拍品专文
The colophon of this manuscript states that it was completed on the 18th Sha'ban, in the 47th regnal year of Shah 'Alam, and that it was copied for Mian 'Ali Bakhsh.
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SIGNED SHEIKH ZAFAR, NORTH INDIA, DATED 31 OCTOBER 1806
细节
SHEIKH 'INAYAT ALLAH KAMBOH (D. 1671): BAHAR-E DANESH
SIGNED SHEIKH ZAFAR, NORTH INDIA, DATED 31 OCTOBER 1806
The Springtime of Knowledge, Persian manuscript on paper, 205ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 19ll. of elegant nasta'liq set within gold and red rules, with 19 half-page miniatures, opening bifolium with nasta'liq in white clouds against gold ground with gold and polychrome illuminated floral headpiece, surrounded by scrolling floral margins, in gilt lacquer binding
Text panel 9 13/16 x 4 3/8in. (24.9 x 11.1cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 6 7/16in. (28.9 x 16.3cm.)
SIGNED SHEIKH ZAFAR, NORTH INDIA, DATED 31 OCTOBER 1806
The Springtime of Knowledge, Persian manuscript on paper, 205ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 19ll. of elegant nasta'liq set within gold and red rules, with 19 half-page miniatures, opening bifolium with nasta'liq in white clouds against gold ground with gold and polychrome illuminated floral headpiece, surrounded by scrolling floral margins, in gilt lacquer binding
Text panel 9 13/16 x 4 3/8in. (24.9 x 11.1cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 6 7/16in. (28.9 x 16.3cm.)
荣誉呈献
Andrew Butler-Wheelhouse