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CALLIGRAPHY BY QUTB AL-DIN IBN HASAN AL-TUNI, QAZVIN OR MASHHAD, 1580
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RUSTAM AT COURT
CALLIGRAPHY BY QUTB AL-DIN IBN HASAN AL-TUNI, QAZVIN OR MASHHAD, 1580
From a Shahnama of Firdawsi, gouache heightened with gold on paper, recto with an illustrated epic, with 3ll. of nasta'liq in four columns above and below, verso with 23ll. of similar nasta'liq in four columns divided by double gold intercolumnar rule, and a further outer column with nasta’liq in diagonal, heading in larger gold nasta'liq, catchword, folio with some creasing and minor restoration
Folio 13 3/8 x 9in. (34 x 23cm.)
CALLIGRAPHY BY QUTB AL-DIN IBN HASAN AL-TUNI, QAZVIN OR MASHHAD, 1580
From a Shahnama of Firdawsi, gouache heightened with gold on paper, recto with an illustrated epic, with 3ll. of nasta'liq in four columns above and below, verso with 23ll. of similar nasta'liq in four columns divided by double gold intercolumnar rule, and a further outer column with nasta’liq in diagonal, heading in larger gold nasta'liq, catchword, folio with some creasing and minor restoration
Folio 13 3/8 x 9in. (34 x 23cm.)
Provenance
Anon sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 April 1980, lot 271
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