Lot n° 15
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Collection of Koranic prayers by Abdolhamid al-Sharif - Lot 15
Collection of Koranic prayers by Abdolhamid al-Sharif
Ink, polychrome pigments and gold on paper, bound in stamped brown leather
Iran, 1262 AH / 1846 AD
20.5 x 13.7 cm
This illuminated manuscript, written in fine black and red naskh calligraphy with 11 lines per page and framed in gold, is a compilation of Qur'anic prayers. The manuscript opens with a mandorla and a poetic text, followed by the opening bifolio, richly illuminated with a Sarlow frontispiece featuring mandorla motifs with abundant floral decoration, as well as margins with gilded vegetal decoration and polychrome touches. The brown leather binding is adorned with vegetal decoration in stamped mandorles.
(Wear to binding, pages detached).
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