A PAINTED KHATT-I NAKHUNI (FINGER NAIL) ALBUM OF ASMA` AL-HUSNA

Lot 88
31.03.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 88 200
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Lot 88 | A PAINTED KHATT-I NAKHUNI (FINGER NAIL) ALBUM OF ASMA' AL-HUSNA
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£ 8 000 – 12 000
A PAINTED KHATT-I NAKHUNI (FINGER NAIL) ALBUM OF ASMA' AL-HUSNA

SIGNED 'UQABI, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

Invocations in relief work on cream paper, 15ff. with two flyleaves, 4ll. gold decorative thuluth in khatt-i nakhuni, containing the 99 names of Allah (asma' al-husna) alternating with 4ll. of smaller urdu text in red nasta'liq, which gives the abjad value of the various names, within red, gold and polycrome rules, cream, green, and black margins, illuminated opening bifolio, colophon on penultimate folio destroyed, bound in later European marbled card with "Oriental Album" on the spine

Text panel 7 3⁄4 x 3 3⁄4in. (19.8 x 9.5cm.); folio 9 x 5 1⁄2in. (23 x 14.5cm.)

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