A
youth in conversation with a bearded man on a
terrace, a flowering tree and two cypresses
beside a stream in background, Shiraz, c.1560
An Illustrated leaf from a manuscript of a
Majalis al-Ushaq (Assemblies of Lovers, i. e.
Lives of Saints) of Sultan Husayn Mirza, text
written in Nasta'liq script, margins ruled in
colors and gold, borders richly decorated with
intertwining floral motifs in gold, in mount 277
by 175 mm. 1.
The gold bowl of pomegranates
are often seen in mid sixteenth century works
attributed to Shiraz and in works attributed by
me to or signed by Abdollah-e Mozahheb.
Please note the interlocking
border tiles They are similar to those seen in
work attributed by me to or signed by Abdollah-e
Mozahheb.
Related work
Sotheby's Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures.
London UK. 04/26/1991 Lot 169
