Lot 443
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Sa'di (d. 691/1292): Kulliyat Qajar Iran, Ramadan AH 1255/November-December 1829 AD
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Sa'di (d. 691/1292): Kulliyat Qajar Iran, Ramadan AH 1255/November-December 1829 AD

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Sa'di (d. 691/1292): Kulliyat
Qajar Iran, Ramadan AH 1255/November-December 1829 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 298ff. with 18ll. of black simple shekasteh nasta'liq occasionally in two columns, written diagonally in the inner margins, opening folio with illuminated heading, opening and second folio with illuminated outer borders, colophon states the work was copied by the son of the deceased Muhammad, 'Abd al-Husayn al-Isfahani in Ramadan, 1255, floral lacquer binding and doublures -- Folio 24.4 x 15cm.
See Illustration.
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Firuz Library
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Lot Essay

'Abd al-Husayn Isfahani, son of Muhammad is mentioned as a well known scribe, and a true master in writing shikasteh. His recorded pieces are a Qur'an in the Khalili Collection, and five in the Gulistan Palace Library, where he wrote the marginal Persian commentaries or the interlinear Persian translations.
See: Bayani, Contadini, Stanley, The Decorated Word, The Nasser D. Khalili of Islamic Art, Part I, 1999, cat. 50

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