A QAJAR MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE  Iran, dated 1262 AH (1878) Black ink and opaque pigments on paper, with silver and gold highlights, the top and right hand margin illuminated with circular scrolling foliate against a dappled ground, the text of the marriage document in the lower half, the Arabic sections in naskh and the Persian phrases in shekasteh nasta'liq stating the dowry's specified land and gold, and a Qur'an to be exchanged between Mirza Abbas-Qoli and Khadija Sultan, both of Gorgan, the margins bearing four witness seals and signatures, framed and glazed, 69cm x 44cm, 72cm x 47cm including frame. Provenance: Capitolium Art, Brescia (IT), 14 - 17 December, lot 336.