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OTTOMAN TURKEY AND SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH-19TH CENTURY
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FIVE OTTOMAN AND SAFAVID COVERS FROM BOOK BINDINGS
OTTOMAN TURKEY AND SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH-19TH CENTURY
Comprising a fine Safavid tooled, stamped and gilt cover with flap, the decoration of fine foliage and Chinese clouds within cusped medallions and spandrels, the reverse with fine découpé doublures on blue ground; a 19th century fine Ottoman binding with two-colour gold decoration of floral sprays; a fine 16th century Ottoman or Safavid book cover with stamped cupsed medallion and spandrels on black morocco ground, the doublure with fine gilt découpé on blue ground; and two Ottoman 17th century stamped and gilt flaps, one of green morocco, the other of brown morocco
The largest cover 12 3/8 x 8 1/8in. (31.6 x 20.6cm.) (6)
OTTOMAN TURKEY AND SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH-19TH CENTURY
Comprising a fine Safavid tooled, stamped and gilt cover with flap, the decoration of fine foliage and Chinese clouds within cusped medallions and spandrels, the reverse with fine découpé doublures on blue ground; a 19th century fine Ottoman binding with two-colour gold decoration of floral sprays; a fine 16th century Ottoman or Safavid book cover with stamped cupsed medallion and spandrels on black morocco ground, the doublure with fine gilt découpé on blue ground; and two Ottoman 17th century stamped and gilt flaps, one of green morocco, the other of brown morocco
The largest cover 12 3/8 x 8 1/8in. (31.6 x 20.6cm.) (6)
Provenance
The large 19th century Ottoman gilt binding was acquired in Paris in 1979