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AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY MEHMED KHULUSI IBN AHMED B. MEHMED, STUDENT OF IMAMZADE ‘ABD AL-RAHIM EFENDI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1213 AH/1798-99 AD
Description
AN ILLUMINATED COLLECTION OF PRAYERS, INCLUDING DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT, COPIED BY MEHMED KHULUSI IBN AHMED B. MEHMED, STUDENT OF IMAMZADE ‘ABD AL-RAHIM EFENDI, TURKEY, OTTOMAN, DATED 1213 AH/1798-99 ADArabic manuscript on white watermarked paper, 98 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 11 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, red and blue, verses separated by polychrome gold dotted roundels, titles in red within gold and polychrome cartouches, f.1b with an illuminated heading (‘unwan) and the text within clouds against a gold ground, f.15a decorated with a flower composition, f.15b and f.16a with illustrations of the minbar of the Prophet and the tombs of the first three Caliphs, in brown gilt and stamped binding, with flaptext panel: 13 by 6.5cm. leaf: 17.3 by 10.5cm.
Auction
THE SHAKERINE COLLECTION: Calligraphy in Qur’ans and other Manuscripts
From Oct. 23, 2019 to Oct. 23, 2019 in London
Fernando Botero | MADONNA AND CHILD (NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL CARMEN)
Description
signed and dated
67
; signed and dated
67
on the reverse
oil on canvas
84 1/2 by 70 in. 214.6 by 177.8 cm.
Auction
Contemporary Art Day Auction
From May 17, 2019 to May 17, 2019 in New York
