ID 828677
Lot 1 | A KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION
Estimate value
£ 350 000 – 450 000
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 8TH/9TH CENTURY
Arabic text on vellum, 162ff. each with 16ll. of black kufic with red diacritics, sura headings in gold, small gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, margins slightly trimmed, unbound
Each folio approximately 10 1/8 x 7 5/8in. (25.7 x 19.5cm.)
Provenance
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Art style: | Abbasid (750-940) |
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| Place of origin: | Middle East, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Art style: | Abbasid (750-940) |
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| Place of origin: | Middle East, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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