ID 828741 
Lot 56  | AMIR KHUSRAW DEHLAVI (D. AH 725/1324-25 AD): MATLA' AL-ANWAR
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000 
COPIED BY MUHAMMAD AL-KATIB, SAFAVID IRAN, DATED SHA'BAN AH 989/SEPTEMBER 1581 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on cream burnished paper, 132ff. plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 12ll. of elegant black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with headings in red ink, within orange, gold and blue rules, catchwords, opening folio with gold and blue headpiece, colophon signed and dated, in elegant contemporaneous binding with flap with blind tooled panels, doublures in brown leather with decoupé arabesque medallion with pendants and spandrels over blue panels
Text panel 5 7/8 x 2 7/8in. (14.9 x 7.5cm.); folio 7 3/4 x 5 1/4in. (19.6 x 13.2cm.)
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| 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 | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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