ID 727379 
Lot 8  | SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA'DI (D.1292): BUSTAN
Valeur estimée
£ 20 000 – 30 000 
SHAYBANID BUKHARA, DATED SHA'BAN AH 9[56]/SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1549 AD
Poetry, Persian manuscript on cream paper, 159ff., plus two flyleaves, 14ll, of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with gold and black intercolumnar rules, headings in gold, blue and red thuluth on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, text within gold and blue rules, catchwords, the margins illuminated in gold and polychrome with floral vine and cartouches with arabesques, the opening bifolio with two full page illustrations, the following bifolio with two gold and polychrome illuminated shamsas, followed by a gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio framing 6ll. of nasta'liq in clouds reserved against a hatched ground, four further illustrations within the text, colophon dated, flyleaves with later owners' notes and seal impressions, in modern gilt stamped binding, red doublures
Text panel 6 3⁄8 x 3 3⁄8in. (16 x 8.5cm.); folio 11 x 6 7⁄8in. (28 x 17.4cm.)
Special notice
No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.
| Style artistique: | Séfévides (1506-1722) | 
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Lettres, documents et manuscrits | 
| Style artistique: | Séfévides (1506-1722) | 
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Lettres, documents et manuscrits | 
| Adresse de l'enchère | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |
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