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LUCKNOW OR DECCAN, 1750-1800
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AN OCTAGONAL ENAMELLED AND GEM SET GOLD MINIATURE QUR’AN CASE
LUCKNOW OR DECCAN, 1750-1800
Set with diamonds and an engraved spinel, the interior in plain gold, lid attached on one side, two suspension loops on the top
1 5/8 x 1 ½ x 5/8 ins (4.2 x 3.8 x 1.5 cm.)
LUCKNOW OR DECCAN, 1750-1800
Set with diamonds and an engraved spinel, the interior in plain gold, lid attached on one side, two suspension loops on the top
1 5/8 x 1 ½ x 5/8 ins (4.2 x 3.8 x 1.5 cm.)
Provenance
Bonhams, London, 2 October 2012, lot 243
Exhibited
The Doge’s Palace, Venice 2017, p.191, no.128
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, pp.216-17, no.132
The Palace Museum, Beijing 2018, pp.216-17, no.132
Engraved
On the spinel: ‘Allah, Muhammad, ’Ali ,Fatima, Hasan, Husayn’
On each rock crystal around the spinel: ‘Allah’
On the base: the bismillah and the nada ‘ali quatrain
On each rock crystal around the spinel: ‘Allah’
On the base: the bismillah and the nada ‘ali quatrain
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Rahul Kadakia