Lot Essay
The story of the platonic love between Mihr (the sun), the son of legendary ruler Shahpur, and the court vizier's son Mushtari (Jupiter) is a well-known poem with strong pre-Islamic themes.
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SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
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MUHAMMAD 'ASSAR TABRIZI (D.1377 AD): MIHR WA MUSHTARI
SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
A love story in verse based on the concept of platonic love, Persian manuscript on paper, 179ff. plus one fly-leaf, each folio with 15ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in two columns with gold divisions, titles in red within cartouches, text within gold and polychrome rules, opening folio with illuminated headpiece, including seven original illustrations, numerous seal impressions, old repairs, in Safavid stamped and gilt binding with découpé doublures
Text panel 5 ¾ x 2 5/8in. (14.5 x 6.8cm.); folio 8 x 4 5/8in. (20.4 x 11.7cm.)
SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
A love story in verse based on the concept of platonic love, Persian manuscript on paper, 179ff. plus one fly-leaf, each folio with 15ll. of black nasta'liq script arranged in two columns with gold divisions, titles in red within cartouches, text within gold and polychrome rules, opening folio with illuminated headpiece, including seven original illustrations, numerous seal impressions, old repairs, in Safavid stamped and gilt binding with découpé doublures
Text panel 5 ¾ x 2 5/8in. (14.5 x 6.8cm.); folio 8 x 4 5/8in. (20.4 x 11.7cm.)
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