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Auction 123, Lot 825

"[Illuminated Koran Leaf]", Osman Nuri bin el Haj

Subject: Illuminated Manuscript

Period: 1850 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
8.5 x 6.9 inches
21.6 x 17.5 cm
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Splendid double-page Koran leaf by this renowned Ottoman calligrapher. A superb example of 19th century Islamic text. Each side is written in black ink and illuminated with burnished gold leaf with red and green ink.

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Condition: A

Bottom margin with a short tear, well away from text.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $150

Closed on 2/20/2008

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