Iran, 16th century
Double leaf of an illuminated poetic collection, composing the frontispiece, with polychrome decoration painted in gold, lapis lazuli blue, black and orange. The text is circumscribed in two rectangles, calligraphed in fine "black nasta'liq". The decoration lining the margins with arabesques.
Framed under glass.
28 x 36 cm at sight
An illuminated double Frontispiece for a Persian poetry manuscript, Iran, 16th century
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