Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Afdal al-Din Khaqani (d.1186), Tuhfat al-'Iraqayn, copied by 'Abd al-Ghani, probably Herat, Persia, Safavid, dated Muharram 1025 AH/January-February 1616 AD
Auction Closed
October 26, 12:30 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled cream paper, 124 leaves, 12 lines to the page written in fine black nasta'liq arranged in two columns with gold and black intercolumnar rules, text ruled in gold and polychrome, headings in white and blue on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, catchwords, f.1b with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, f.124a with colophon within an illuminated panel, in gilt-stamped brown leather binding, paper doublures with 'H.Kevorkian Collection' sticker
24.4 by 12.5cm.
Ex-collection Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York.
Sotheby's London, Fine Oriental Manuscripts - The Property of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund, 26 April 1982, lot 100.
Sotheby's London, Fine Oriental Manuscripts - The Property of the Hagop Kevorkian Fund, 26 April 1982, lot 100.
For a Qajar copy of the same text, see lot 34 in the present sale.