FINE CHINESE, ISLAMIC & ASIAN ART
Lot 363
Manuscript made up of 42 leaves, each with 13 lines of text in Nakshi script in black ink and separated by small golden, blue and red rosettes. The date is on the lower left side of the first page, while a later page, glued to the last page, bears the date 1301 (1884 AD) and says that the manuscript was copied by the person mentioned. Beautiful Mamluk leather binding with flap, carved with a geometrical pattern and gilded on the exterior side, while the interior bears similar geometrical patterns, and barely visible inscriptions: Muhammad rasul Allah (Muhammad is Allah’s messenger). Some signs of restoration on the paper.
Measures: 23.00 x 17.00 cm
Starting price: € 2.000,00
Estimate: € 4.000,00 - 6.000,00
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