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palani
18th March 2013, 03:34 PM
Got it thrown into a box at an auction. It is in an envelope postmarked 1973 from New York. It is 8 1/2 x 11 with another picture on the reverse.

http://i45.tinypic.com/ddkegn.jpg
palani
18th March 2013, 03:36 PM
here is the reverse

http://i49.tinypic.com/2vsiv60.jpg
Neuro
18th March 2013, 03:48 PM
From a Quran? Hand painted?
palani
18th March 2013, 03:52 PM
From a Quran? Hand painted?

No. A print of some sort. Quite bright tho.

I almost threw the envelope away and then fished it back out of the garbage.

I bought a 60 lb box of mostly junk and sorted it out at the auction.

[the box had a Post versalog slide rule and a couple other goodies]
Neuro
18th March 2013, 04:29 PM
No. A print of some sort. Quite bright tho.

I almost threw the envelope away and then fished it back out of the garbage.

I bought a 60 lb box of mostly junk and sorted it out at the auction.

[the box had a Post versalog slide rule and a couple other goodies]
It looks like it could be old Indian Islamic art, but obviously a newly printed one...

More likely Persian after googling the subject...
Cebu_4_2
18th March 2013, 05:01 PM
I think it is an absolute great find for tha bay! No reserve 10 day deal.
palani
18th March 2013, 05:19 PM
I think it is an absolute great find for tha bay! No reserve 10 day deal.

I agree. Let the buyer decide what it is (and the value).

The whole box cost $20 (I bid too much) but the slide rule is valued at $120 by itself.
sirgonzo420
18th March 2013, 10:27 PM
No. A print of some sort. Quite bright tho.

I almost threw the envelope away and then fished it back out of the garbage.

I bought a 60 lb box of mostly junk and sorted it out at the auction.

[the box had a Post versalog slide rule and a couple other goodies]


What kind of bait did you use?
Shami-Amourae
18th March 2013, 10:40 PM
https://ismailimail.wordpress.com/2008/06/03/author-and-poet-aly-sunderji/
ShortJohnSilver
18th March 2013, 11:15 PM
It was only later that Islam did not allow people's faces to be painted. Therefore this is a reproduction of early Persian , Islamic art.

See the section "Painting" on this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_art

Note that the Persians and the Indians - Mughals - communicated and exchanged culture, so some might be Persian , or it could be Mughal. Neat find!
palani
19th March 2013, 05:49 AM
What kind of bait did you use?
The LLC I represented chose to discharge the obligation in FRNs.