SAFAVID PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY
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Sheikh Muslih al-Din Sa'di: Gulistan
Safavid Persia, 17th Century
Persian manuscript on polished ivory paper, 54ff. with 15ll. of black shikasteh between gold rules, sometimes in three columns, occasional words in red and gold, text outlined with red, blue and gold rules, opening finely illuminated gold and polychrome bifolio with text within gold clouds, very light staining
Folio 9 x 5½in. (23 x 14cm.); text 6¼ x 3 3/8in. (16 x 8cm.)
Safavid Persia, 17th Century
Persian manuscript on polished ivory paper, 54ff. with 15ll. of black shikasteh between gold rules, sometimes in three columns, occasional words in red and gold, text outlined with red, blue and gold rules, opening finely illuminated gold and polychrome bifolio with text within gold clouds, very light staining
Folio 9 x 5½in. (23 x 14cm.); text 6¼ x 3 3/8in. (16 x 8cm.)