TWO ILLUSTRATED LEAVES FROM NIZAMI'S KHAMSA: ISKANDAR MEETING THE PHILOSOPHERS AND MAJNUN BEGGING THE OLD WOMAN TO TAKE HIM WITH HER, PERSIA, TURKMAN, 1494-95 AD |

each leaf gouache heightened with gold on paper,  11 and 12 lines to the page above and below the painting, written in nasta’liq in black ink within 4 columns, reverse with 19 lines to the page

Ex-collection H.K. Monif, New York, 1940s, thence by descent.

'A Persian Manuscript of the Fifteenth Century', The Brooklyn Museum Annual Volume V, 1963-64, p.46.

In good condition, minor worm holes and stains to the paper, not affecting the painting, smudges, minor flaking, as viewed
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These leaves come from a known manuscript that is partly in the Brooklyn Museum, and whose colophons are dated between 899 and 900 AH (1494-95 AD). For an extensive discussion on this manuscript, please see L. Katz, 'A Persian Manuscript of the Fifteenth Century', The Brooklyn Museum Annual Volume V, 1963-64, pp.15-48.