Lot 265
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A GROUP OF FOLIOS FROM THE NASIR AL-DIN SHAH ALBUM
PRIVATE COLLECTION OF PERSIAN AND INDIAN ALBUM PAGES
A GROUP OF FOLIOS FROM THE NASIR AL-DIN SHAH ALBUM

THE CALLIGRAPHIES IRAN AND TURKEY, 15TH CENTURY AND LATER, THE BORDERS QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1888

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A GROUP OF FOLIOS FROM THE NASIR AL-DIN SHAH ALBUM
THE CALLIGRAPHIES IRAN AND TURKEY, 15TH CENTURY AND LATER, THE BORDERS QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1888
Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 83ff., 2 fly leaves, each folio with a panel of calligraphy with lines of black or colourful decoupé naskh or nasta'liq arranged in different formations, 2ff. with miniatures, one European and one Safavid, most folios laid down in wide colourful margins decorated with coloured paper decoupé with various floral and arabesque designs, some of the panels with further colourful roundels or rosettes stuck down, some small damages, in lacquer binding with central black medallion issuing pendants and decorated with scrolling vine on a ground of polychrome floral sprays, similar black borders, doublures with black medallions on black ground, binding now separate
Folio 17¼ x 11½in. (43.7 x 29cm.)
Sale room notice
This group of folios contains 27 pages, not 83 pages as stated in the catalogue.

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Lot Essay

The album from which these folios originate is a Royal one reputed to have been made for Nasir al-Din Shah in 1888, probably to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his accession to the throne.

Other folios from the same album were sold in these Rooms, 10 October 2000, lots 88, 89, 90 and 91.

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