Poetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 39ff., 12ll. of black nasta'liq on gold-sprinkled ground arranged in two columns with gold and black intercolumnar rules, text within gold and polychrome rules, within polychrome stencilled borders heightened with gold and decorated with flowers and cloudbands, the opening folio with a gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece, first folio with later owners' notes and seal impressions, in Safavid lacquer binding decorated with animals, mythical creatures and flowers, gold-speckled pink paper doublures
Text panel 5 7⁄8 x 3 3⁄8in. (14.8 x 8.4cm.)