SAFAVID IRAN, AH DHU-L-QA'DA 926/1520 AD

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SHAMS AL-DIN MUHAMMAD SHIRAZI HAFEZ (D. 792/1390 AD): DIWAN
Safavid Iran, AH Dhu-l-Qa'da 926/1520 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 204ff. with 12ll. of black nasta'liq in two gold-outlined columns, titles in gold, text outlined with gold, opening bifolio with illuminated heading and text within gold clouds, four miniatures in gouache heightened with gold, facing page with text within gold clouds, second miniature signed Abdul Vahhab al-Muzahhib, final folio with colophon dated Dhu-l-Qa'da 926, damp staining and some loss of pigment, 17th century Ottoman brown morocco binding with flap with tooled medallion with cloudband decoration
Folio 8¼ x 5¼in. (21.2 x 13.2cm.); text 5 3/8 x 2½in. (13.5 x 6.2cm.)

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Lot Essay

Abdul Vahhab was known to have worked for Shah Isma'il and Shah Tahmasp. He contributed 31 paintings to the Shah Tahmasp Shahnameh and collaborated with other artists on a further 10 paintings.
(Dickson, M.B. and Welch, S.C.: The Houghton Shahnameh, p. 52a, 214 a&b. Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1981)

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