AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A ROYAL COPY OF FIRDAWSI`S SHAHNAMA

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£ 11 340
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27.10.2022 10:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Lot 98 | AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A ROYAL COPY OF FIRDAWSI'S SHAHNAMA
AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A ROYAL COPY OF FIRDAWSI'S SHAHNAMA

MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1610

Persian poetry, Kay Kavus writing a letter to the king of Mazandaran and Kavus going to Mazandaran, the folio with 35ll. of black nasta'liq divided into four columns, headings in gold on blue background, set within gold and polychrome rules, red borders with gold floral decoration, additional lines of nasta'liq within gold clouds extending into the borders, blue margins with gold illumination showing birds, animals and plants, numbered in upper margin

Text 8 5/8 x 4 5/8in. (22 x 11.8cm.); folio 13 3/4 x 9 1/4in. (35 x 23.5cm.)





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Ex-collection Kalebdjian Brothers, 12 Rue de la Paix, Paris, first half 20th century
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