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A Rare Indian Carved Calligraphic Marble Tile, circa 1860
Hand-carved with a cusped cartouche containing lines of dense thuluth calligraphy. Sitting on a custom made stand.
Extremely fine piece.
Tile: 8.5" high x 18" wide x 1" deep.
Translation:
Everything is Perishable except his (God's) countenance
Provenance
Christie's London, 16 June 1987, no.291.
Inscriptions
Surah al-Qasas XXVIII, part of v.88