TWO FOLIOS FROM THE MAKHZAN AL-ASRAR OF NIZAMI WITH ILLUMINATED AND ILLUSTRATED BORDERS

Lot 43
27.10.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 12 600
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Lot 43 | TWO FOLIOS FROM THE MAKHZAN AL-ASRAR OF NIZAMI WITH ILLUMINATED AND ILLUSTRATED BORDERS
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£ 12 000 – 18 000
TWO FOLIOS FROM THE MAKHZAN AL-ASRAR OF NIZAMI WITH ILLUMINATED AND ILLUSTRATED BORDERS

COMMISSIONED FOR SHAH DURAQ USTAJLU, THE MARGINS SIGNED HASAN 'ALI AL-KATIB, SAFAVID HERAT, CIRCA 1522

Persian manuscript on paper, each folio with 11ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns on gold-flecked paper, within gold and polychrome rules, headings in blue nasta'liq within gold and polychrome illuminated panels, each folio laid down within polychrome borders decorated with floral scrolls, calligraphic cartouches and gold and polychrome illuminated figural and animal cartouches, both inner margins of one folio signed Hasan 'Ali al-Katib, the other with the name of the patron Shah Duraq Ustajlu

Text panel 5 1/4 x 3in. (13.5 x 7.4cm.); folio 10 3/8 x 6 3/4in. (26.5 x 17cm.)

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