Enrica Medugno
Senior Sale Coordinator
Lot 3R
An illustrated manuscript leaf incorporating sections from Jami's Haft Awrang and Nizami's Iskandar-nameh Persia, 16th Century
22 May 2025, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,560 inc. premium
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An illustrated manuscript leaf incorporating sections from Jami's Haft Awrang and Nizami's Iskandar-nameh
Persia, 16th Century
Persia, 16th Century
Persian manuscript on paper, central text written in four columns of nasta'liq within gold cloudbands, further text written diagonally in outer margins, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, illustration depicting chess-players in a garden in gouache and gold, not illustrating the text
leaf 362 x 240 mm.
leaf 362 x 240 mm.
Footnotes
Provenance
Acquired from a dealer in Connaught Street, London W2, 1980s.
The central part of the text is from the Layla va Majnun of Jami's Haft Awrang, and the outer part from the Iskandar-nameh of Nizami's Khamsa. The panel between the central section and the outer columns with the heading 'Khusraw talking' has unidentified poems. The painting does not match the content of the text.
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