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A miniature steel Qur'an case and calligraphic finial, India, Deccan, 18th-19th century
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Description
the steel box of octagonal form with separate cover, the sides decorated with damascened cursive calligraphic and arabesque cartouches, the finial of flat polylobed palmette form with trefoil finial, decorated in relief and damascened with cursive calligraphy
box 4.3cm. max. diam.
finial 4.8cm. max.
Provenance
Sotheby's London, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Part One, Arts of the Islamic World, 6 April 2011, lot 163.
Catalogue note
inscriptions:
The Qur'an case: Invocations to God
The finial: "Ya Allah" - "O God!"
box 4.3cm. max. diam.
finial 4.8cm. max.
Provenance
Sotheby's London, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Part One, Arts of the Islamic World, 6 April 2011, lot 163.
Catalogue note
inscriptions:
The Qur'an case: Invocations to God
The finial: "Ya Allah" - "O God!"
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the steel box of octagonal form with separate cover, the sides decorated with damascened cursive calligraphic and arabesque cartouches, the finial of flat polylobed palmette form with trefoil finial, decorated in relief and damascened with cursive calligraphy
box 4.3cm. max. diam.
finial 4.8cm. max.
Provenance
Sotheby's London, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Part One, Arts of the Islamic World, 6 April 2011, lot 163.
Catalogue note
inscriptions:
The Qur'an case: Invocations to God
The finial: "Ya Allah" - "O God!"
box 4.3cm. max. diam.
finial 4.8cm. max.
Provenance
Sotheby's London, The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Part One, Arts of the Islamic World, 6 April 2011, lot 163.
Catalogue note
inscriptions:
The Qur'an case: Invocations to God
The finial: "Ya Allah" - "O God!"
The Edith & Stuart Cary Welch Collection: Online
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