AN ALBUM PAGE

Lot 1
27.04.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 32 760
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
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ID 932065
Lot 1 | AN ALBUM PAGE
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 40 000
AN ALBUM PAGE

THE CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED SULTAN 'ALI MASHHADI, TIMURID HERAT, LATE 15TH OR EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Persian poetry on paper, the central calligraphy with 5ll. of flowing black nasta'liq written on the diagonal in clouds flanked by triangular gold and polychrome illuminated panels and set within elegant floral margins, the panel with twelve further rectangular panels of black nasta'liq on the sides and below, surmounted by a gold and polychrome finely illuminated headpiece, pasted onto gold sprinkled margins and set between gold and polychrome rules, laid down on gold-speckled card

Calligraphy 5 1/4 x 3in. (13 x 7.6cm.); folio 18 3/4 x 11 3/4in. (47.5 x 30cm.)

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