ID 1178290
Лот 157 | A SCHEMATIC MAP OF THE TWO HOLY SHRINES (AL-HARAMAYN AL-SAHIRFAYN)
Оценочная стоимость
£ 12 000 – 18 000
COMMISSIONED BY ZAYNAB BINT 'ABDULLAH AL-KHAZRAJIYYA, INDIA OR HIJAZ, DATED DHU'L-HIJJA AH 1258/JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1843 AD
Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the main panel on the right hand side depicting Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, beneath a gold cusped cartouche containing part of Qur'an III, sura Imran, v.97 in indigo thuluth, the main panel on the left depicting al-Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina beneath a similar cartouche containing Qur'an XXXIII, sura al-Azhab, vv.45-6, surrounded by smaller panels depicting secondary shrines and holy sites, many identified with labels, each panel framed by green meandering vines, the central vertical axis with date and name of patron in archaic mock-kufic script, the margins plain, the reverse with further inscription from the time of the map's endowment
15 ¾ x 20in. (40 x 55.9cm.)
| Техника исполнения: | Гуашь |
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| Место происхождения: | Индия, Азия |
| Категория аукционного дома: | Картины, Акварели, Рисунки, Картины |
| Техника исполнения: | Гуашь |
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| Место происхождения: | Индия, Азия |
| Категория аукционного дома: | Картины, Акварели, Рисунки, Картины |
| Адрес торгов |
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