, framed and glazed Painting 6 ¾ x 5 ¾in. (17 x 14.5cm.); text panel 10 x 5 ¾in. (25.4 x 14.8cm.); folio 14 x 8 7⁄8in. (35.8 x 22.5cm.)

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In the lower margin, raqam-e kamtarin Mu'in Musavvir
Date circa 1640
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