• AMIR SHAHI (D.AH 857⁄1453 AD): DIWAN
  • Handicrafts and classics, Calligraphy, manuscript
  • 12.3 * 21.7 cm
  • SIGNED MUHAMMAD QASIM BIN SHADISHAH, SAFAVID HERAT, 16TH CENTURY
    Poetry, Persian manuscript on gold-speckled cream and blue paper, 41ff., plus four flyleaves, 14ll. of black nasta'liq divided into two columns with double gold intercolumnar rules, headings in white nasta'liq in gold and polychrome illuminated panels, within gold and polychrome rules, laid down within variously coloured margins illuminated in gold, the opening bifolio illuminated in gold and polychrome framing 5ll. of black nasta'liq in clouds reserved against a gold floral ground, colophon signed, in Qajar lacquer binding, lacquer doublures
    Text panel 4 3⁄4 x 2 1⁄2in. (12.2 x 6.2cm.); folio 8 1⁄2 x 4 1⁄7in. (21.7 x 12.3cm.)

Estimation
£10,000
13,161 USD
- £15,000
19,742 USD
Realized Price
£27,720
36,483 USD
121.76%
ArtChart | ‘Abdullah Ansari, The Nasa’ih (Councils), copied by Shah Mahmud Nishapuri, Persia, Tabriz, Safavid, dated 953 AH/1546-47 AD by Unknown Artist
‘Abdullah Ansari, The Nasa’ih (Councils), copied by Shah Mahmud Nishapuri, Persia, Tabriz, Safavid, dated 953 AH/1546-47 AD
Estimation
£15,000
19,634 USD
-
£20,000
26,178 USD
Realized Price
£23,940
31,335 USD
36.8%
Sale Date
Sotheby's - 30 March 2022