A calligraphic page from an Aq Qoyunlu divan of ‘Ali Shir Nava’i, from a manuscript signed by the court calligrapher ‘Abd al-Rahim al-Ya’qubi, probably Tabriz, Iran, AH 881/1480 AD, gouache on paper heightened with gilt, the calligraphic panel with 8ll. of neat black nasta'liq script in cloudbands on a cobalt ground scattered with flowers, outer border with further inscription in gold in cloudbands on a red cross-hatched ground, within a gilt decorated pale blue border, mounted, painting 28.5 x 17cm. The bulk of this manuscript, which includes the signed and dated colophon, was sold at Sotheby’s, 22 April 2015, lot 69. Single leaves are in a number of public and private collections. Please refer to department for condition report