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SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
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TEN ILLUMINATED FOLIOS FROM A SAFAVID ANTHOLOGY
SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Comprising five bifolia from Sa'di's Bustan, a text by Rumi and possibly Sa'di's Gulistan, Persian manuscript on paper, each folio with 19ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in two or three columns, some text written diagonally, each line in clouds on gold ground with polychrome floral illumination, text set between triangular cartouches with blue and gold illumination, within gold and polychrome rules, each bifolio with gold illuminated margins to one side depicting animals and birds amidst foliage, mounted on five cards
Text panel 7 x 3 3/8in. (17.8 xc 8.5cm.); folio 9¾ x 5 3/8in. (13.8 x 27.cm.) (10)
SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY
Comprising five bifolia from Sa'di's Bustan, a text by Rumi and possibly Sa'di's Gulistan, Persian manuscript on paper, each folio with 19ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in two or three columns, some text written diagonally, each line in clouds on gold ground with polychrome floral illumination, text set between triangular cartouches with blue and gold illumination, within gold and polychrome rules, each bifolio with gold illuminated margins to one side depicting animals and birds amidst foliage, mounted on five cards
Text panel 7 x 3 3/8in. (17.8 xc 8.5cm.); folio 9¾ x 5 3/8in. (13.8 x 27.cm.) (10)
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