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Auction 117, Lot 863
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"[Lot of 2 - Islamic prayer leaves]"

Subject: Manuscripts

Period: 1880 (circa)

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Color: Hand Color

Size:
3 x 6 inches
7.6 x 15.2 cm
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Fabulous pair of leaves written by the scribe Sbu Kakr Jami in Isfahan. Both have beautiful, flame-like devices at top. Each line is separated by bands of burnished gold leaf. The Arabic text contains prayers related to the Koran. 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.

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Condition: A

Very good with a little smudged ink on margins.

Estimate: $150 - $200

Sold for: $120

Closed on 12/6/2006

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