Kay Khosrow executes Afrasiyab and his brother Garsivaz, fol - Lot 289

Kay Khosrow executes Afrasiyab and his brother Garsivaz, folio from a Shahnameh manuscript, Iran, Isfahan, early 17th century Manuscript folio on paper from the story of the war between Kay Khosrow and Afrasiyab in Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. The text in Persian nasta'liq in black ink, spread over four columns. One side illustrated in gouache and gold with the armed and crowned King of Iran Kay Khosrow, holding the reins of his mount in one hand, one of the Turanian brothers kneeling at his feet, the other lying on the ground, two turbaned pages assisting the scene. Painting surmounted by seven lines of text interrupted by a title cartouche in white letters on a gold background. On the back, 25 lines of text, a title inscribed in white ink in a gold cartouche. Page size: 33.5 x 20.3 cm; painting size: 18.5 x 13 cm Mottling, stains, small folds, polychrome shifts, overpainting. Exhibition : Galerie Soustiel, Objets d'art de l'Islam 2, Paris, October-November 1974. Bibliography: Exhibition Galerie Soustiel, Objets d'art de l'Islam 2, Paris, October-November 1974, n°21 p 24.