ID 727213 
Lot 10  | EXAMPLES OF OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE (INSHA')
Estimate value
£ 3 000 – 5 000 
SIGNED IKHTIYAR AL-MUNSHI, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on blue paper, 5ff., plus five flyleaves, 5ll. of alternating black and gold shikasteh written on the diagonal in clouds reserved against a gold ground, gold and polychrome illuminated triangular cartouches above and below, within gold and black rules, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, colophon signed, flyleaves and first and final folios with later owners' notes and seal impressions, in red morocco
Text panel 5 1⁄2 x 3 1⁄4in. (14 x 8.2cm.); folio 7 7⁄8 x 5in. (19.9 x 12.5cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 October 1990, lot 269
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) | 
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia | 
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts | 
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) | 
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia | 
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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