A FOLIO FROM A TIMURID ALBUM, SHIRAZ, IRAN, CIRCA 1430-40

A FOLIO FROM A TIMURID ALBUM
SHIRAZ, IRAN, CIRCA 1430-40
Ink and gold on paper, with a central gold drawing of a small robed angel against a ground of gold-outlined flowering scrolls reserved against light brown ground, mounted on card with borders composed of lines of elegant black nasta'liq arranged horizontally and diagonally some with further similar arabesques and floral meander or small panels of gold and polychrome floral illumination, laid down between polychrome rules on wide card borders with cartouches and scrolls reserved against light brown speckled ground, some flaking
Calligraphy 10 ½ x 8in. (26.5 x 20.2cm.); folio 15 5/8 x 12 1/8in. (39.8 x 30.6cm.)