THREE MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATIONS OF PRINCES AND RULERS
Possibly Zand Iran or Central Asian Provinces, 18th century

Opaque pigments and ink on paper, comprising three narrow figural illustrations of a dispersed Persian manuscript, the first on the left depicting a young prince bleeding out on a high chair, assisted by a maiden, two Central Asian envoys standing in the foreground; the second one in the middle with a Persian prince clad in a typical Zand attire with a light blue robe and a tall, red and orange turban, encased within two rectangular epigraphic cartouches of red ink nasta'liq text; and the last on the right with a ruler seated on a throne, drawing his sword, warning two emissaries wearing fur-lined Mongol hats, two advisors with tall Zand headgears and floral overcoats standing in the foreground, encased within two epigraphic cartouches with red and black ink nasta'liq text, set within black rules, mounted, glazed and framed, each illustration 12cm x 4.5cm, 29.5cm x 39cm including the frame.