SHEIKH 'INAYAT ALLAH KAMBOH (D. 1671): BAHAR-E DANESH
SIGNED SHEIKH ZAFAR, NORTH INDIA, DATED 31 OCTOBER 1806
The Springtime of Knowledge, Persian manuscript on paper, 205ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 19ll. of elegant nasta'liq set within gold and red rules, with 19 half-page miniatures, opening bifolium with nasta'liq in white clouds against gold ground with gold and polychrome illuminated floral headpiece, surrounded by scrolling floral margins, in gilt lacquer binding
Text panel 9 13/16 x 4 3/8in. (24.9 x 11.1cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 6 7/16in. (28.9 x 16.3cm.)
SHEIKH 'INAYAT ALLAH KAMBOH (D. 1671): BAHAR-E DANESH
SIGNED SHEIKH ZAFAR, NORTH INDIA, DATED 31 OCTOBER 1806
The Springtime of Knowledge, Persian manuscript on paper, 205ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 19ll. of elegant nasta'liq set within gold and red rules, with 19 half-page miniatures, opening bifolium with nasta'liq in white clouds against gold ground with gold and polychrome illuminated floral headpiece, surrounded by scrolling floral margins, in gilt lacquer binding
Text panel 9 13/16 x 4 3/8in. (24.9 x 11.1cm.); folio 11 3/8 x 6 7/16in. (28.9 x 16.3cm.)
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