A calligraphic album page in nasta'liq script, Persia, Safavid, circa 1600 AD
Auction Closed
April 26, 01:36 PM GTNN
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Persian manuscript on paper, the main panel with 2 lines written in nasta'liq in black ink in clouds reserved against an gold and polychrome illuminated ground, smaller panels of calligraphy and illumination above and below, text panel ruled in gold and black, within cream borders illuminated with gold flowers, the reverse with previous collects ion and exhibition stickers
text panel: 12.3 by 19.7cm.
leaf: 22.5 by 33.7cm.
Ex-collects
ion Kirkor Minassian, (1874-1944), New York.
Ex-collects ion, Adrienne Minassian, (1913-94), New York.
Ex-collects ion, Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008), New York.
Sotheby's London, The Stuart Cary Welch collects ion, Part One: Arts of the Islamic World, 6 April 2011, lot 49.
Ex-collects ion, Adrienne Minassian, (1913-94), New York.
Ex-collects ion, Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008), New York.
Sotheby's London, The Stuart Cary Welch collects ion, Part One: Arts of the Islamic World, 6 April 2011, lot 49.
Exhibition of Persian Art, The Iranian Institute, New York, 1940 (label to reverse).
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