AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A ROYAL COPY OF FIRDAWSI`S SHAHNAMA

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26.10.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 8 | AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A ROYAL COPY OF FIRDAWSI'S SHAHNAMA
AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A ROYAL COPY OF FIRDAWSI'S SHAHNAMA

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.)

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