Two calligraphic compositions, each comprising verses from the Qur'an, written in bold naskhi script India, 19th Century Arabic manuscript on paper, text written in two lines of bold, large naskhi script in black ink on a pale green ground decorated with vegetal motifs in gold and further illuminated cornerpieces, blue, gold and brown illuminated borders 269 x 366 mm. and slightly smaller(2) Footnotes: Provenance The Shakerine Collection. Text A. Qur'an, sura XVIII, al-kahf, part of verse 78, and sura LXX, al-ma'arij, verse 5. B. Qur'an, sura VII, al-a'raf, part of verse 34. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com