Illuminated album page, Iran, 19th century Calligraphic composition on paper of 14 lines of text in Persian nasta'liq in black ink, some terms in red ink, in reserves on a gilded background punctuated with polychrome florets. Mounted on an album page with two borders of gilded floral decoration on a midnight-blue background, a border of epigraphic cartouches on a gilded background punctuated by florets on a cartouche leaf painted in gold with a rich decoration of animals and fantastic creatures such as qilin and simurgh in a landscape. Illuminated panel size: 25.2 x 16.5 cm; page size: 44.3 x 30.4 cm Significant wormholes filled in, tiny stains.