An illustrated folio made for Shah Tahmasp of Persia in the 1500s sold for $12.2 million Most expensive Islamic art ever sold This illustration from the Shahnameh, or “Book of Kings,” sold for nearly four times pre-sale expectations to an anonymous telephone bidder during a Sotheby’s auction in London in May 2011. It is “universally acknowledged as one of the supreme illustrated manuscripts of any period or culture and among the greatest works of art in the world,” according to Art Daily. The print, in ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, depicts a scene from the Persian national epic.
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An illustrated folio made for Shah Tahmasp of Persia in the 1500s sold for $12.2 million

Most expensive Islamic art ever sold

This illustration from the Shahnameh, or “Book of Kings,” sold for nearly four times pre-sale expectations to an anonymous telephone bidder during a Sotheby’s auction in London in May 2011.

It is “universally acknowledged as one of the supreme illustrated manuscripts of any period or culture and among the greatest works of art in the world,” according to Art Daily.

The print, in ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, depicts a scene from the Persian national epic.

Source: Business Insider

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