A NASTA'LIQ QUATRAIN, ATTRIBUTED TO MALIK AL-DAYLAMI, SAFAVID 16TH-17TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3006281

Persian manuscript on paper, 4 lines of text written diagonally in large nasta'liq script in black ink within cloud bands against a finely-illuminated ground of interlacing polychrome flowers, signature in lower corner piece, laid down on an album page bordered in red and deep green illuminated borders, with outer margins filled with large fruiting stems.
33 by 21 cm.