A POETRY ANTHOLOGY

Lot 6
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Lot 6 | A POETRY ANTHOLOGY
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A POETRY ANTHOLOGY

SIGNED MUHAMMAD KATIB AL-SULTANI, TIMURID SHIRAZ, EARLY 15TH CENTURY

Comprising the Diwan of Hafiz and the Bustan and Ghazaliyyat of Sa'di, Persian manuscript on paper, 178ff. plus three flyleaves, 24ll. of small black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, titles in gold naskh in clouds reserved against a faintly hatched ground, surrounded by 26ll. of nasta'liq interspersed with triangular panels of floral illumination, within gold and black rules, catchwords, opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, colophon signed, minor repairs and faint discolouration, flyleaves with later owner's notes, in gilt-stamped brown morocco with flap, marbled paper doublures

Text panel 5 1⁄2 x 3 5⁄8in. (14.5 x 9.3cm.); folio 7 x 4 5⁄8in. (18 x 11.7cm.)







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Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 7 October 2008, lot 294





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