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Description : A SCHOLARLY MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION OF THIRTY-TWO FRAGMENTED CALLIGRAPHIC FOLIOS Near East, Morocco, Egypt and Iran, 11th - 19th century  Comprising seven fragments of Eastern Kufic script on cream-coloured paper, the calligraphy in black ink and diacritic marks in red ink, sura headings in faded brownish ink, evidence of rosettes as border illuminations, the tallest 20.5cm high, three folios from Firdawsi's Shahnama, two of the Injuid period, one in later nasta'liq, the text divided in vertical columns and in black ink, the largest 36.5cm x 28.5cm, eight folios of 19th-century North African hadith, 9ll. of black and red ink to the page, 22.5cm x 16cm, a 19th-century printed squared Kufic composition, 23cm x 19.6cm, a large Ilkhanid Qur'an loose folio with golden and cobalt blue roundels and drop-shaped illuminations, 40.5cm x 30cm, a late Mamluk loose Qur'an folio with golden rosettes as verse markers, 26cm x 17.5cm, a Southern Iraqi loose folio from a 15th-century student's Qur'an, 30cm x 20.5cm, three loose folios from a 16th-century Moroccan Qur'an, 27cm x 20.2cm, seven folios of hadith in North African or Ethiopian script, 23ll. of black and red ink to the page, 22.5cm x 16.5cm.
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About the lot N° 138
Title : A Scholarly Miscellaneous Collection Of Thirty-Two Fragmented Calligraphic Folios
Notes : Islamic & Indian Art
Chiswick Auctions, auctioneer, London, UK It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Islamic & Indian Art
Sale date : 25 Oct 2019 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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