19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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AN ILLUSTRATED LOOSE FOLIO WITH A SCHOLAR AND HIS PUPILS
Possibly Eastern Mediterranean, ex-Byzantine Provinces, or the Levant, 14th - 15th century or later
AN ILLUSTRATED LOOSE FOLIO WITH A SCHOLAR AND HIS PUPILS
PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN COLLECTION
Possibly Eastern Mediterranean, ex-Byzantine Provinces, or the Levant, 14th - 15th century or later
Opaque pigments, black and red inks on paper, the square-format text illustration depicting a learned seated figure on a throne-like high chair, holding a book, possibly educating or discoursing with two figures in colourful garments standing in front of him, one of them bearing fans or leafy branches, set within a simple black and yellow ruled border, with 2ll. of black and red Eastern Christian or Greek script in an unidentified hand above the image, the overall composition bearing stylistic traits consistent with Eastern Christian or Levantine manuscript traditions, including flattened perspective, decorative stylisation of garments, and manuscript rubrication, reminiscent as well of early Arabic painting examples such as al-Hariri's Maqamat illustrated by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti (ca. 1237) in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.
The folio 15.8cm x 18cm, 34cm x 36.5cm including the mount
Sold for £517
AN ILLUSTRATED LOOSE FOLIO WITH A SCHOLAR AND HIS PUPILS
PROPERTY FROM A CANADIAN COLLECTION
Possibly Eastern Mediterranean, ex-Byzantine Provinces, or the Levant, 14th - 15th century or later
Opaque pigments, black and red inks on paper, the square-format text illustration depicting a learned seated figure on a throne-like high chair, holding a book, possibly educating or discoursing with two figures in colourful garments standing in front of him, one of them bearing fans or leafy branches, set within a simple black and yellow ruled border, with 2ll. of black and red Eastern Christian or Greek script in an unidentified hand above the image, the overall composition bearing stylistic traits consistent with Eastern Christian or Levantine manuscript traditions, including flattened perspective, decorative stylisation of garments, and manuscript rubrication, reminiscent as well of early Arabic painting examples such as al-Hariri's Maqamat illustrated by Yahya ibn Mahmud al-Wasiti (ca. 1237) in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris.
The folio 15.8cm x 18cm, 34cm x 36.5cm including the mount
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
Our selected lots preview starts next week, on Tuesday 3rd June, and the full view is going to take place from Friday 13th June until the sale day.
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