Estimate: £800 - £1,000
Islamic & Indian Art ft. Indian Paintings from the Collection of William & Mildred Archer | 12345
Auction: Islamic Art | Lots 1 to 66 | 12 June at 10am
Arabic manuscript on paper, conjoined pages, 11 lines to the page written in elegant black naskh script, gilt rosette markers, interlinear Persian translations in red ink, sura heading in blue on a gold illuminated panel with horizontal gold marginal device
48.4cm x 33cm (19.1in x 13in)
Text:
Folio 1: sura LXX, Al-Ma’arij, part of verse 4.
Folio 2: sura LXXI, Nuh, verse 12 to sura LXXII, part of verse 28.