AN ILLUSTRATED DOUBLE-SIDED BIFOLIUM FROM THE NAHJ AL-FARADIS: THE TWO HELLS RESERVED FOR MISERS AND FLATTERERS, COMMISSIONED BY SULTAN ABU SA’ID GURKAN, TIMURID HERAT, CIRCA 1465

AN ILLUSTRATED DOUBLE-SIDED BIFOLIUM FROM THE NAHJ AL-FARADIS: THE TWO HELLS RESERVED FOR MISERS AND FLATTERERS
COMMISSIONED BY SULTAN ABU SA’ID GURKAN, TIMURID HERAT, CIRCA 1465
Uyghur manuscript, opaque pigments and gold on paper, recto with Hell for Misers, 3 ll. below, verso with Hell for Flatterers, 4ll. below, facing folio with 17 ll. of Uyghur script on reverse, recto blank
folio 16 ¼ x 11 7/8in. (41.4 x 30.3cm.)
illustration on verso 6 ¾ x 7 ½in. (17.2 x 19cm.)
illustration on recto 6 ¾ x 7 ½in. (17.2 x 19cm.)
folio 2, text panel 9 1/8 x 7 ½in. (23.2 x 19cm.)

Pre-Lot Text
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN COLLECTION