PROBABLY MAZANDERAN, NORTH IRAN, 15TH CENTURY

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A TIMURID CARVED WOODEN BEAM
PROBABLY MAZANDERAN, NORTH IRAN, 15TH CENTURY
Of rectangular form, the face carved with a long band of elegant thuluth inscription within a band of meandering arabesques entwined with a flowering tendril, further panels of inscription at each end, traces of pigment on the surface, a groove running along the upper edge, slightly deficient along lower edge, mounted
39in. (99cm.) long

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Lot Essay

The main inscription is from the throne verse, ayat al-kursi, Qur'an, II, 255. On the right side, parts of 'There is no youth (as brave) as 'Ali; No sword (as sharp) as dhu'l-faqar.' On the left side, parts of: Qur'an surah al-saff (LXI, parts of 13)

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