'Abd al-Rahman Jami: Yusuf wa Zulaikha

TABRIZ, CIRCA 1550

细节

'Abd al-Rahman Jami: Yusuf wa Zulaikha
Tabriz, circa 1550
Persian manuscript on ivory paper, 157ff. with 12ll. of elegant nasta'liq arranged in two gold-outlined columns, titles in red, blue and gold, margins of gold-speckled rose-pink paper, opening gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, with TWELVE FULL-PAGE MINIATURES, erroneous signature of Behzad, final folio with name of Mir 'Ali, defaced, in original toooled morocco binding, decoupé doublures
Folio 9¼ x 5½in. (23.4 x 14.2cm.); text 5¼ x 2¾in. (13.2 x 7cm.)

拍品专文

The miniatures are as follows
1. The miraculous night journey of the Prophet
2. Zulaykha looking at the Vizier from her tent
3. Yusuf's brothers plotting against him
4. Yusuf with his brothers
5. Yusuf being rescued from the well
6. The merchants offering Yusuf's weight in gems
7. Yusuf with his flock
8. Yusuf in the garden with Zulaykha's ladies
9. Zulaykha trying to seduce Yusuf
10. Zulaykha with the Vizier
11. Zulaykha, grown old with grief, with Yusuf
12. Zulaykha, her youth restored, with Yusuf