Lot 336

AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY OF 'TAFADDAL BIN MARUF'
TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY








Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 15 May 2019 at 17:00 BST
£875
Description
black ink and gold on cream paper, illuminated and polychrome heading decorated with floral and geometric designs, nine leaves, fourteen lines to the page written in naskh script illuminated with elegant cloud scrolls, gold and polychrome roundels separating text, each page within a single gold margin, in a palace gilt leather binding with tughra of Abdul Hamid II
Dimensions
folio 22.5cm x 15cm
Footnote
Provenance:
From a London collection; commissioned by the Grand Vizier Galip Pasha under Sultan Abdul Hamid II (r. 1876-1909).







