ID 828798
Lot 98 | AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A ROYAL COPY OF FIRDAWSI'S SHAHNAMA
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1610
Persian poetry, Kay Kavus writing a letter to the king of Mazandaran and Kavus going to Mazandaran, the folio with 35ll. of black nasta'liq divided into four columns, headings in gold on blue background, set within gold and polychrome rules, red borders with gold floral decoration, additional lines of nasta'liq within gold clouds extending into the borders, blue margins with gold illumination showing birds, animals and plants, numbered in upper margin
Text 8 5/8 x 4 5/8in. (22 x 11.8cm.); folio 13 3/4 x 9 1/4in. (35 x 23.5cm.)
Provenance
Ex-collection Kalebdjian Brothers, 12 Rue de la Paix, Paris, first half 20th century
| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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| Auction house category: | Medieval & renaissance manuscripts |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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| Auction house category: | Medieval & renaissance manuscripts |
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