ASSAR TABRIZI. Mihr-o Mushtari by Shams al-Din... Lot 39

ASSAR TABRIZI. Mihr-o Mushtari by Shams al-Din Muhammad 'Assar Tabrizi (d. circa 1382), signed Hasan al-Sharif, Safavid Iran, dated 1549 "The Sun and Jupiter," Persian poem in 90 chapters narrating the platonic love between Shahpur's son Mihr (the Sun) and the vizier's son Mushtari (Jupiter). Manuscript of 215 leaves, text on gold-flecked paper organized in two columns of a beautiful black nasta'liq of 12 lines, jadval composed of several gilded and polychrome ribbons, double frontispiece richly illuminated with gold and blue, five paintings, later stamped burgundy morocco binding of the Qajar period, several elements have been taken up, in particular the fillets of the jadval and some title unwan, certainly of the Qajar period. Size : 27 x 16,5 cm (binding)