An illuminated talismanic chart, Persia, Qajar, 19th century
Auction Closed
April 24, 03:45 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
ink and gouache heightened with gold and silver on cloth, the field comprising a grid with magic numbers, framed by the names of Allah and talismanic names in red and blue naskh, beneath further cartouches comprising prayers in black and red beneath gold and polychrome illuminated panels
90 by 76.9cm.
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Jagdish Mittal, Hyderabad, 1969
Ex-private collection, West Coast, USA
Christie's, London, 14 October 2003, lot 134
Babaie, Porter & Morris 2017, p. 40
