PRAYER BOOK

Lot 102
27.10.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 5 670
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 828711
Lot 102 | PRAYER BOOK
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£ 4 000 – 6 000
PRAYER BOOK

INDIA, KASHMIR, LATE 18TH CENTURY

A collection of prayers, Arabic manuscript on paper, 126ff. plus four flyleaves, each folio with 14ll. of elegant black naskh on gold ground within gold and blue rules, headings in white naskh on blue and gold cartouches, the opening folio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and gold stenciling in the margins, flyleaves with later owners' notes, in original lacquered binding with golden ground decorated with floral motifs, gold floral decoration to doublures

Text panel 5 1/2 x 2 6⁄8in. (13.9 x 7cm.); folio 6 3/4 x 3 5/8in. (17.2 x 9.2cm.)





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