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HAFEZ SHIRAZI.
Divan, commissioned by Muhammad Quli-Khan.
A illuminated manuscript of the collected Divan of Hafez Shirazi, one of the most decorated and celebrated poets of the Persian language. Although a commissioner of this manuscript is yet to be identified, Muhammad Quli Khan is very likely to have been a general of high ranking officer in the courtf of Qajar Persia during the early reign of Naser Shah Qajar.
- Published
- Persia, (Qajar) 1265 AH / 1848 AD.
- References
- Provenance: Exported from iran in 1950 (Persian export stamps to endpapers dated '1328' AH.
- Plates
- 6
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 5001-25000
- Published
- Persia, (Qajar) 1265 AH / 1848 AD.
- Ref
- 1660
A single volume, illuminated manuscript on polished paper in Farsi. Complete. 268 pp., plus two contemporary end leaves, 290 x 190 mm; single and double column, 14 lines of bold black nasta'liq script, key words highlighted in red, text panels within gold and blue rules, black and gold outer margins. Catchwords, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and text in clouds against a gold ground, within gold and polychrome rules and gold and polychrome illuminated floral margins. A further two similarly illuminated bifolios, later ownership inscription to opening folio. Persian export stamps to endpapers; housed in a fine, attractive contemporary lacquerer binding, the outer covers with gol-o-bolbol surrounded by red cartouches containing poetic couplets in nasta'liq, doubleurs painted with Iris flowers against a gold background - a very clean and fine example.
