Oliver White
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Lot 28•
A lithographed copy of Al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat, with illustrations of a stylised tree bearing the 99 Names of God, and of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, originally copied by Ahmad Hamdi al-Rifai Ottoman Turkey, printed in Istanbul, dated AH 1308/AD 1890-91, during the reign of Sultan Adbulhamid
11 June 2020, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,500 - £2,000
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A lithographed copy of Al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat, with illustrations of a stylised tree bearing the 99 Names of God, and of the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, originally copied by Ahmad Hamdi al-Rifai
Ottoman Turkey, printed in Istanbul, dated AH 1308/AD 1890-91, during the reign of Sultan Adbulhamid
Ottoman Turkey, printed in Istanbul, dated AH 1308/AD 1890-91, during the reign of Sultan Adbulhamid
lithograph on paper from an original Arabic manuscript, 117 leaves, 13 lines to the page horizontally in naskhi script, and 24 lines diagonally in the outer margins of each page, two naturalistic depictions of Mecca and Medina, various ornamental headpieces throughout, full-page illustration depicting the 99 Names of God on the leaves of a stylised tree within an archway, colophon at end incorporated within a similar full-page illustration which is signed at bottom Ahmad, probably referring to the scribe of the original manuscript, aubergine cloth covers
178 x 122 mm.
178 x 122 mm.
Footnotes
For another lithographed copy of Dala'il al-Khayrat with two almost identical illustrations of Mecca and Medina, both in composition and style, see Christie's South Kensington, Arts and Textiles of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 21st October 2016, lot 128.