LOT 271 KING SOLOMON IN CONVERSATION WITH A BIRD
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KING SOLOMON IN CONVERSATION WITH A BIRD Iran, late 17th - 18th century Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the vertical composition a loose illustrated folio from a narrative manuscript, depicting King Solomon seated under a domed canopy, caught in conversation with a bird, possibly the hoopoe, the scene witnessed by a variety of participants from the monsters (divs), animals and birds in the foreground, to a winged angel to the right, a humble servant to the left and a multitude of birds in the sky above, framed within vegetal and floral borders, the outer border with four Safavid shamsa-inspired rosettes on each corner and loose flower heads in the rectangular cartouches on each side, mounted, framed and glazed, 47.5cm x 40.5cm including the frame.
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