AN INDIAN AL-JAZULI'S DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT North India, 18th century
AN INDIAN AL-JAZULI'S DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
North India, 18th century
Arabic text on lined paper, composed of 47 leaves, 8 lines to the page, written in neat black naskh script, arranged in a single column within a heavy structure (jadwal), framed with polychrome flower heads and gilded fillets; illustrated bifolio with Mecca and Medina, finely illuminated with gilded flowers over a cobalt-blue ground; single opening folio with unwan decoration featuring a central niche and polychrome foliate elements over blue and gilded ground; reddish leather binding.
17.5cm x 11cm
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AN INDIAN AL-JAZULI'S DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT
North India, 18th century
Arabic text on lined paper, composed of 47 leaves, 8 lines to the page, written in neat black naskh script, arranged in a single column within a heavy structure (jadwal), framed with polychrome flower heads and gilded fillets; illustrated bifolio with Mecca and Medina, finely illuminated with gilded flowers over a cobalt-blue ground; single opening folio with unwan decoration featuring a central niche and polychrome foliate elements over blue and gilded ground; reddish leather binding.
17.5cm x 11cm
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
