MUHAMMAD GHAZALI MASHHADI (D.1572), NAQSH-E BADI, A POEM ON MYSTIC LOVE, SIGNED BY BABA SHAH AL-ISFAHANI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, CIRCA SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

MUHAMMAD GHAZALI MASHHADI (D.1572), NAQSH-E BADI, A POEM ON MYSTIC LOVE, SIGNED BY BABA SHAH AL-ISFAHANI, PERSIA, SAFAVID, CIRCA SECOND HALF 16TH CENTURY

Persian manuscript on gold sprinkled paper, 43 leaves, 12 lines to the page, written in nasta’liq in black ink, text divided into two columns, ruled in green, orange, gold and blue, f.1b with a polychrome and gold headpiece, f.25b with one miniature depicting Layla and Majnun, in brown leather binding with stamped gilt decoration, doublures with a central medallion and corner-pieces decorated with filigree over a coloured ground

24 by 14.7cm.

Condition Report:
In fair condition, the later margins clean, minor stains and smudges to the ink, minor losses to the illumination and minor repainting to the miniature, some losses to the dubloures and scratches to the binding, as viewed.

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Provenance:
Hagop Kevorkian (1872-1962), New York .

Hagop Kevorkian Fund, sold at Sotheby’s London, 26 April 1982, lot 93.

Private collection, UK.