19TH CENTURY PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT MINIATURE PAINTING WITH CALLIGRAPHY – EQUESTRIAN FIGURAL SCENE

PERSIAN / ISLAMIC ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT MINIATURE PAINTING DEPICTING THREE FIGURES ON HORSEBACK IN A NARRATIVE SCENE SET WITHIN A FLORAL-STREWN LANDSCAPE. THE CENTRAL FIGURE STANDS WITH A CURVED SWORD WHILE TWO OTHER RIDERS APPROACH, EACH WEARING TRADITIONAL TURBANS AND PERIOD GARMENTS. THE HORSES ARE RENDERED IN DIFFERENT COLORS AND POSITIONS, CREATING A LIVELY COMPOSITION CHARACTERISTIC OF LATE PERSIAN MINIATURE TRADITIONS.

THE SCENE IS ENCLOSED WITHIN PANELS OF HANDWRITTEN PERSIAN CALLIGRAPHY ABOVE AND BELOW, INDICATING THAT THE WORK WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF A LITERARY OR HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT. THE DELICATE LINEWORK, FLAT PERSPECTIVE, AND DECORATIVE FLORAL GROUND ARE TYPICAL FEATURES OF 19TH CENTURY PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING.

PROBABLY IRAN, 19TH CENTURY.

SIZE: 12 X 8 INCHES