A GOLD-OVERLAID ( KOFTGARI ) OCTAGONAL QUR'AN BOX INDIA, 18TH CENTURY The decoration with eight calligraphic cartouches to the borders and sides with fine nasta'liq or naskh scripts, the central calligraphic inscription reading naskh min Allah wa fath qarib , the borders with Qur'an CXII ( sura al-tawhid ), the sides with some of the names of God, one side pierced 2½in. (6.4cm.) across
A GOLD-OVERLAID ( KOFTGARI ) OCTAGONAL QUR'AN BOX INDIA, 18TH CENTURY The decoration with eight calligraphic cartouches to the borders and sides with fine nasta'liq or naskh scripts, the central calligraphic inscription reading naskh min Allah wa fath qarib , the borders with Qur'an CXII ( sura al-tawhid ), the sides with some of the names of God, one side pierced 2½in. (6.4cm.) across
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