ID 727305
Lot 2 | AMIR SHAHI (D.AH 857/1453 AD): DIWAN
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
SIGNED MUHAMMAD QASIM BIN SHADISHAH, SAFAVID HERAT, 16TH CENTURY
Poetry, Persian manuscript on gold-speckled cream and blue paper, 41ff., plus four flyleaves, 14ll. of black nasta'liq divided into two columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, headings in white nasta'liq in gold and polychrome illuminated panels, within gold and polychrome rules, laid down within variously coloured margins illuminated in gold, the opening bifolio illuminated in gold and polychrome framing 5ll. of black nasta'liq in clouds reserved against a gold floral ground, colophon signed, in Qajar lacquer binding, lacquer doublures
Text panel 4 3⁄4 x 2 1⁄2in. (12.2 x 6.2cm.); folio 8 1⁄2 x 4 1⁄7in. (21.7 x 12.3cm.)
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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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