Lot 379 AN ILLUMINATED QAJAR PRAYER BOOK, PERSIA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Reference: ART3007694
Arabic manuscript on paper, each page featuring eight lines of black naskh script, divided by gilt-black borders and adorned with floral gilt scrolls. The text is framed within gold and polychrome rulings, with catchwords and significant terms highlighted in red and blue ink.
The manuscript opens with two illuminated bifolia, richly decorated in gold and polychrome, containing text set in cloud-shaped reserves against a sprinkled gold background.
Housed in a morocco leather binding.
15 by 10 cm.