ID 828806
Lot 43 | TWO FOLIOS FROM THE MAKHZAN AL-ASRAR OF NIZAMI WITH ILLUMINATED AND ILLUSTRATED BORDERS
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
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.)
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
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| Place of origin: | Afghanistan, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
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| Place of origin: | Afghanistan, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Address of auction |
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