AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, SIGNED BY HAJJI MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM QUMMI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 1082 AH/1671 AD
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June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, SIGNED BY HAJJI MUHAMMAD IBRAHIM QUMMI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, DATED 1082 AH/1671 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 29 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 9 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink within clouds against a gold ground, margins ruled in gold and blue, headings written in blue thuluth, f.1b with an illuminated headpiece decorated with intricate interlacing arabesques and split palmettes, in a red lacquer binding with a central calligraphic cartouche within floral borders
14.5 by 9.4cm.
Please note: Condition 9 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers for this sale is not applicable to this lot.
Hajji Muhammad Ibrahim Qummi was the brother of the famous artist Muhammad Zaman, and was an established artist working in the Royal Library of Shah Suleyman (r.1666-93). The format of lobed calligraphic medallions on a floral ground (as seen on lacquer pen-boxes as well as on the binding of the present manuscript) was originally devised by Hajji Muhammad, and became a design of great longevity over the following century. A fine lacquer pen-box signed by Hajji Muhammad was sold in these rooms, 25 April 2002, lot 62.