ID 1033037
Lot 52 | HUSAYN JAMAL AL-DIN KASHIFI (1436-1504): TUHFAT AL-SALAWAT
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
TIMURID HERAT, DATED 28 RAMADAN AH 899/2 JULY 1494 AD
Autograph copy, Arabic manuscript on paper, 170ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 16ll. of black naskh, important words picked out in red, text within gold and blue rules, catchwords, occasional marginal annotation, opening folio with illuminated headpiece, the colophon signed and dated, with Timurid royal seals, in stamped brown leather binding, the doublures buff paper
Text panel 4 5/8 x 3in. (12.1 x 7.7cm); folio 7 x 5in. (17.8 x 12.5cm.)
Provenance
Anon sale, Sotheby's London, 26 April 1990, lot 192
| Art style: | Timurid (1378-1506) |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Art style: | Timurid (1378-1506) |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
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