Lot n° 115
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The Death of Rustam and his faithful steed... - Lot 115 - Ader
The Death of Rustam and his faithful steed Rakhsh, large page from the Shahnameh Tabbagh, India, possibly Mysore, c. 1760Ink
, gouache and gold on paper, depicting the final episode of the Book of Kings, Rustam and Rakhsh have fallen into a trap bristling with stakes during a hunting party, Rustam mortally wounded, shoots an arrow that hits his half-brother Shaghhad, the Persian text arranged in six columns on either side of the image.
40 x 28 cmFrame
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Bibliography :
E. Blochet, Musulman Painting XIIth-XVIIth century, London, 1929, pl.CLXX (George Tabbagh Collection).
Provenance:
- George Tabbagh, circa 1929.
- Italian private collection, until 2014.
- Christie's South Kensington, 11 April 2014, lot 37.
This folio is from an important Shahnama manuscript associated with the antiquarian and collector George Émile Tabbagh (d. 1934). It is now attributed to India on the basis of analyses of the composition of the pigments used in the paintings. Barbara Brend and Charles Melville suggest that the manuscript may have been commissioned by Tipu Sultan (1750-99), a famous sultan of Mysore known for his opposition to the British presence in South India (Epic of the Persian Kings: The Art of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2010, no. 101, p. 232). Two pages given by Tabbagh are in the Musée du Louvre (OA 7887 and OA 7888) and another, though still attributed to Iran around 1700, is in the British Museum in London (1928,1206,0.1). Others are in the Museum für Islamische Kunst in Berlin (inv. Nr.I.7021), the Harvard Art Museums (1948.61) and the Musée d'art et d'histoire in Geneva. Nine pages were sold by Maître Chalvet de Recy on 26 October 1973, lots 59 to 67.
For pages sold in public sales, see Artcurial, 25 March 2014, lot 209; Pierre Bergé et Associés, 15 October 2005, lot 38 and Eve Encheres SVV, 21 December 2016, lot 81.
A Page from the Tabbagh Shahnamah: The Death of Rustam and Rakhsh, South India, Possibly Mysore, circa 1760Provenance
: Collection Marie-Christine David.
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