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SHAMA'ILNAMA, QAJAR IRAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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SHAMA'ILNAMA, QAJAR IRAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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SHAMA'ILNAMA, QAJAR IRAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Gouache heightened with gold on paper, the Arabic text in gold within illuminated panels in three columns, Persian translation in nasta'liq in smaller panels between the lines of text, small portrait of the Prophet Muhammad in gouache heightened with gold above, outer illuminated border, original wood frame with gold illumination
14¼ x 9¾in. (36 x 24.5cm.)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品专文

This very finely illuminated panel is a text describing the appearance of the Prophet Muhammad, known in Turkish as a hilye.
A similar piece is in the Nasser D. Khalili collection. (Vernoit, S.: Occidentalism,in The Nasser D. Khalili Collection, vol.XXIII, Oxford, 1997, no.32, pp. 64-5.)