Lot 76
[ISLAMIC School] [Apples: a single antique leaf]

Estimate: $120 - $180

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Description
[ISLAMIC, possibly Persian, School]. [APPLES: a single antique leaf with text a small bodycolor painting].

Offered for sale by Adam Langlands of 'Shadowrock Rare Books' - for more information please contact him via email at adamlanglands@gmail.com 

[ISLAMIC, possibly Persian, School]. [APPLES: a single antique leaf with text a small bodycolor painting]. [No date but probably 19th-century or earlier]. 1 leaf, octavo (10 ½ x 6 7/8; 267 x 175mm). Slanted text in red and black, recto and verso, within red-ruled border. One side with rectangular inset ‘miniature’ original painting of a gathering of apples and leaves, bodycolor, bordered in gilt (4 ¾ x 2 3/8in; 121 x 60mm). Condition: worm damage (see images).

A beautiful, autumnal image.