SHAMA'ILNAMA, PERSIA QAJAR 19TH CENTURY Opaque... Lot 214

SHAMA'ILNAMA, PERSIA QAJAR 19TH CENTURY Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, with the Imam ''Ali with his two sons Hasan and Husayn'' depicted in an oval medallion in the center, angels appear in the sky. surrounded by cartouches enclosing verses from the Quran ''Ayat al-Kursi'' written in elegant gilt thluth script with polychrome and gold decoration. 28 by 40 cm