AMIR SHAHI (D. AH 857/1453 AD): DIWAN AND OTHER POETIC WORKSSAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURYAMIR SHAHI (D. AH 857/1453 AD): DIWAN AND OTHER POETIC WORKSSAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURYPoetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 67ff. plus three flyleaves, each folio with 6ll. of elegant black nasta'liq arranged on the diagonal and contained within a panel outlined in gold and polychrome rules, beyond this further lines of smaller black nasta'liq with poetry by Mulla Shirazi and Amir Khosraw, catchwords, important words and headings picked out in gold naskh or nasta'liq, occasionally within clouds reserved against pink-hatched ground with blue leaves, first 12ff. with delicate gold and polychrome floral illumination within triangular panels framing the calligraphy, opening folio with gold and polychrome floral illuminated headpiece with three wide pink margins decorated in gold with fine landscapes filled with foliage and real and fantastic birds and mammals and opening illumination possibly, misbound, in elegant Safavid brown morocco binding with gilt-stamped medallions, decoupé doublures, associated flapText panel 71/2 x 31/2in. (18.8 x 8.3cm.); folio 12 x 7 1/8in. (30.4 x 18cm.)The use of gold-decorated coloured paper can be traced back to Chinese originals. This paper was imported into the Islamic lands when embassies were exchanged at the end of the fourteenth century. By the fifteenth century local artists had begun to produce their own imitations, which became increasingly elaborate in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (Sheila S. Blair, Color and Gold: The Decorated Papers Used in Manuscripts in Later Islamic Times in Muqarnas, Vol. 17. (2000), pp. 24-36). As seen in our manuscript, gold margins became more complex in the sixteenth century. Many designs incorporate an arabesque, and some examples such as the one seen here have birds and animals cavorting among flowers and trees. One of the most splendid examples of this art is seen in a copy of Nizami's Khamsa made for the Safavid Shah Tahmasp at Tabriz in 1539- 43 (British Library, inv. No. ms. Or. 2265). For a further example of a Safavid manuscript with illuminated marginal drawings see lot 42 in this catalogue. The later owner's inscriptions on folio 1a attributes this copy to Mir 'Ali.细节 AMIR SHAHI (D. AH 857/1453 AD): DIWAN AND OTHER POETIC WORKSSAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURYPoetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 67ff. plus three flyleaves, each folio with 6ll. of elegant black nastaliq arranged on the diagonal and contained within a panel outlined in gold and polychrome rules, beyond this further lines of smaller black nastaliq with poetry by Mulla Shirazi and Amir Khosraw, catchwords, important words and headings picked out in gold naskh or nastaliq, occasionally within clouds reserved against pink-hatched ground with blue leaves, first 12ff. with delicate gold and polychrome floral illumination within triangular panels framing the calligraphy, opening folio with gold and polychrome floral illuminated headpiece with three wide pink margins decorated in gold with fine landscapes filled with foliage and real and fantastic birds and mammals and opening illumination possibly, misbound, in elegant Safavid brown morocco binding with gilt-stamped medallions, decoupé doublures, associated flapText panel 71/2 x 31/2in. (18.8 x 8.3cm.); folio 12 x 7 1/8in. (30.4 x 18cm.) 注意事项 No VAT on hammer price or buyers premium.