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PROPERTY FROM THE ASBJORN LUNDE FOUNDATION
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AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A SHAHNAMA SERIES: King Ardashir (r. 224-42), founder of the Sasanian Empire, observes
ARDASHIR RECOGNIZES HIS SON SHAPUR AT A POLO GAME a polo game flanked by his court officials. The artist captures the
MUGHAL, CIRCA 1600-30 moment when Ardashir, impressed by a youth’s ability and prowess,
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper; laid on an album page with questions his identity and discovers him to be his own son Shapur,
early 19th-century painted floral borders; verso with an 18th-century born and raised in secrecy.
ornate floral study painted with opaque watercolor and gold on paper
with gold-speckled indigo border; verso with ink nastaliq inscription in Provenance:
top margin, translated, “The album of Kahanya (ghuniya) La’l Pandit”, Collection of Sir Edward Denison Ross (1871-1940)
and another illegible nastaliq inscription in bottom margin. Property of a Lady
Together with a late-16th century Persian miniature of Princes (possibly Maggs Bros. Ltd., London, 21 March 1961
Bahram Gur) Hunting Deer. (2) Collection of Asbjorn Lunde (1927-2017), New York
Image: 9 1/4 x 5 3/8 in. (23.5 x 13.6 cm);
Folio: 18 6/8 x 12 3/8 in.(47.2 x 31.4cm) the larger;
$8,000 - 12,000

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