ID 727218 
Lot 127  | A PRAYER BOOK MADE FOR THE COURT OF ESMA SULTAN
Valeur estimée
£ 20 000 – 30 000 
SIGNED ISMA'IL BIN SALIH, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 3 JUMADA AL-AWWAL AH 1192⁄30 MAY 1778 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 255ff., plus four flyleaves, 11ll. of black naskh, gold and polychrome verse markers, headings in white on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, within gold and polychrome rules, catchwords, marginal notes in red and black, the opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece surmounting text in clouds reserved against a gold ground, two further folios with gold and polychrome illuminated headpieces within the text, three full page illustrations including Mecca and Medina, 34 pages with illuminated hilyes and diagrams, colophon signed and dated AH 1192, three further folios dated AH 1184 and 1194, fly leaves with later owners' notes, in dark brown morocco with flap, overall good condition
Text panel 5 3⁄4 x 3in. (14.4 x 7.4cm.); folio 7 5⁄8 x 4in. (19.4 x 10.2cm.)
Special notice
No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.
| Lieu d'origine: | Asie, Empire ottoman, Turquie | 
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Lettres, documents et manuscrits | 
| Lieu d'origine: | Asie, Empire ottoman, Turquie | 
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Lettres, documents et manuscrits | 
| Adresse de l'enchère | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |
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