£6,000 - £10,000
QAJAR SCROLL,
19TH CENTURY,
SELECTION OF SURAHS
YA-SIN (XXXVI), SURAH AL-FATH (XLVIII), SURAH AL-WAQIAH LLVI), SURAH AL-MULK, (LXVII), SURAH AL-NABA(LXXVIII)
Arabic manuscript on finely thinned vellum (gazelle skin ,) written in naskh ghubari script within clouds against a gold ground, text outlined with gold and multicoloured rules, illuminated headpiece with gold and polychrome, surah headings in gold within polychrome cartouches, verses separated by gold dots, with leather endpiece,
Provenance; Sotheby's
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