ID 727194
Lot 1 | SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA’DI (D. 1292): KULLIYAT
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
SIGNED 'ABDULLAH AL-SAMADI, TIMURID IRAN, DATED 18 DHU'L-QA'DA AH 901⁄6 AUGUST 1496 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 395ff., plus two flyleaves, 19ll. of black nasta'liq variously arranged in one or two columns within double gold intercolumnar rules, flanked by a column with 12ll. of nasta'liq written on the diagonal, gold and polychrome illuminated triangular cartouches above and below, keywords picked out in gold, red and blue, headings in white thuluth on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, within gold, black and blue rules, catchwords, opening bifolio illuminated in gold and polychrome framing 7ll. in clouds reserved against a gold ground, with later owners' seal impressions, colophon signed and dated, in contemporaneous gilt-stamped and découpé binding, in stamped box with flap
Text panel 7 3⁄8 x 3 7⁄8in. (18.6 x 9.7cm.); folio 11 3⁄4 x 7in. (29.9 x 17.8cm.)
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| Art style: | Timurid (1378-1506) |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Art style: | Timurid (1378-1506) |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Address of auction |
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