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Nizami Ganjavi (1141-1209 AD, Khamsa, Persia, 15th century, several drawings and one...
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Nizami Ganjavi (1141-1209 AD, Khamsa, Persia, 15th century, several drawings and one miniature painting, Persian manuscript on paper, 126ff. with, 25 ll. of fine black nast'liq arranged in four vertical columns within gold borders, text headings alernating in red, gold and blue muhaqqaq script, in later green binding, folio 20.8 cm x 13.3 cm.
Provenance: Christie's South Kensington, 06/10/2008, lot 294
This work was in all likelihood originally a commission by a member of royalty or an elite member of society. The finely and precisely executed calligraphy is of high quality, and the drawings have been carefully rendered in a pale sepia ink before they would have been completed with pigment. The miniature painting on f 102r, which is almost complete, shows the fine detail and artistry for which Persian painting is renowned.
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