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Auction 9 · Lot 355
(ILLUMINATED LEAF)
- Estimate
- $300–$500
- Hammer price
- $300
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Persia
Publication
Late 18th century
Description
(Kabbalah). A bearded sage in Persian dress aside the mystical Ilan-tree depicting the Ten Sephiroth (Divine Emanations). (Clearly ispired by the engraving of Porae Lucis, the Latin translation by Paulus Ricitus of J. Gikatilla’s Sha’arei Orah, Augsburg, 1516). (See EJ vol. X col. 635)
summary
An example of Persian illumination in the Qajar style
Single leaf. Sm. folio
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