A leaf from an illustrated manuscript, depicting an enthroned ruler with courtiers, Persia, 16th Century

A leaf from an illustrated manuscript, depicting an enthroned ruler with courtiers
Persia, 16th Century
gouache and gold on paper, four lines of text written in nasta'liq script in two columns, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, outer margins with stylised clouds and foliage in gold, verso eighteen lines of text written in two columns
leaf 229 x 143 mm.

The text has not been identified, but appears to be from the same manuscript as lots 4 and 6. The passages may come from interpolated, unpublished sections of the Shahnama.