SIGNED MIR 'ALI, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH CENTURY
Persian manuscript on paper, 4ll. of black nasta'liq written on the diagonal in clouds reserved against a pink-hatched ground, flanked by triangular gold and polychrome illuminated panels, 4ll. of black nasta'liq above and to the left, signed below in a gold and polychrome illuminated panel, within blue stencilled borders with figures and animals outlined in gold, laid down on card, the reverse plain
Text panel 8 1⁄2 x 4 1⁄4in. (21.4 x 10.8cm.); folio 18 1⁄4 x 12 3⁄8in. (46.5 x 31.5cm.)