AMIR SHAHI (D.AH 857/1453 AD): DIWAN

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31.03.2022 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 2 | AMIR SHAHI (D.AH 857/1453 AD): DIWAN
AMIR SHAHI (D.AH 857⁄1453 AD): DIWAN

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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