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AMIR SHAHI (D. AH 857/1453 AD): DIWAN AND OTHER POETIC WORKS

Lot 59
27.10.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 15 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 828685
Lot 59 | AMIR SHAHI (D. AH 857/1453 AD): DIWAN AND OTHER POETIC WORKS
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
AMIR SHAHI (D. AH 857/1453 AD): DIWAN AND OTHER POETIC WORKS





SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY

Poetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 67ff. plus three flyleaves, each folio with 6ll. of elegant black nasta'liq arranged on the diagonal and contained within a panel outlined in gold and polychrome rules, beyond this further lines of smaller black nasta'liq with poetry by Mulla Shirazi and Amir Khosraw, catchwords, important words and headings picked out in gold naskh or nasta'liq, occasionally within clouds reserved against pink-hatched ground with blue leaves, first 12ff. with delicate gold and polychrome floral illumination within triangular panels framing the calligraphy, opening folio with gold and polychrome floral illuminated headpiece with three wide pink margins decorated in gold with fine landscapes filled with foliage and real and fantastic birds and mammals and opening illumination possibly, misbound, in elegant Safavid brown morocco binding with gilt-stamped medallions, decoupé doublures, associated flap

Text panel 71/2 x 31/2in. (18.8 x 8.3cm.); folio 12 x 7 1/8in. (30.4 x 18cm.)





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Art style:Safavid (1506-1722)
Place of origin:Asia, Persia
Auction house category:Letters, documents and manuscripts
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