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Lot n° 38

SHAMA'IL NAMEH, PERSIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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Miniature painted in gouache and gold on paper, Arabic and Persian text in gold inside illuminated cartridges, representing Imam Ali, framed by four-lobed cartridges with very fine decorations of flowered scrolls and spiral arabesques, below three columns of cartouches enclosing characteristics of the prophet in Arabic and Persian. surrounded by a three border containing cartouches enclosing verse of the Quran:. -Quran 2 surah Al-Baqraa The Throne Verse (Arabic: آيَة الْكُرْسِي, ʾāyat al-kursī) is the 255th verse. -Quran 24 surah Al-Nur v.35 and v. 36 -Prasie of Al al-Bayt Framed 29 by 44 cm.