Lot Essay
For further folios from the same manuscript see, Islamic Art and Indian Miniatures, Christie's King Street, 18 October 1994, lots 25-32.
Details
Twenty two folios from Nizami's Khamseh
Persian manuscript on paper, 20ll. of black nasta'liq in four columns, illuminated divisions, blue, orange, green and gold margins between black rules, blue outer rule, headings in white in gold and polychrome illuminated panels, one side of most leaves with gold and floral clouds between the lines of text or with lines written diagonally in illuminated triangles and the margin painted in gold with animals, birds and plants, Shiraz, AH 992/1584 AD - 15¾ x 10¼in. (40 x 26.1cm.) (22)
Persian manuscript on paper, 20ll. of black nasta'liq in four columns, illuminated divisions, blue, orange, green and gold margins between black rules, blue outer rule, headings in white in gold and polychrome illuminated panels, one side of most leaves with gold and floral clouds between the lines of text or with lines written diagonally in illuminated triangles and the margin painted in gold with animals, birds and plants, Shiraz, AH 992/1584 AD - 15¾ x 10¼in. (40 x 26.1cm.) (22)