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QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1888
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A BIFOLIO FROM THE NASIR AL-DIN SHAH ALBUM
QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1888
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, each panel with découpé muhaqqaq calligraphic compositions in cream, vocalisation markings in gold, set against a grey ground punctuated with polychrome découpé rosettes and roundels one of which is inscribed in naskh with juz' 28, spurious ascription to Yaqut al-Musta'simi, the margins with gold découpé foliage and punctuated with polychrome roundels, set within gold rules, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 18¼ x 12 1/8in. (46.3 x 30.7cm.)
QAJAR IRAN, CIRCA 1888
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, each panel with découpé muhaqqaq calligraphic compositions in cream, vocalisation markings in gold, set against a grey ground punctuated with polychrome découpé rosettes and roundels one of which is inscribed in naskh with juz' 28, spurious ascription to Yaqut al-Musta'simi, the margins with gold découpé foliage and punctuated with polychrome roundels, set within gold rules, mounted, framed and glazed
Folio 18¼ x 12 1/8in. (46.3 x 30.7cm.)
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