ID 727332
Lot 111 | MINIATURE QUR'AN
Estimate value
£ 16 000 – 22 000
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 16TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 386ff., plus four flyleaves, each folio with 16ll. of black naskh in two hands, red dot verse markers, text within gold and black rules, sura headings in black against a gold ground, gold and polychrome marginal medallions marking khams and ‘ashr, opening bifolio fully illuminated in gold and polychrome, the following bifolio illuminated in gold and polychrome framing 7ll. of text, a further bifolio with gold illuminated margins, in gilt brown binding with flap
Text panel 1 1⁄4 x 3⁄4in. (3.4 x 2cm.); folio 2 1⁄8 x 1 1⁄2in. (5.5 x 3.7cm.)
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
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| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
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| 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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