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A calligraphic leaf
Herat, 16th century
Comprising two sides with Qur'anic text and calligraphic exercises on gold-sprinkled buff paper, one side with 7ll. the other with 4ll. of elegant gold-outlined black thuluth, occasional gold rosettes and illuminated letters, mounted on blue marbled paper, one with later illuminated panels top and bottom
folio 9½ x 6¼in. (24 x 16cm.) and 11½ x 6½ (29 x 16.5cm.)
Herat, 16th century
Comprising two sides with Qur'anic text and calligraphic exercises on gold-sprinkled buff paper, one side with 7ll. the other with 4ll. of elegant gold-outlined black thuluth, occasional gold rosettes and illuminated letters, mounted on blue marbled paper, one with later illuminated panels top and bottom
folio 9½ x 6¼in. (24 x 16cm.) and 11½ x 6½ (29 x 16.5cm.)