AN EPIC BASED ON THE SHAHNAMA INCLUDING THE GARSHASPNAMA AND SAMNAMA

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01.05.2025 11:00UTC +01:00
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£ 2 097 000
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Los 73 | AN EPIC BASED ON THE SHAHNAMA INCLUDING THE GARSHASPNAMA AND SAMNAMA
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£ 700 000 – 1 000 000
AN EPIC BASED ON THE SHAHNAMA INCLUDING THE GARSHASPNAMA AND SAMNAMA
PROBABLY MUGHAL LAHORE, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Composed on the model of the Shahnama of Abu'l Qasim Firdawsi (d. 1024 AD) including text from the Garshaspnama of Hakim Abu 'Ali Ahmad Asadi Tusi (d. 1073 AD) and the Samnama attributed to Khwaju Kirmani (d. 1349 AD), Persian manuscript on paper, 464ff., each with 29ll. fine black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, small titles in red in panels over the central two columns, gold intercolumnar and interlinear divisions between black rules, similar inner and outer margins, incomplete at end, with 117 large and extremely fine miniatures illustrating the texts in opaque pigments heightened with gold, many signed by Miran, large section of the manuscript with spaces left for further miniatures, opening folio of poem with gold and polychrome finely illuminated headpiece, marginal annotations throughout, partially erased rectangular seal of Asaf al-Dawla in the lower margin of the recto throughout, in Safavid morocco binding with gilt stamped medallion on the scrolling ground enlarged with Qajar stamped black borders to accommodate the manuscript, découpé leather doublures, occasional smudging and worming throughout, some damages and repairs predominantly to edges and margins, occasional splitting at the margins
Text panel 11 ¼ x 6 1/8in. (28.5 x 15.8cm.); folio 19 ¾ x 11 ¾in. (50.2 x 29.9cm.)




Provenance

Library of Asaf al-Dawla, Nawab of Awadh (1775-97), as per the partly erased seal impression on the verso of each page
Ghaemmaghami Collection, Tehran
Habib Sabet Collection (d. 1990), Tehran and Paris
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 10 October 2006, lot 113
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