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KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
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KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 240ff. plus four fly-leaves, 19ll. of black naskh to the page in clouds reserved against gold ground, gold roundel verse markers outlined in black, sura headings in blue cursive on gold ground within illuminated cartouches, text within floral borders, marginal commentary in Persian, each line in nasta'liq script within a cloud band on gold ground, further illuminated medallions to the margins, catchwords, the opening, final and intermediate bifolios with extensive gold illumination on blue ground, in original lacquered papier-mâché binding with floral decoration, the doublures with elegant floral sprays, loose in binding
Text panel 7 ¼ x 3 7/8in. (18.4 x 9.8cm.); folio 11 1/8 x 7 ½in. (28.2 x 16.6cm.)
KASHMIR, NORTH INDIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 240ff. plus four fly-leaves, 19ll. of black naskh to the page in clouds reserved against gold ground, gold roundel verse markers outlined in black, sura headings in blue cursive on gold ground within illuminated cartouches, text within floral borders, marginal commentary in Persian, each line in nasta'liq script within a cloud band on gold ground, further illuminated medallions to the margins, catchwords, the opening, final and intermediate bifolios with extensive gold illumination on blue ground, in original lacquered papier-mâché binding with floral decoration, the doublures with elegant floral sprays, loose in binding
Text panel 7 ¼ x 3 7/8in. (18.4 x 9.8cm.); folio 11 1/8 x 7 ½in. (28.2 x 16.6cm.)
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