Caption

Quran lectern rahla, Islamic art, Persian art, Qajar dynasty 1785–1925, geometric ornament, stands, rahla, Quran, Persian culture, 19th century, Iran, piece of furniture; unfolded: length 21.5 cm, width 41.4 cm; folded: length 41.5 cm, width 16.5 cm, A simple scene with a pale gray background and a reflective pale gray surface, featuring a crossed pair of slender, elongated wooden sticks forming an X shape balanced at their center; the sticks have a polished light brown wood appearance with decorative inlaid bands showing a repeating patterned strip in red and gold along their length, and thin darker brown edges, with a small rounded wooden central joint where the sticks intersect.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A23_459

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Rights managed

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55.5Mb (1.3Mb) / 20.0in x 10.8in / 6000 x 3231 (300dpi)

Keywords

Quran lectern rahla Islamic art Persian art Qajar dynasty 1785–1925 geometric ornament stands rahla Quran Persian culture 19th century Iran piece furniture unfolded length 21.5 cm width 41.4 cm folded length 41.5 cm width 16.5 cm simple scene pale gray background reflective pale gray surface featuring crossed pair slender elongated wooden sticks forming X shape balanced center sticks polished light brown wood appearance decorative inlaid bands showing repeating patterned strip red gold length thin darker brown edges small rounded wooden central joint sticks intersect.