KHORASSAN, IRAN, CIRCA 1580, 1580

• An illustration to Yusuf and Zulaykha from Jami's Haft Awrang, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, one line of near black nasta'liq above and below, laid down between gold and polychrome rules, associated gold-sprinkled margins, catchword, the reverse text maybe al-Kisai's Qisas al-Anbiya', with 18ll. black nasta'liq, key words in red and blue, within gold and black rules, buff paper margins, catchword, mounted, framed and glazed
• 20,3 x6,4 cm (8,0 x2,5in)