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SAFAVID IRAN, MID 16TH CENTURY WITH QAJAR ILLUMINATION
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A SAFAVID MANUSCRIPT IN VERSE
SAFAVID IRAN, MID 16TH CENTURY WITH QAJAR ILLUMINATION
Persian manuscript on paper, 7ff. plus two fly-leaves, 12ll. of elegant black nasta'liq to the page arranged in two columns with double divisions, each line in cloudband on gold ground, chapters separated with gold cartouches, text within broad gold and polychrome frame, opening folio with original illuminated headpiece, the margins with Qajar drawings of figures in landscape on pink paper, final folio with attribution to Sultan 'Ali, opening folio's recto with attribution to 'Imad and identification of the text as Adab al-mashq, in European style gilt and stamped green morocco
Text panel 5 5/8 x 2 5/8in. (14.4 x 6.7cm.); folio 9 ¼ x 5 ½in. (23.4 x 14cm.)
SAFAVID IRAN, MID 16TH CENTURY WITH QAJAR ILLUMINATION
Persian manuscript on paper, 7ff. plus two fly-leaves, 12ll. of elegant black nasta'liq to the page arranged in two columns with double divisions, each line in cloudband on gold ground, chapters separated with gold cartouches, text within broad gold and polychrome frame, opening folio with original illuminated headpiece, the margins with Qajar drawings of figures in landscape on pink paper, final folio with attribution to Sultan 'Ali, opening folio's recto with attribution to 'Imad and identification of the text as Adab al-mashq, in European style gilt and stamped green morocco
Text panel 5 5/8 x 2 5/8in. (14.4 x 6.7cm.); folio 9 ¼ x 5 ½in. (23.4 x 14cm.)
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