Lot Essay
Muhammad Qiwan Shirazi was active during the years AH 943-60 (1536-53 AD).(Bayani,M.:Persian calligraphers, pp. 814-16.)
SAFAVID PERSIA, MID-16TH CENTURY
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Sheikh Muslih al-Din Sa'di: Gulistan and Bustan
Safavid Persia, mid-16th Century
Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled ivory paper, 197ff. with the Gulistan written in 10ll. of elegant black and gold nasta'liq, the Bustan arranged diagonally around the main text, with gold and polychrome floral corner pieces, remargined, opening gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, probably Qajar, final folio with colophon signed Muhammad Qiwan Shirazi, in Qajar lacquer cover with scenes of ladies with children
Folio 10½ x 6¼in. (26.5 x 16cm.); text 6½ x 3½in. (16.5 x 8.5cm.)
Safavid Persia, mid-16th Century
Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled ivory paper, 197ff. with the Gulistan written in 10ll. of elegant black and gold nasta'liq, the Bustan arranged diagonally around the main text, with gold and polychrome floral corner pieces, remargined, opening gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, probably Qajar, final folio with colophon signed Muhammad Qiwan Shirazi, in Qajar lacquer cover with scenes of ladies with children
Folio 10½ x 6¼in. (26.5 x 16cm.); text 6½ x 3½in. (16.5 x 8.5cm.)