A PAIR OF OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, each page consisting of a two lines written in thuluth script in black ink, with gold roundels marking the verse-endings, interlinear rules in gold, inner margins ruled in gold, black and red, brown and marbled inner borders. Respectively, gold-sprinkled outer borders, mounted together. Text: 30 by 20 cm. Page: 40 by 25 cm.
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Arabic manuscript on paper, each page consisting of a two lines written in thuluth script in black ink, with gold roundels marking the verse-endings, interlinear rules in gold, inner margins ruled in gold, black and red, brown and marbled inner borders. Respectively, gold-sprinkled outer borders, mounted together. Text: 30 by 20 cm. Page: 40 by 25 cm.