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Auction archive: Lot number 246

Persian Manuscript with Twenty-eight Miniatures.Persian Manuscript with Twenty-eight Miniatures.

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$2,460
Auction archive: Lot number 246

Persian Manuscript with Twenty-eight Miniatures.Persian Manuscript with Twenty-eight Miniatures.

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$2,460
Beschreibung:

Persian Manuscript with Twenty-eight Miniatures. Tall narrow format manuscript in Persian on paper, approximately 250 leaves, miniatures done in bright colors, with gold accents, exhibiting Indian/Hindu themes, palette consists of warm colors, featuring stylized figures created using large blocks of flat color, with penwork tracery details added on top; text written in fifteen lines per page, within a triple-rule border in blue and red ink, diacritical marks in red throughout, in 19th century half leather, spine lacking, front board detached, worn, contents somewhat toned, old leather tabs marking chapter heads mostly flaked away, 9 3/4 x 5 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 246
Auction:
Datum:
31 May 2014
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
Beschreibung:

Persian Manuscript with Twenty-eight Miniatures. Tall narrow format manuscript in Persian on paper, approximately 250 leaves, miniatures done in bright colors, with gold accents, exhibiting Indian/Hindu themes, palette consists of warm colors, featuring stylized figures created using large blocks of flat color, with penwork tracery details added on top; text written in fifteen lines per page, within a triple-rule border in blue and red ink, diacritical marks in red throughout, in 19th century half leather, spine lacking, front board detached, worn, contents somewhat toned, old leather tabs marking chapter heads mostly flaked away, 9 3/4 x 5 in.

Auction archive: Lot number 246
Auction:
Datum:
31 May 2014
Auction house:
Bonhams | Skinner
Park Plaza 63
Boston, MA 02116
United States
+1 (0)617 3505400
+1 (0)617 3505429
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