AN ILLUSTRATED DOUBLE-SIDED BIFOLIUM FROM THE NAHJ AL-FARADIS : THE TWO HELLS RESERVED FOR MISERS AND FLATTERERS COMMISSIONED BY SULTAN ABU SA’ID GURKAN, TIMURID HERAT, CIRCA 1465 Uyghur manuscript, opaque pigments and gold on paper, recto with Hell for Misers, 3 ll. below, verso with Hell for Flatterers, 4ll. below, facing folio with 17 ll. of Uyghur script on reverse, recto blank folio 16 ¼ x 11 7/8in. (41.4 x 30.3cm.) illustration on verso 6 ¾ x 7 ½in. (17.2 x 19cm.) illustration on recto 6 ¾ x 7 ½in. (17.2 x 19cm.) folio 2, text panel 9 1/8 x 7 ½in. (23.2 x 19cm.) Provenance Made for the Timurid ruler Sultan Abu Sa'id Gurkan. Private collection, UK (the piece was inherited through the family and documents date back to the 1970s). Christie's, London, Private sale, 2016.
AN ILLUSTRATED DOUBLE-SIDED BIFOLIUM FROM THE NAHJ AL-FARADIS : THE TWO HELLS RESERVED FOR MISERS AND FLATTERERS COMMISSIONED BY SULTAN ABU SA’ID GURKAN, TIMURID HERAT, CIRCA 1465 Uyghur manuscript, opaque pigments and gold on paper, recto with Hell for Misers, 3 ll. below, verso with Hell for Flatterers, 4ll. below, facing folio with 17 ll. of Uyghur script on reverse, recto blank folio 16 ¼ x 11 7/8in. (41.4 x 30.3cm.) illustration on verso 6 ¾ x 7 ½in. (17.2 x 19cm.) illustration on recto 6 ¾ x 7 ½in. (17.2 x 19cm.) folio 2, text panel 9 1/8 x 7 ½in. (23.2 x 19cm.) Provenance Made for the Timurid ruler Sultan Abu Sa'id Gurkan. Private collection, UK (the piece was inherited through the family and documents date back to the 1970s). Christie's, London, Private sale, 2016.
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