An album in concertina form, comprising fourteen pages from a manuscript of the Divan of Hafiz written in fine shikasteh, in the manner of Darvish 'Abd al-Majid, Persia, 18th/19th Century

Persian manuscript on paper laid down on card album pages, 14 leaves on 8 pages, 14 lines to the page written in fine shikasteh in black ink in two columns within cloudbands on a gold ground, headings in red ink, laid down on variously coloured album pages with paper onlay inner borders, later velvet covers
text area 104 x 55 mm. and slightly smaller; album 270 x 180 mm.

Provenance
Private UK collection.

A label on the front cover attributes the hand to that of the 18th Century shikasteh calligrapher Darvish 'Abd al-Majid, considered the master of the style, though his work was often copied during his lifetime and later.

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