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

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $450

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author

(ILLUMINATED LEAF)

Place

Persia

Publication

Late 18th century

Description

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

summary

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

Marginal worming and staining. Single folio leaf.

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