SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA`DI (D.1292): BUSTAN

Lot 8
31.03.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 8 | SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA'DI (D.1292): BUSTAN
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SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA'DI (D.1292): BUSTAN

SHAYBANID BUKHARA, DATED SHA'BAN AH 9[56]/SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1549 AD

Poetry, Persian manuscript on cream paper, 159ff., plus two flyleaves, 14ll, of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with gold and black intercolumnar rules, headings in gold, blue and red thuluth on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, text within gold and blue rules, catchwords, the margins illuminated in gold and polychrome with floral vine and cartouches with arabesques, the opening bifolio with two full page illustrations, the following bifolio with two gold and polychrome illuminated shamsas, followed by a gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio framing 6ll. of nasta'liq in clouds reserved against a hatched ground, four further illustrations within the text, colophon dated, flyleaves with later owners' notes and seal impressions, in modern gilt stamped binding, red doublures

Text panel 6 3⁄8 x 3 3⁄8in. (16 x 8.5cm.); folio 11 x 6 7⁄8in. (28 x 17.4cm.)







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