PROBABLY MASHHAD, SAFAVID IRAN, FROM A MANUSCRIPT COPIED BY MUHY AND DATED SAFAR AH 973/SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER 1565 AD

• An illustration from a Shahnama of Firdawsi, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, 5ll. black nasta'liq arranged in five and six columns above and below, within gold, green and blue rules, the margins plain, the reverse with 21ll. black nasta'liq arranged in six columns, heading in gold, double columnar divisions, within gold, blue and green rules, catchword, mounted, framed and glazed
• 20,3 x15,9 cm (8,0 x6,3in)