AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A QAJAR MANUSCRIPT: THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A QAJAR MANUSCRIPT: THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD

QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY

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AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A QAJAR MANUSCRIPT: THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
0paque and transparent pigments heightened with gold on paper, the Prophet Muhammad, nimbed with his face concealed by a white veil, rides a camel and watches two armies facing each other and about to engage battle, angels armed with swords face him, with text in black nasta'liq script arranged in four columns above and below, the reverse with 23ll. of text, with title cartouches in red on gold ground, within gold and polychrome rules, mounted
Illustration 8 3/8 x 7in. (21.4 x 17.7cm.); folio15½ x 9¼in. (39.3 x 23.4cm.)

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