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QAJAR IRAN, SECOND HALF OF 19TH CENTURY
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QAJAR IRAN, SECOND HALF OF 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 385ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 12ll. of black naskh, gold and polychrome verse roundels, text panels outlined with gold and blue rules, sura headings in red naskh in gold outlined rectangular cartouches with gold and polychrome spandrels, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination surrounding text in white clouds reserved against gold ground, the margins decorated with floral scrolls, the margin of the bifolio of the start of sura maryam similarly decorated with gold and polychrome floral scrolls, in associated lacquer binding with marbled design
Text panel 8 x 4¼in. (20 x 10.5cm.); folio 10 7/8 x 7in. (27.5 x 17.8cm.)
QAJAR IRAN, SECOND HALF OF 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 385ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 12ll. of black naskh, gold and polychrome verse roundels, text panels outlined with gold and blue rules, sura headings in red naskh in gold outlined rectangular cartouches with gold and polychrome spandrels, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination surrounding text in white clouds reserved against gold ground, the margins decorated with floral scrolls, the margin of the bifolio of the start of sura maryam similarly decorated with gold and polychrome floral scrolls, in associated lacquer binding with marbled design
Text panel 8 x 4¼in. (20 x 10.5cm.); folio 10 7/8 x 7in. (27.5 x 17.8cm.)
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