Lot 43
Lot 43
PROPERTY FROM THE KARL AND ELIZABETH KATZ COLLECTION
An illuminated folio from a copy of Nizami's Khusraw and Shirin

[Safavid Iran, 16th century]

    Price Realised USD 1,125
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    USD 800 - USD 1,200
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    An illuminated folio from a copy of Nizami's Khusraw and Shirin

    [Safavid Iran, 16th century]

    Price Realised USD 1,125
    Price Realised USD 1,125
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    Physical description:
    318 x 200mm (12½ x 7⅞ in.). Persian manuscript on cream paper, the illuminated headpiece in polychrome and gold surmounting the text in black nasta‘liq arranged in four columns, with gold and black intercolumnar rules, title in red, text panel outlined in gold and polychrome, further line of text in margin.

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