ID 828671 
Lot 44  | JAMAL AL-DIN ABU MUHAMMAD NIZAMI: KHAMSA
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000 
SAFAVID IRAN, DATED 12 RABI' II AH 1000/ 26 JANUARY 1592 AD
Persian manuscript on paper, 387ff. plus two flyleaves, each folio with 19ll. of black nasta’liq on gold flecked text panel arranged in four columns within gold and blue rules within red outer rule, headings in gold nasta’liq in central panels, with blue and gold illuminated headpieces introducing each new chapter, with 13 illustrations, colophon dated after chapter one, pages trimmed, in a gilt tooled black leather binding, the red leather doublures with gilt découpé medallions on polychrome panels
Text panel 7 1/2 x 4 3/4in. (19.2 x 12.4cm.); folio 10 x 6 3/4in. (25.4 x 17.1cm.)
Provenance
Mes Rheims, Paris, Palais Galliera, 28 March 1968, no. 75
Sotheby's France, Madame Djahanguir Riahi - Les Œuvres Que J’ai Aimées, 06 July 2017, lot 84
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| 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 | 
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