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MUGHAL INDIA, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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Farid al-Din Attar (d. circa 1200 AD: Mantiq al-Tayir
Mughal India, late 16th/early 17th Century
Persian manuscript on dark buff paper, 91ff. with 14ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in two gold outlined columns, opening illuminated folio facing miniature of peri with gold floral margins, final folio with colophon signed Nujat Shah 'Ali and month of Dhul Hijja, slight worm damage and small restorations, in Kashmiri lacquer binding with birds and flowers
Folio 7.1/8 x 4in. (18.1 x 10.8cm.); text 4 x 1in. (11.5 x 4.5cm.)
Mughal India, late 16th/early 17th Century
Persian manuscript on dark buff paper, 91ff. with 14ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in two gold outlined columns, opening illuminated folio facing miniature of peri with gold floral margins, final folio with colophon signed Nujat Shah 'Ali and month of Dhul Hijja, slight worm damage and small restorations, in Kashmiri lacquer binding with birds and flowers
Folio 7.1/8 x 4in. (18.1 x 10.8cm.); text 4 x 1in. (11.5 x 4.5cm.)