• Nizami (d.1209), Khamsa, copied by Khwaja Mir ibn Shams al-Din Muhammad Munshi Astarabadi, Persia, Safavid, dated 966 AH/1558-9 AD 1558 - 1559
  • Handicrafts and classics, Calligraphy, manuscript
  • 15.8 * 23.2 cm
  • Persian manuscript on paper, 342 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 21 lines to the page, written in neat black nasta'liq arranged in four gold-outlined columns, titles in red, blue and gold and polychrome illuminated title pages, with twenty-three paintings, five polychrome and gold headings, one title page missing, misbound and possibly incomplete, in a black morocco binding with stamped decoration
Estimation
£10,000
13,089 USD
- £15,000
19,634 USD
Realized Price
£22,680
29,686 USD
81.44%
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
ArtChart | An illuminated Qur’an juz’ (XXX), copied by Muhammad ibn Hasan, known as Kamal, Persia, Safavid, dated 930 AH/1523-24 AD by Unknown Artist
An illuminated Qur’an juz’ (XXX), copied by Muhammad ibn Hasan, known as Kamal, Persia, Safavid, dated 930 AH/1523-24 AD
Estimation
£15,000
19,634 USD
-
£20,000
26,178 USD
Realized Price
£18,900
24,738 USD
8%
Sale Date
Sotheby's - 30 March 2022
ArtChart | An illuminated page from a divan of Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara, with découpage nasta'liq calligraphy, Eastern Persia, Herat, circa 1490 by Unknown Artist
An illuminated page from a divan of Sultan Husayn Mirza Bayqara, with découpage nasta'liq calligraphy, Eastern Persia, Herat, circa 1490
Estimation
£10,000
13,089 USD
-
£15,000
19,634 USD
Realized Price
£18,900
24,738 USD
51.2%
Sale Date
Sotheby's - 30 March 2022
ArtChart | AMIR SHAHI (D.AH 857⁄1453 AD): DIWAN by Unknown Artist
AMIR SHAHI (D.AH 857⁄1453 AD): DIWAN
Estimation
£10,000
13,161 USD
-
£15,000
19,742 USD
Realized Price
£27,720
36,483 USD
121.76%
Sale Date
Christie's - 31 March 2022