MILLON RIVIERA
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IRAN, circa 1920 Page from a manuscript depicting, on the re…
See original version (French)
231
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IRAN, circa 1920 Page from a manuscript depicting, on the re…
See original version (French)
Estimate €100 - €150
Voluntary lot
Description
IRAN, circa 1920
Page from a manuscript depicting, on the recto, a gouache miniature of a seated scholar holding an illuminated manuscript in his hand, probably representing an illustration of a page from a work on Arabic rhetoric and Qur'anic sciences. Arabic text calligraphed in naskh in brown ink mentioning, on the obverse, "وفي المتشابهات أحد المعنيين قريب والآخر بعيد، ولهذا قال السكاكي: وأكثر متشابهات القرآن من قبيل التورية والإيهام" referring to the rhetorician Abu Ya'qub Yusuf Ibn Abi Bakr known as Al-Sakkaki.
19.5 x 11 cm (on view).
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About the sale
A collector's world tour: Asian and Oriental art
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06/25/2026 at 11:00 AM
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