A FINELY ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI, THE BORDERS ATTRIBUTED TO SULTAN MUHAMMAD, PERSIA, TABRIZ, CIRCA 1525-40 Ink, gold and silver on cream, blue and orange paper, manuscript folio with 10 lines per page of text from Sa'di's Gulistan (Rose Garden) written in fine nasta'liq script in black and gold; the borders magnificently decorated with scenes of dragons, a qilin, a simurgh and a fox amongst trees on blue paper (recto) and an antelope, a leopard and a bear amongst trees on orange paper (verso) 30.4 by 19cm. (11 7/8 by 7½in.)
A FINELY ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI, THE BORDERS ATTRIBUTED TO SULTAN MUHAMMAD, PERSIA, TABRIZ, CIRCA 1525-40 Ink, gold and silver on cream, blue and orange paper, manuscript folio with 10 lines per page of text from Sa'di's Gulistan (Rose Garden) written in fine nasta'liq script in black and gold; the borders magnificently decorated with scenes of dragons, a qilin, a simurgh and a fox amongst trees on blue paper (recto) and an antelope, a leopard and a bear amongst trees on orange paper (verso) 30.4 by 19cm. (11 7/8 by 7½in.)
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