Bidspirit auction | KAY KAVUS, AN ILLUMINATED TEXT

KAY KAVUS, AN ILLUMINATED TEXT LEAF FROM A SHAHNAMEH, PERSIA SAFAVID, 17TH CENTURY - Gouache heightened with gold on paper, depicting a seated Kay Kavous with attendants in a landscape, above lines of text written in four columns of black nasta`liq script on cream paper, each column ruled in a gold border, all ruled in blue border, laid down on an album page. 28.5 by 18.5 cm.