A folio with two couplets of Persian poetry copied by Muhammad Muzaffar al-Din
probably Northern India, circa 1850
probably Northern India, circa 1850
Persian manuscript on paper, 6 lines to the page written diagonally in elegant nasta'liq script in black ink, outer border of two shades of brown paper, in mount, framed
165 x 85 mm.
165 x 85 mm.
Estimate:
£600 - 800
€700 - 930
US$ 910 - 1,200
€700 - 930
US$ 910 - 1,200
Footnotes
- A manuscript of Sa'di's Gulistan which was copied by Muhammad Muzaffar al-Din was sold at Sotheby's, London, Islamic and Indian Art, 10th-11th October 1991, lot 962. The colophon states that the manuscript was copied by Muhammad Muzaffar al-Din valad (son) of Muhammad Shiya 'atullah, a pupil of Mir Hayrat 'ali Khan Bahadur, and dated AH 1272/AD 1855. The floral borders of the manuscript point to a Northern Indian provenance.
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art
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