ID 828711
Lot 102 | PRAYER BOOK
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
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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| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Place of origin: | India, Asia, Mughal Empire |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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