ASIFI HARAVI (D. AH 923 / 1517 AD): DIWAN COPIED...
ASIFI HARAVI (D. AH 923 / 1517 AD): DIWAN
COPIED BY GHAYBULLAH AL-IMAMI, EARLY SAFAVID IRAN, EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 127ff. plus 8 fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of elegant black nasta'liq within gold margins with blue and black rule, many folios with 2ll. of diagonal nasta'liq worked in, also outlined in gold, titles in gold naskh, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and text in gold clouds reserved against a gold ground with polychrome floral illumination, colophon signed Ghaybullah al-Imami, some folios coming loose in binding, small area of repaired worm holing, staining affecting about 20ff. towards the end of the manuscript, in later brown morocco with central gilt stamped medallion and marbled doublures
Folio 5½ x 3½in. (14 x 9cm.); text panel 4 3⁄8 x 2½in. (11 x 5.5cm.)
Provenance
Property from The Library of the late Djafar Ghazi
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ASIFI HARAVI (D. AH 923 / 1517 AD): DIWAN
COPIED BY GHAYBULLAH AL-IMAMI, EARLY SAFAVID IRAN, EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 127ff. plus 8 fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll. of elegant black nasta'liq within gold margins with blue and black rule, many folios with 2ll. of diagonal nasta'liq worked in, also outlined in gold, titles in gold naskh, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and text in gold clouds reserved against a gold ground with polychrome floral illumination, colophon signed Ghaybullah al-Imami, some folios coming loose in binding, small area of repaired worm holing, staining affecting about 20ff. towards the end of the manuscript, in later brown morocco with central gilt stamped medallion and marbled doublures
Folio 5½ x 3½in. (14 x 9cm.); text panel 4 3⁄8 x 2½in. (11 x 5.5cm.)
Provenance
Property from The Library of the late Djafar Ghazi
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
