Lot Essay
This fine binding is a typical high quality Zand production. The doublures are the early work of Mirza Baba.
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ZAND PERSIA, AH 4 SH'ABAN 1213/17 JANUARY 1799 AD
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Shams al-Din Muhammad Shirazi Hafez (d. AH 792/1390 AD):Diwan
Zand Persia, AH 4 Sh'aban 1213/17 January 1799 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 274ff. with 16ll. of flowing black shikasteh arranged in two gold outlined columns, finely illuminated gold and polychrome heading bifolio and four finely painted miniatures with gold floral margins, generally very good condition, final folio with colophon dated 4 Sha'ban 1213, commissioning dedication to Aqa Muhammad Ismail and signed by Muhammad Rahim ibn Muhammad, in original gold lacquer binding with finely painted floral decoration and doublures with lovers in palace interiors, one inscribed in gold Mirza Baba
Folio 7.7/8 x 4.7/8in. (20 x 12.2cm.); text 5.1/8 x 2in. (13 x 7cm.)
Zand Persia, AH 4 Sh'aban 1213/17 January 1799 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 274ff. with 16ll. of flowing black shikasteh arranged in two gold outlined columns, finely illuminated gold and polychrome heading bifolio and four finely painted miniatures with gold floral margins, generally very good condition, final folio with colophon dated 4 Sha'ban 1213, commissioning dedication to Aqa Muhammad Ismail and signed by Muhammad Rahim ibn Muhammad, in original gold lacquer binding with finely painted floral decoration and doublures with lovers in palace interiors, one inscribed in gold Mirza Baba
Folio 7.7/8 x 4.7/8in. (20 x 12.2cm.); text 5.1/8 x 2in. (13 x 7cm.)