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Lot Essay
This was a commissioned manuscript but the colophon has been rubbed off
Details
NIZAMI: KHAMSA, IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, 280ff. with 19ll. of neat black nasta'liq within four gold ruled columns, headings in gold outlined in black, with two miniatures painted in gouache heightened with gold, brown tooled morocco binding, brown leather doubles with tooled gilt floral medallion -- Folio 8 5/8 x 6in. (22 x 15cm.)
Persian manuscript on paper, 280ff. with 19ll. of neat black nasta'liq within four gold ruled columns, headings in gold outlined in black, with two miniatures painted in gouache heightened with gold, brown tooled morocco binding, brown leather doubles with tooled gilt floral medallion -- Folio 8 5/8 x 6in. (22 x 15cm.)
Special notice
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