Enrica Medugno
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Lot 8R
A large illuminated album page with verses from Sa'di's Bustan, written in nasta'liq script Persia, late 16th Century
23 May 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,920 inc. premium
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A large illuminated album page with verses from Sa'di's Bustan, written in nasta'liq script
Persia, late 16th Century
Persia, late 16th Century
Persian manuscript on paper, recto text written diagonally in couplets in nasta'liq script on cream paper decorated with lattice work in gold, central column with further text written in small nasta'liq script, outer border with floral motifs in gold on a blue ground; verso, text written horizontally and diagonally in nasta'liq script within separate panels on cream paper decorated with floral motifs in gold, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, outer border with floral motifs in gold on a light pink ground
text area 243 x 135 mm.; album page 295 x 185 mm. (visible); 360 x 240 mm. (total size)
text area 243 x 135 mm.; album page 295 x 185 mm. (visible); 360 x 240 mm. (total size)
Footnotes
Provenance
Adrienne Minassian, New York, 1955.
Stuart Cary Welch (1928-2008).
Sotheby's, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Part I: Arts of the Islamic World, 6th April 2011, lot 43.