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A calligraphic album with coloured marbled borders, Iran, dated first of Safar 10015 (1015) AH...
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Description
A calligraphic album with coloured marbled borders,
Iran, dated first of Safar 10015 (1015) AH (8 June 1606 AD),
Persian manuscript on paper, 8ff, hikmat or wisdom literature in verse with the main text including the counsels of Luqman the Wise to his son, with relevant lines of verse, the final folio with date of 22 Muharram 1124AH /1 March 1712AD, ‘penned for al-Qadir [God?]’; the second to last page ‘Copied out in the care of [illegible], on 1 Safar 1015AH /8 June 1606AD, descriptive inscription dated 22 Safar 1204AH/1790AD signed Aga Muhammad, on decorated and marbled paper with Qajar marbled paper remargining throughout, limp paper wrappers
text panel 13.5 x 7cm; soft paper cover, folio 22.7 x 14.2cm.
Provenance: Formerly in the Private Collection of 'Abd al-Wahhab Khan, Nizam al-Mulk (1848-1916) and thence by descent in the early 20th century to a private London collection
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