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A contemporaneous manuscript of Jami's Tuhfat al-Ahrar, dated AH 942⁄1535 AD and also attributed to Bukhara, with similar illustrations and fine illumination as the present lot was sold in these Rooms, 26 October 2017, lot 85.
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SHAYBANID BUKHARA, DATED SHA'BAN AH 9[56]/SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1549 AD
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SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA'DI (D.1292): BUSTAN
SHAYBANID BUKHARA, DATED SHA'BAN AH 9[56]/SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1549 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on cream paper, 159ff., plus two flyleaves, 14ll, of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with gold and black intercolumnar rules, headings in gold, blue and red thuluth on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, text within gold and blue rules, catchwords, the margins illuminated in gold and polychrome with floral vine and cartouches with arabesques, the opening bifolio with two full page illustrations, the following bifolio with two gold and polychrome illuminated shamsas, followed by a gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio framing 6ll. of nasta'liq in clouds reserved against a hatched ground, four further illustrations within the text, colophon dated, flyleaves with later owners' notes and seal impressions, in modern gilt stamped binding, red doublures
Text panel 6 3⁄8 x 3 3⁄8in. (16 x 8.5cm.); folio 11 x 6 7⁄8in. (28 x 17.4cm.)
SHAYBANID BUKHARA, DATED SHA'BAN AH 9[56]/SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1549 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on cream paper, 159ff., plus two flyleaves, 14ll, of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with gold and black intercolumnar rules, headings in gold, blue and red thuluth on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, text within gold and blue rules, catchwords, the margins illuminated in gold and polychrome with floral vine and cartouches with arabesques, the opening bifolio with two full page illustrations, the following bifolio with two gold and polychrome illuminated shamsas, followed by a gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio framing 6ll. of nasta'liq in clouds reserved against a hatched ground, four further illustrations within the text, colophon dated, flyleaves with later owners' notes and seal impressions, in modern gilt stamped binding, red doublures
Text panel 6 3⁄8 x 3 3⁄8in. (16 x 8.5cm.); folio 11 x 6 7⁄8in. (28 x 17.4cm.)
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A contemporaneous manuscript of Jami's Tuhfat al-Ahrar, dated AH 942⁄1535 AD and also attributed to Bukhara, with similar illustrations and fine illumination as the present lot was sold in these Rooms, 26 October 2017, lot 85.