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ABU`L QASIM FIRDAWSI (D. AH 416/1025 AH): SHAHNAMA

Lot 100
27.10.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 504 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 828780
Lot 100 | ABU'L QASIM FIRDAWSI (D. AH 416/1025 AH): SHAHNAMA
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
ABU'L QASIM FIRDAWSI (D. AH 416/1025 AH): SHAHNAMA

SIGNED 'ABD AL-RAHMAN, NORTH INDIA, PROBABLY DELHI, DATED 17TH RAJAB AH 1225/18 AUGUST 1810 AD

Persian manuscript on paper, 696ff., plus six flyleaves, each folio with 23ll. black nasta'liq arranged horizontally and on the diagonal in four columns with gold intercolumnar rules, text panel within gold and polychrome rules, catchwords, chapter headings in red nasta'liq, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, 23ll. black nasta'liq reserved in clouds against a gold ground, margins with gold and polychrome floral illumination, identical headings introducing three subsequent sections, each section with a signature and date, chapter headings in red nasta'liq in gold illuminated cartouches, 60 illustrations marked with gold tabs, occasional marginal notations, later owner and library notes on flyleaves, red leather binding with gilt painted covers, the red leather doublures with gold medallion, in a grey presentation box

Text panel 9 5/8 x 6in. (24.5 x 15.3cm.); folio 12 5/8 x 8 1/2in. (32.2 x 21.1cm.)





Provenance

Dr Philip Bliss, Bodleian Librarian and antiquary, sold as part of his collection in 1858

William Gott (d.1942), Bishop of Truro, with his Armorial bookplate and a pasted letter on last flyleaf describing its purchase from the Bliss sale

Ambrose Cramer (d.1983)

Charles D. Childs (d.1993)



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Place of origin:India, Asia, Mughal Empire
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