ID 1033095
Lot 21 | A KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on vellum, 13ff. each with 9ll. of sepia kufic, vocalisation in red, green, and yellow dots, verses marked with gold and polychrome roundels, sura titles in gold kufic with illuminated marginal pendant, khams marked by gold and polychrome medallions
Each folio approx. 4 7/8 x 7 5/8in. (12.5 x 19.5cm.)
Provenance
Private Collection, Middle East, by 1975,
From whom purchased by the present owner, 1995
| Art style: | Abbasid (750-940) |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Art style: | Abbasid (750-940) |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
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