EARLY ISLAMIC ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT PAGE
Persia, poss. late 16th /early 17th c., blue panel with gold signature above doorway
ink and gouache on paper heightened with gold depicting scene with figures presenting baby to man on throne, top line border surmounted with pair of gold dragons; four columns of black ink text in Nasta'liq script; the reverse with four columns of script with blue line border and panel with blue ink script; the right edge indicates page originally bound in book, page measures 13" by 7.75"
Possibly an illustration manuscript of story by Khamsa of Nizami
Face of man holding baby and area on woman's red robe rubbed; age appropriate edges to page, nothing major; top reverse edge of paper still remains glued to cardboard; edged fragile.
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Realized: $3,250 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 239 : EARLY ISLAMIC ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT PAGE
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