ID 1404737
Lot 10 | A KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION
Estimate value
£ 100 000 – 120 000
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on vellum, comprising parts of diverse suras and some consecutive pages, 37ff. each with 16ll. of neat black kufic with red vocalisation, gold roundels to mark every tenth verse, five sura headings in gold kufic, with Persian export stamps dated dated AH 1347 / 1928-9 AD, unbound
Folio 7 5/8 x 10in. (19.4 x 25.5cm.)
Provenance
Cornelius J. Hauck (d.1967), donated
Cincinnati Museum Centre
The History of the Art of the Book: The Cornelius J. Hauck Collection, Christie's New York, 27-28 June 2006, lot 58
| Art style: | Abbasid (750-940) |
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| Auction house category: | Books and manuscripts, Arms & Armor |
| Art style: | Abbasid (750-940) |
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| Auction house category: | Books and manuscripts, Arms & Armor |
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