SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA`DI (D.1292): KULLIYAT - photo 1

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

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31.03.2022 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 15 | SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA'DI (D.1292): KULLIYAT
SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA'DI (D.1292): KULLIYAT

SAFAVID SHIRAZ, CIRCA 1600; THE ILLUSTRATIONS, QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY

Poetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 359ff., plus two flyleaves, 12ll. of black nasta'liq on gold-sprinkled ground, keywords picked out in red, within gold and black floral rules, surrounded by 28ll. of black nasta'liq written diagonally interspersed with gold and polychrome illuminated cartouches, text within gold and polychrome rules, six folios with gold and polychrome illuminated headpieces, five of which with 19th century illustrated margins, a further bifolio with similarly illustrated margins and one folio with full page illustration, some folios with later gold illuminated margins with flowers and animals, the opening bifolio with 19th century illuminated margins, the text panel of the first folio later replaced, in gilt stamped brown morocco, tan doublures with gold floral lattice

Text panel 8 x 41⁄2in. (20 x 11.4cm.); folio 131⁄2 x 81⁄2in. (33.4 x 21.5cm.)







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Art style:Safavid (1506-1722)
Historical era:Qajar dynasty
Place of origin:Iran, Asia
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