ID 1033128
Lot 10 | ABU'L QASIM FIRDAWSI (D. 1025): SHAHNAMA
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
SIGNED MUHYI, PROBABLY MASHHAD, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED SAFAR AH 974/AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1566 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 410ff. each with 25ll. of fine black nasta'liq, arranged in six columns, set within blue and gold rules, catchwords, section headings in gold nasta'liq, with twenty contemporaneous full-page illustrations, unbound, in white presentation box
Text panel 9 5/8 x 6 7/8in. (24.4 x 17.2cm.); folio 13 ¼ x 8 7/8in. (33.7 x 22.5cm.)
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
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