A SANDSTONE TOMBSTONE

CENTRAL ASIA, DATED AH 602/1205-06 AD

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A SANDSTONE TOMBSTONE
CENTRAL ASIA, DATED AH 602/1205-06 AD
Of rectangular form, the surface decorated with two lines of elegant foliated kufic on a ground of vine issuing fine palmettes, plain border around, the right side with a small rectangular extension issuing from the edge, some losses
16 3/8 x 60 1/8in. (42.3 x 152.8cm.)

Provenance

Formerly Private German Collection since 1972, thence by descent

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Lot Essay

The inscription comprises the bismallah followed by Qur'an LV, sura al-rahman, v. 26 and then 'this is the tomb of al-Sheikh Arah...(?) al-Salih [the virtuous] 'Abi Bakr ibn al-Hassan, may God illuminate his tomb. He died on the day ... 5th Dhu'l Qa'da, the year AH 602'.

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