Lot 43
  • 43

TWO LARGE ILLUMINATED ALBUM FOLIOS IN NASTA'LIQ SCRIPT, PERSIA, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Estimate
1,800 - 2,500 GBP
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Description

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Ink and gold with use of colours on paper, text in nasta'liq script on cream paper decorated with floral scrolls in gold and gold-sprinkling, mounted with borders of blue and pink paper decorated with bold floral scrolls in gold

Provenance

Adrienne Minassian, New York, 1955

Catalogue Note

The text of both folios consists of verses from the Bustan of Sa'di.