.jpg?w=1)
COPIED FOR MUNSHI GANESH PANDIT JIV, SIGNED 'ABD AL-RASUL KANI, KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, DATED 7 SAFAR AH 1242/10 SEPTEMBER 1826 AD
Details
ABU AL-QASIM FIRDAWSI (D. AH 416/1025 AD): SHAHNAMA
COPIED FOR MUNSHI GANESH PANDIT JIV, SIGNED 'ABD AL-RASUL KANI, KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, DATED 7 SAFAR AH 1242/10 SEPTEMBER 1826 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 570ff. plus ten fly-leaves, each folio with four columns of 23ll. of black nasta'liq with gold illuminated polychrome intercolumnar divisions, text panels outlined in gold and polychrome with gold outer rule, catchwords, the text with 121 contemporaneous illustrations in opaque pigments heightened with gold, opening bifolio with elegant gold and polychrome illumination surrounding the text, preceded by two introductions each with an illuminated headpiece, in repaired brown morocco with flap, maroon doublures
Text panel 9 ¼ x 4 5/8in. (23.5 x 11.8cm.); folio 12 ½ x 7 3/8in. (31.7 x 18.7cm.)
COPIED FOR MUNSHI GANESH PANDIT JIV, SIGNED 'ABD AL-RASUL KANI, KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, DATED 7 SAFAR AH 1242/10 SEPTEMBER 1826 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 570ff. plus ten fly-leaves, each folio with four columns of 23ll. of black nasta'liq with gold illuminated polychrome intercolumnar divisions, text panels outlined in gold and polychrome with gold outer rule, catchwords, the text with 121 contemporaneous illustrations in opaque pigments heightened with gold, opening bifolio with elegant gold and polychrome illumination surrounding the text, preceded by two introductions each with an illuminated headpiece, in repaired brown morocco with flap, maroon doublures
Text panel 9 ¼ x 4 5/8in. (23.5 x 11.8cm.); folio 12 ½ x 7 3/8in. (31.7 x 18.7cm.)
Special notice
No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.
Brought to you by
Sara Plumbly