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SHIRAZ, CIRCA 1570-80
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Muhammad 'Assar Tabrizi (d. AH 779/1377 AD): Mihr o Mushtari
Shiraz, circa 1570-80
Persian manuscript on buff paper, 204ff. with 12ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in two gold-outlined columns, titles in white on gold panels with polychrome floral decoration, opening gold and polychrome floral illuminated bifolios, THREE FULL-PAGE MINIATURES, final folio inscribed Muhammad Qasim, light staining, flaking and restorations, in later green morocco binding with red tooled medallions, signed Muhammad Karam Sahhaf and dated 1243
Folio 9.3/8 x 5¼in. (23.7 x 13.5cm.); text 5¾ x 2¾in. (14.5 x 7cm.)
Shiraz, circa 1570-80
Persian manuscript on buff paper, 204ff. with 12ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in two gold-outlined columns, titles in white on gold panels with polychrome floral decoration, opening gold and polychrome floral illuminated bifolios, THREE FULL-PAGE MINIATURES, final folio inscribed Muhammad Qasim, light staining, flaking and restorations, in later green morocco binding with red tooled medallions, signed Muhammad Karam Sahhaf and dated 1243
Folio 9.3/8 x 5¼in. (23.7 x 13.5cm.); text 5¾ x 2¾in. (14.5 x 7cm.)