ID 1306562
Lot 21 | A LARGE QUR'AN FOLIO
Estimate value
£ 7 000 – 10 000
ATTRIBUTED TO AHMAD IBN 'ABDULLAH IBN AL-MANSUR HASHEMI AL-'ABBASI, MAMLUK EGYPT, 7 SHABAN AH 728 / 16 JUNE 1327 AD
Qur'an XXX, sura al-rum, v.55 (part) to Qur'an XXXI, sura Luqman, v.12 (part), Arabic manuscript on pink-dyed paper, 13ll. fine black muhaqqaq, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, the margins plain with illuminated medallions to mark divisions, one sura heading in gold-outlined kufic in gold and polycrome illuminated panel, trimmed
Folio 17 5/8 x 13 1/8in. (44.9 x 33.3cm.)
Provenance
Estate of Ruth & Harold (d.2015) Nelkin, Connecticut, by repute collected in the 1970s-1990s, from which acquired by the present owner
| Art style: | Mamluk (1250-1517) |
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| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
| Art style: | Mamluk (1250-1517) |
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| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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