ID 1033096
Lot 7 | AN ILLUMINATED AND ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT BORDER
Estimate value
£ 1 200 – 1 800
FROM A MANUSCRIPT COMMISSIONED FOR SHAH DURAQ USTAJLU, THE MARGINS PROBABLY BY HASAN 'ALI AL-KATIB, SAFAVID HERAT, CIRCA 1522
The pale blue dyed paper with an overall lattice of floral arabesques, with five cartouches of white nasta'liq around the edges, the outer edge with three palmettes containing depictions of the sun and a cross-legged figure, the inner edge with two half palmettes, text panel missing, laid down on green card
10 ½ x 6 7/8in. (26.6cm. x 17cm.)
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