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An illuminated folio from a manuscript of the Jam-e Jam of Awhad al-Din Maraghi'i (d. 1338) Safavid Persia, 16th Century image 1
An illuminated folio from a manuscript of the Jam-e Jam of Awhad al-Din Maraghi'i (d. 1338) Safavid Persia, 16th Century image 2
Lot 13

An illuminated folio from a manuscript of the Jam-e Jam of Awhad al-Din Maraghi'i (d. 1338)
Safavid Persia, 16th Century

6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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An illuminated folio from a manuscript of the Jam-e Jam of Awhad al-Din Maraghi'i (d. 1338)
Safavid Persia, 16th Century

Persian manuscript on cream-coloured and gold-sprinkled paper, 12 lines to the page written in two columns in small and elegant nasta'liq script in black ink, double intercolumnar rules in gold, inner margins ruled in blue, green, dark red and gold, outer borders of orange and green paper richly decorated with fantastic birds amidst stylised serrated leaves and flowerheads outlined in gold, the folio with the number 41 in Persian numerals written in upper right corner of text area, in mount
folio 245 x 135 mm.; text area 129 x 64 mm.

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