ID 1178287
Lot 70 | QUR'AN
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
COMMISSIONED FOR AMIN AL-DAWLA 'ABDULLAH KHAN, SIGNED 'ABDULLAH IBN 'ASHUR AL-RANANI AL-ISFAHANI, QAJAR IRAN, DATED AH 1244 / 1817-18 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 305ff. plus one flyleaf, each folio with 14ll. of black naskh with red nasta'liq interlinear translation, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, sura headings in gold thuluth reserved against red or blue cartouches with fine arabesque spirals set within a gold illuminated panel, text panels within gold rules, the margins plain with commentary at the start of each sura in black nasta'liq within illuminated cartouches, illuminated medallions to mark divisions, catchwords, the opening bifolio with prayers in gold thuluth in red cusped cartouches, the following bifolio with 6ll. black naskh set within dense gold and polychrome illuminated and pricked margins, the final folio of the Qur'anic text with 5ll. similarly illuminated, the colophon signed and dated, concluding with prayers in red cartouche as at beginning, in Safavid gilt tooled leather binding, the doublures red leather with cruciform decoupé motif at the centre, with associated ephemera found in pages
Text panel 6 1⁄8 x 3 ½in. (15.5 x 9cm.); folio 8 1⁄8 x 5 1⁄8in. (20.6 x 13.1cm.)
Provenance
Anon sale, Christie's London, 2 May 2019, lot 68
Historical era: | Qajar dynasty |
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Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts, Books and manuscripts |
Historical era: | Qajar dynasty |
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Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
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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Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |
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