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Auction 103, Lot 600
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"[Lot of 10 Illuminated Koran Leaves]", Anon.

Subject: Manuscripts

Period: 1860 (circa)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:
4.5 x 7.2 inches
11.4 x 18.3 cm
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Facile of ten leaves from an Ottoman period Koran. The text is in Arabic, written in clear Naskhi script. Two complete Surrah headings and a marginal decoration ornament the leaves. The highly polished paper is characteristic of that used for sacred texts. It was made by a separate guild and is sized with albumen and polished with an agate polisher. The text is written in black ink, highlighted in several colors and enclosed in gold borders.

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Condition: A

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $110

Closed on 6/11/2003

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