ID 1033232
Lot 8 | AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A ROYAL COPY OF FIRDAWSI'S SHAHNAMA
Estimate value
£ 5 000 – 7 000
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1610
Persian poetry, the folio with 35ll. black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, recto with a heading in gold on blue ground, set within gold and polychrome rules, orange borders with gold floral decoration, additional lines of nasta'liq within gold clouds extending into the borders, blue margins with gold illumination of birds and flowers, numbered in upper margin, verso similar
Text panel 8 ¼ x 4 3/8in. (21 x 11cm.); folio 13 ¾ x 9 ¼in. (35 x 23.5cm.)
| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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