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101 - B - A SET OF EIGHT LARGE ILLUMINATIONS, ALL SIGNED AND TWO DATED…
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Estimate €4,000 - €6,000
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A SET OF EIGHT LARGE ILLUMINATIONS, ALL SIGNED AND TWO DATED 21 APRIL 1918 on paper, decorated in polychrome and gold with large multi-lobed rosettes against a background of floral scrolls, four-lobed and floral motifs surrounded by bands sometimes bearing medallions inscribed in Maghribi script with verses or votive formulas. Two drawings are signed "al-mu'allim (the teacher) Muhammad al-Zaki", and two others are signed "al-mu'allim (the teacher) Muhammad al-Halu al-Fassi" (from the city of Fez) and dated 10 Rajab 1336H/1917–18. Four signed. (Framed under glass). North Africa, Morocco, Rabat, 1918. A SET OF EIGHT LARGE ILLUMINATIONS, INK AND GOLD ON PAPER, NORTH AFRICA, MOROCCO, TWO DATED 21 APRIL 1918. DM. (VIEW) 20.5 x 14.5 cm (8 1/16 x 5 11/16 in.) - 18.5 x 14 cm (7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.) - 20 x 14.5 cm (7 7/8 x 5 11/16 in.) - 28 x 22 cm (11 x 8 11/16 in.) - 31.5 x 21.5 cm (12 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.) - 30 x 20.5 cm (11 13/16 x 8 1/16 in.) - 25.5 x 20 cm (10 1/16 x 7 7/8 in.) - 24.5 x 20 cm (9 5/8 x 7 7/8 in.) On one of the illuminations, the two inscriptions in white indicate, in cartouche 1: Quran 33:56 and in cartouche 2: Quran 22:63 (in part) and 40:61 (in part) On the illumination with inscriptions on a green and black background, the first two cartouches contain verses from al-Busiri’s Qasidat al-Burda. Cartouche 3 reads “al-mu’allim (the teacher) Muhammad al-Halu al-Fassi at the madrasa of Ludaya [al-Udaya] in Old Rabat", and cartouche 4 gives the date 10 Rajab of the year 1336 (21 April 1918)".
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About the sale ORIENTALISM, ISLAMIC ART & PHILHELLENISM
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Auction time 06/22/2026 at 2:00 PM
Lot description modified on 06/16/2026 at 12:25 PM
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