THE DEDICATION PAGE FROM THE NASIR AL-DIN SHAH ALBUM
QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1888
Arabic manuscript on paper, the folio with a central panel of decoupé gold calligraphy, repeating the word Al-Sultan on black ground, laid down within wide green margins, the upper edge with similar calligraphy giving the name of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar, surrounded by elegant decoupé floral illumination punctuated with coloured paper roundels, a series of quatrefoil cartouches surround the central panel on the other three sides, minor areas of staining
Folio 17 1/8 x 11½in. (43.5 x 29cm.)
THE DEDICATION PAGE FROM THE NASIR AL-DIN SHAH ALBUM
QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1888
Arabic manuscript on paper, the folio with a central panel of decoupé gold calligraphy, repeating the word Al-Sultan on black ground, laid down within wide green margins, the upper edge with similar calligraphy giving the name of Nasir al-Din Shah Qajar, surrounded by elegant decoupé floral illumination punctuated with coloured paper roundels, a series of quatrefoil cartouches surround the central panel on the other three sides, minor areas of staining
Folio 17 1/8 x 11½in. (43.5 x 29cm.)