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

Lot 14
31.03.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 14 | SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA’DI (D. 1292): KULLIYAT
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£ 5 000 – 7 000
SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA’DI (D. 1292): KULLIYAT

TEXT SIGNED 'ALI MUHAMMAD, ILLUMINATION SIGNED MIRZA HUSAYN 'ALI QAJAR AND MIR HUSAYN HUSAYNI, QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1240⁄1824-5 AD

Poetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 401ff. plus one flyleaf, 23ll. of black nasta'liq, in different column and text block arrangements with intercolumnar black rules, keywords picked out in gold, blue and red, headings in red on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, text within gold and polychrome rules, catchwords, opening bifolio illuiminated in gold and polychrome with text in clouds reserved against a gold ground, three further similarly illuminated bifolios within the text, colophon signed and dated, some loose folios, overall very good condition, in stamped brown morocco

Text panel 8 7⁄8 x 4 3⁄4in. (22.6 x 11.9cm.); folio 12 1⁄4 x 7 3⁄8in. (31.1 x 18.7cm.)







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