Sale 5560
London, South Kensington
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29 April 2005
Price realised
GBP 420
Estimate
NOTE WRITTEN BY NASR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR OF IRAN AND PAGE OF TIMURID CALLIGRAPHY, IRAN, AH 1308/1890-1 AD AND 15TH CENTURY Note from Shah to Teulosan (the French physician at the court), dated AH 1308/AD 1890-91, Persian manuscript with 5ll. of black script in clouds on gold ground, margins with gold, blue, green and pink arabesques, mounted on an album page -- Folio 8½ x 5¼in. (21 x 14.5cm.); and a Timurid page with 13ll. of fine small black naskh, margins with larger thuluth and riqa' -- Text 5¼ x 5¾in. (13.4 x 14.5cm.)
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