TWO ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM AN AJA`IB AL-MAKHLUQAT OF QAZWINI

Lot 62
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 62 | TWO ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM AN AJA'IB AL-MAKHLUQAT OF QAZWINI
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£ 3 000 – 5 000
TWO ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM AN AJA'IB AL-MAKHLUQAT OF QAZWINI
TURKMAN SHIRAZ, IRAN, LATE 15TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, each folio with two polychrome illustrations in opaque pigments within a single grey rule, 17ll. black nasta'liq with key words and headings in gold, blue and red, set within gold and grey rules, the margins plain, restoration, mounted on card
Text panel 6 1/8 x 3 7/8in. (15.5 x 9.8cm.); folio 9 1/8 x 6 3/8in. (23.4 x 16.1cm.)




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Paul Richard Loewi (1879-1939)
Thence by descent to the current owner
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