ID 829483
Lot 97 | KHWAJA SHAMS AL-DIN HAFIZ SHIRAZI (D.1390 AD): DIWAN
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
BY MUHAMMAD QOLI KHAN IL BEYGI, QAJAR IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Poetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 268ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 14ll. black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, key words in red, text panels within gold and blue rules, black and gold outer marginal rules, catchwords, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and text in clouds against a gold ground, within gold and polychrome rules and gold and polychrome illuminated floral margins, a further two similarly illuminated bifolios, colophon signed, later owner's notes on opening fly-leaf, in fine lacquerer binding, the outer covers with gol-o-bolbol surrounded by red cartouches containing poetic couplets in nasta'liq, the inside covers with a narcissus on a gold ground, with brown leather slipcase
Text box 8 1/2 x 5 1/8in. (21.2 x 13cm.); folio 11 1/4 x 7 1/2in. (28.5 x 19cm.)
| Historical era: | Qajar dynasty |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Books |
| Historical era: | Qajar dynasty |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Books |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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