Page from a large borzunama manuscript

Iran or India, mid-19th century

Borzu fights Kuhkash, in four juxtaposed scenes, without text on the page.

Gouache and gold on paper, 29 lines of text in four columns interrupted by bands of color. Each page is illustrated with a scene from one of the episodes of the borzu-nameh. Old framing label on two of them: "New American Framing Co 12-10/A Lindsay Street. Calcutta 16". (Wear).

Sight size : 50 x 29 cm

Provenance: Adrien Massonaud, Consul General of France in Calcutta from 1960 to 1964. Acquired at that time from an antique dealer in Calcutta.

Expert: Laure Soustiel(laure@soustiel.com, tel: 06 09 47 27 31)