拍品 30
  • 30

AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC MURAQQA’, SIGNED BY MEHMET HILMI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, 19TH CENTURY |

估價
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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描述

  • 18.5 by 28cm.
Arabic manuscript on paper laid down on 9 album pages, the paper of different colours, orange, green, cream or pink, the borders with gold-speckled green paper, each page with 2 lines of thuluth enclosing two lines of naskh in black ink, gold pointed roundels, ruled in light-blue and gold, colophon on f.9b within a cloud outlined in gold, in binding decorated with marbled paper

Condition

In generally good condition, minor smudges to the ink, minor rubbing and stains, as viewed.
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