Bonhams 1793 : A large calligraphic panel with a central illuminated shamsa, incorporating the Shahadah flanked by verses from the Qur'an (sura IX, 128 and XXXVIII, 39, and the Throne verse, II, 255) North India or Kashmir, 19th Century

A large calligraphic panel with a central illuminated shamsa, incorporating the Shahadah flanked by verses from the Qur'an (sura IX, 128 and XXXVIII, 39, and the Throne verse, II, 255)
North India or Kashmir, 19th Century

Arabic manuscript on cream-coloured paper, the Shahadah written in stylised thuluth script in white on gold ground, flanked by verses from the Qur'an written in thuluth script in yellow outlined in black, outer border with interconnected verses in yellow outlined in black, slightly creased, framed
960 x 690 mm.

Estimate:

£3,000 - 5,000
€3,500 - 5,900
US$ 4,500 - 7,600