Page 216 - Eye of the beholder

210
Figure 63:
Subject: An illustrated folio from The Shahnameh (Depicting Rostam with Bow and Spears) School: Sultanate Period India circa 1500 Size: 24 by 13 cm Provenance:
1 1 1 1 The Mohamed Makiya Collection (1914 - 2015) 2 2 Dreawatt's auction no 13970 2016
This particular painting is is is from from from an an illustrated folio of Shahnama from from from the the late Sultanate period It is is is from from from the the legendry Makiya collection collection one of of the the most iconic collections of of Islamic art and literature to enter the the market in recent times Assembled by Mohammed Makiya till the the age of 101 the the collection was sold in parts between 2014 and and 2016
and and achieved stellar reception at the auctions