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Auction archive: Lot number 48

A FINELY-ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC BIFOLIUM FROM A BUSTAN OF SHAYKH MUSILH...

Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$25,284 - US$37,926
Price realised:
£25,000
ca. US$31,605
Auction archive: Lot number 48

A FINELY-ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC BIFOLIUM FROM A BUSTAN OF SHAYKH MUSILH...

Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$25,284 - US$37,926
Price realised:
£25,000
ca. US$31,605
Beschreibung:

A finely-illuminated calligraphic bifolium from a Bustan of Shaykh Musilh al-Din Sa’adi (d.1292 AD), copied by ‘Ali al-Husayni al-Katib, Persia, Safavid, Herat, 1525-26 AD Persian manuscript on paper, 21 lines to the page, written in fine and elegant nasta’liq in four columns, f.2b with text arranged in alternating horizontal and diagonal panels flanked by triangles of gold and polychrome illumination, 9 illuminated headings set within gold-flecked margins, a seal impression on f.1a text panel: 18 by 10cm. leaf: 28.4 by 18.5 cm.

Auction archive: Lot number 48
Auction:
Datum:
26 Apr 2017
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

A finely-illuminated calligraphic bifolium from a Bustan of Shaykh Musilh al-Din Sa’adi (d.1292 AD), copied by ‘Ali al-Husayni al-Katib, Persia, Safavid, Herat, 1525-26 AD Persian manuscript on paper, 21 lines to the page, written in fine and elegant nasta’liq in four columns, f.2b with text arranged in alternating horizontal and diagonal panels flanked by triangles of gold and polychrome illumination, 9 illuminated headings set within gold-flecked margins, a seal impression on f.1a text panel: 18 by 10cm. leaf: 28.4 by 18.5 cm.

Auction archive: Lot number 48
Auction:
Datum:
26 Apr 2017
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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