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INDIA, KASHMIR, LATE 18TH CENTURY
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PRAYER BOOK
INDIA, KASHMIR, LATE 18TH CENTURY
A collection of prayers, Arabic manuscript on paper, 126ff. plus four flyleaves, each folio with 14ll. of elegant black naskh on gold ground within gold and blue rules, headings in white naskh on blue and gold cartouches, the opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and gold stenciling in the margins, flyleaves with later owners' notes, in original lacquered binding with golden ground decorated with floral motifs, gold floral decoration to doublures
Text panel 5 1/2 x 2 6⁄8in. (13.9 x 7cm.); folio 6 3/4 x 3 5/8in. (17.2 x 9.2cm.)
INDIA, KASHMIR, LATE 18TH CENTURY
A collection of prayers, Arabic manuscript on paper, 126ff. plus four flyleaves, each folio with 14ll. of elegant black naskh on gold ground within gold and blue rules, headings in white naskh on blue and gold cartouches, the opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and gold stenciling in the margins, flyleaves with later owners' notes, in original lacquered binding with golden ground decorated with floral motifs, gold floral decoration to doublures
Text panel 5 1/2 x 2 6⁄8in. (13.9 x 7cm.); folio 6 3/4 x 3 5/8in. (17.2 x 9.2cm.)
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Please note that this Prayer Book is likely to be North Indian and not Kashmiri as stated in the catalogue.
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