AN ILLUMINATED OPENING BI-FOLIUM OF AN OTTOMAN PRAYER BOOK (DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT)
TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Arabic manuscript on paper, 11 lines to the page written in naskh in black ink, verses separated by gold roundels with red and blue dots, within gold and black rules, gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece with scrolling floral vines issuing from a central cusp surmounting a cusped cartouche comprising an inscription in thuluth written in white, within gold floral margins, mounted, framed and glazed
Dimensions
Sight size, each 17.5cm x 11cm