Royal Reception in a Landscape, right folio from the double frontispiece of a Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Firdausi (Persian, about 940–1019 or 1025) (verso), 1444, Iran, Shiraz, Timurid period (1370-1501). Opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper....

Lot 68. Firdausi (d.1020 AD), Shahnameh, Persia, Qazwin, Safavid, dated 985 AH/1577 AD. Estimate 30,000 — 5 0,000 GBP. Lot Sold 81,250 GBP (92,983 EUR). Courtesy Sotheby's 2018. Persian manuscript on paper, 472 leaves plus 3 fly-leaves, 25 lines to the...

The Book of Kings, is estimated at £40,000 to £60,000. Photo: Bonhams LONDON - Bonhams sale of Indian and Islamic art on April 8th in London features two rare and beautiful illustrated manuscripts covering many aspects of courtly life and epic deeds –...