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Two calligraphic compositions, each comprising verses from the Qur'an, written in bold naskhi script India, 19th Century(2) image 1
Two calligraphic compositions, each comprising verses from the Qur'an, written in bold naskhi script India, 19th Century(2) image 2
Lot 15

Two calligraphic compositions, each comprising verses from the Qur'an, written in bold naskhi script
India, 19th Century
(2)

26 October 2020, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£800 - £1,200

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Two calligraphic compositions, each comprising verses from the Qur'an, written in bold naskhi script
India, 19th Century

Arabic manuscript on paper, text written in two lines of bold, large naskhi script in black ink on a pale green ground decorated with vegetal motifs in gold and further illuminated cornerpieces, blue, gold and brown illuminated borders
269 x 366 mm. and slightly smaller(2)

Footnotes

Provenance
The Shakerine Collection.

Text
A. Qur'an, sura XVIII, al-kahf, part of verse 78, and sura LXX, al-ma'arij, verse 5.
B. Qur'an, sura VII, al-a'raf, part of verse 34.

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