Depicting Moses at the Splitting of the Red Sea. Two smaller vignettes of the Ark of the Covenant and the Temple Candelabra.

AUCTION 9 | Tuesday, March 28th, 2000 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

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Lot 357

(ILLUMINATED LEAF)

Depicting Moses at the Splitting of the Red Sea. Two smaller vignettes of the Ark of the Covenant and the Temple Candelabra.

Gouache with gold on paper. Double columns of nasta’liq script on verso. Black and red ink on paper. Use of Hebrew and quasi-Hebrew script. Illumination recently accomplished Marginal worming and staining. Single folio leaf.

Persia: Late 18th century

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $450

Illuminated in the style of the Isfahan School, which developed from the quasi calligraphic style of the previous era, into a new style, displaying more attention to a naturalistic sense