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Folio of calligraphy with illuminated borders,
Persian manuscript on paper, from an epic poem, 14ll. of elegant black nasta'liq in two columns on gold sprinkled buff paper, gold divisions between black rules, gold, orange and green margins betweeen black rules, blue and orange outer rule, mounted on pale pink leaf on one side and blue leaf on other, the former painted in gold with a symetrical design of leafy sprays around a pair of confronted cockerels and two deer, the blue leaf painted with a dragon, deer, lion and hare among flowering plants, foliage and arabesque palmettes, Persia, 16th century - 26.4 x 16.6cm.
Persian manuscript on paper, from an epic poem, 14ll. of elegant black nasta'liq in two columns on gold sprinkled buff paper, gold divisions between black rules, gold, orange and green margins betweeen black rules, blue and orange outer rule, mounted on pale pink leaf on one side and blue leaf on other, the former painted in gold with a symetrical design of leafy sprays around a pair of confronted cockerels and two deer, the blue leaf painted with a dragon, deer, lion and hare among flowering plants, foliage and arabesque palmettes, Persia, 16th century - 26.4 x 16.6cm.