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KHWAJU KIRMANI (D. AH 725/1325 AD): KHAMSA

Lot 64
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 60 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 64 | KHWAJU KIRMANI (D. AH 725/1325 AD): KHAMSA
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
KHWAJU KIRMANI (D. AH 725⁄1325 AD): KHAMSA

COPIED BY MUHAMMAD RIZA AL-KATIB AL-BALKHI, ASHTARKHANID BUKHARA, UZBEKISTAN, FIRST TEN DAYS OF DHU'L HIJJA AH 1029/END OF OCTOBER 1620 AD

Poetry, Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled cream paper, 155ff. plus two flyleaves, each folio with 21ll. black nasta'liq arranged in four columns with gold intercolumnar rules, headings in red, set within gold rules, opening folio with finely illuminated shamsa dedication to Imam Quli Bahadur Khan, the following folio with 13ll. black nasta'liq beneath a finely illuminated gold and polychrome headpiece, two further finely illuminated headings, the colophon signed and dated, red morocco binding inlaid with black and white leather, the central cartouche with pendants against an arabesque ground, set within a border of black nasta'liq in cartouches, abjad date of AH 1040 / 1630-31 AD, découpé doublures, overall good condition

Text panel 8 1⁄8 x 4 ¾in. (20.5 x 12cm.); folio 11 ¾ x 7in. (29.7 x 17.8cm.)





Provenance

Anon sale, Christie's London, 23 April 2002, lot 61
Art style:Timurid (1378-1506)
Place of origin:Asia, Uzbekistan
Auction house category:Books and manuscripts
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