PAGE FROM AN ALBUM OF SA'DI'S GULISTAN WITH DRAWINGS OF DRAGONS IN COMBAT, ATTRIBUTABLE TO SULTAN MUHAMMAD, PERSIA, TABRIZ, CIRCA 1525-40

Estimate

15,000 - 20,000 GBP

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Description

6 x 3 1/2 inches

Ink, gold and silver on cream and buff paper, text in black nasta'liq script in one or two columns, repaired at right and left edges with gold-sprinkled buff paper, text panel re-mounted upside down

Provenance

P.W. Schulz, Germany, early 20th century

Catalogue Note

This page is from the same manuscript as lots 74 and 75 in this sale. See those lots for a full discussion.

These borders are decorated in gold and silver with qilins and dragons amongst trees, of the same type, although more tightly arranged, as those in the borders of lot 74. They continue the "fantastic forest" theme seen on several of the pages in this glorious manuscript.