19th Jun, 2025 12:00
Arts of India and the Islamic Lands
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A COMMENTARY ON THE WORK OF THE PERSIAN POET HAFIZ-I SHIRAZI (ca. 1325 - 1390)
Possibly Iran or Iraq, 19th century
A COMMENTARY ON THE WORK OF THE PERSIAN POET HAFIZ-I SHIRAZI (ca. 1325 - 1390)
Possibly Iran or Iraq, 19th century
Persian manuscript on lined paper, 582ff., 1 fly-leaf and 2 endpapers, with 29ll. of black ink naskh script to the page, the text written in prose as a commentary of the work and personality of Khwaja Shams-od-Din Muhammad Hafiz-i Shirazi, also known as Hafez, a major Medieval Persian lyrical poet renowned for his love ghazals and poetic anthology Divan, important words and passages marked in red, with marginal notes and catchwords in black, page numbers on the top left corner, divided into sections, the index in chart-like form preceding the text with 8 grids, the ruled text panel only present in the opening folio, in a brown calf leather binding with central tooled vegetal arabesque medallions.
The text panel 15cm x 6.5cm, the page 23cm x 13cm
Sold for £492
A COMMENTARY ON THE WORK OF THE PERSIAN POET HAFIZ-I SHIRAZI (ca. 1325 - 1390)
Possibly Iran or Iraq, 19th century
Persian manuscript on lined paper, 582ff., 1 fly-leaf and 2 endpapers, with 29ll. of black ink naskh script to the page, the text written in prose as a commentary of the work and personality of Khwaja Shams-od-Din Muhammad Hafiz-i Shirazi, also known as Hafez, a major Medieval Persian lyrical poet renowned for his love ghazals and poetic anthology Divan, important words and passages marked in red, with marginal notes and catchwords in black, page numbers on the top left corner, divided into sections, the index in chart-like form preceding the text with 8 grids, the ruled text panel only present in the opening folio, in a brown calf leather binding with central tooled vegetal arabesque medallions.
The text panel 15cm x 6.5cm, the page 23cm x 13cm
Auction: Arts of India and the Islamic Lands, 19th Jun, 2025
Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
Our selected lots preview starts next week, on Tuesday 3rd June, and the full view is going to take place from Friday 13th June until the sale day.
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