Null Palace and hunting scene
Iran, Safavid style, 20th century
Two paintings, g…

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Palace and hunting scene Iran, Safavid style, 20th century Two paintings, gouache and gold paint on a manuscript page with eight lines of text, depicting two scenes in the style of double illuminations on Iranian manuscript frontispieces. Each in a partially gilded antique wood frame. Sight size: 24 x 15 cm

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Palace and hunting scene Iran, Safavid style, 20th century Two paintings, gouache and gold paint on a manuscript page with eight lines of text, depicting two scenes in the style of double illuminations on Iranian manuscript frontispieces. Each in a partially gilded antique wood frame. Sight size: 24 x 15 cm

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Box with scenes from Nezâmî's Khamseh, Iran qâjâr, 19th century Quadripod box opening with a stave lid fitted with hinges and a metal knob. Painted, gilded, silvered and lacquered papier-mâché decoration on both sides. On the lid, several scenes of hunting with falcon, saber, bow and rifle, with hunters on foot accompanied by a pack of dogs or on horseback attacking a variety of game, including deer, lions and wild boar. On the sides of the box are several animated scenes from Nezâmî's Khamseh: from the poem Khosrow and Shirîn, we recognize the scene where the Sassanid king Khosrow II discovers his beloved Shirîn at her toilet, or the episode where Farhad digs a road in the mountains at the request of his rival Khosrow. From Haft Peykar, we recognize the maid Fitnah who impresses King Bahram Gur by carrying a cow on her shoulders. The other scenes, animated by multiple characters, horsemen, horsewomen and a holy figure with a nimbed face, are punctuated by female portraits in medallions and separated by spandrels and fleurons with gilded plant decoration. The underside of the box is painted with gilded foliage and animals on a red background. The inside painted green, the inside of the lid painted with an assembly of dervishes in discussion with a crowned sovereign in the presence of a mullah and a soldier, a palace outlined in the background and the scene surrounded by various animals painted in black on an ochre background. 21 x 41 x 28.5 cm A few accidents, some retouching, some areas reverted. A Qajar Papier-Mâché Casket decorated with scenes from the Khamseh of Nezâmî, Iran, 19th century The scenes depicted on the sides of this case are taken from the famous Khamseh by the Persian poet Nezâmî (d. 1209). Although the work inspired many Persian artists, the selection of several scenes from the poems on a lacquered box of this type is rare. In the known corpus of luxury boxes of this type, hunting scenes without precise literary or court references are more common. For example, a box of the same shape decorated with the figure of Fath 'Alî Shâh Qâjâr and hunting scenes is preserved at the Musée de la Castre in Cannes (2008.1.124). The scene of Shirîn at the bath, probably the best-known and most represented of Nezâmî's poem, can be seen on a lacquered Qâjâr mirror case in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (1934,1115,0.6).

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