拍品 68
68
Nur al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman Jami (d. AH 898/1492 AD): Yusuf wa Zulaykha
Nur al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman Jami (d. AH 898/1492 AD): Yusuf wa Zulaykha

SHIRAZ, CIRCA 1550-60

细节
Nur al-Din 'Abd al-Rahman Jami (d. AH 898/1492 AD): Yusuf wa Zulaykha
Shiraz, circa 1550-60
Persian manuscript on ivory paper, 160ff. with 13ll. of flowing nasta'liq arranged in two gold-outlined columns, titles in blue and gold, opening gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, with FIVE FULL-PAGE MINATURES, light smudging and staining and flaking of paint, in original brown morocco binding with tooled cloud bands and floral motifs, originally gilded, decoupé doublures
Folio 8¼ x 4.7/8in. (21 x 12.3cm.); text 4.5/8 x 2¼in. (11.7 x 5.5cm.)

拍品专文

The miniatures are as follows
1. Zulaykha comforted by her ladies
2. The merchants offering Yusuf's weight in gems watched by the old woman who bid for him
3. Zulaykha's ladies cutting their fingers in surprise at Yusuf's beauty
4. Zulaykha aged by grief approaches Yusuf on his horse
5. Court scene