Lot 25
25
Illuminated bifolio

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Illuminated bifolio
Shiraz, Dhu'l-Qa'da AH 992/November 1584 AD

from a Khamseh, comprising the end of the Haft Paikar and the start of the Iskandernameh, 20ll. of black nasta'liq in four columns, ff.1v. and 2r. with the script within gold clouds painted with floral sprays, blue, orange and gold illuminated divisions, grey and white margin between gold and black rules, within gold and polychrome illuminated lobed surround, f1v. with illuminated panel above with the title written in white nasta'liq, f.2r. with similar smaller panel in text, f.1r. with illuminated triangular panels and colophon dated the end of Dhu'l-Qa'da 992, f.2v. with divisions as above and grey, gold, orange and green margins between black rules, (negligible staining and worming, repairs to inner margin)
folio 15¾ x 9½in. (40 x 24.2cm.)
text ...... x ....in. (... x ....cm.) (2)

Lot Essay

For twenty two other folios from this manuscript see Oriental Ceramics and Works of Art, Christie's South Kensington, 20 October 1994.

The style of this Khamseh is typical of Shiraz in the latter part of the 16th century. See nos 252, 259 and particularly no.260 in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Smithsonian Institution 1988, pp.223, 228-231

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