SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

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ABU'L-QASIM FIRDAWSI (D. AH 416/1024 AD): SHAHNAMA
SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
Poetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 386ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 30ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, catchwords, headings in red, gold or blue nasta'liq, opening bifolio of the preface with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and similarly illuminated borders, the first bifolio of the main text similarly illuminated, with three 19th or early 20th century illustrations, spaces left for further paintings, later owners' stamps throughout and a page of notes stuck to the opening doublure, in Qajar shagreen boards with gold stamped floral medallions with pendants, red morocco doublures
Folio 12 ¼ x 7 3/8in. (31.1 x 18.8cm.)

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The late Qajar illustrations in this manuscript include:
The Battle of Siyamak and the Demon
Rustam lassoes Rakhsh
Kayqubad and Rustam

SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

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