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Lot 54
01.05.2025 11:00UTC +01:00
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£ 176 400
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1404789
Lot 54 | QUR'AN
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
QUR'AN
COLOPHON WITH THE NAME OF AHMAD AL-NAYRIZI (fl.1682-1722 AD), SAFAVID ISFAHAN, IRAN; THE ILLUMINATION AND BINDING, QAJAR MASHHAD, IRAN, DATED RAJAB AH 1285-RAMADAN 1287/NOVEMBER 1868-DECEMBER 1870 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 384ff. plus one flyleaf, each with 12ll. strong black naskh reserved against gold cloudbands, gold rosette verse markers, tajwid in red ink, sura titles in turquoise ink reserved against illuminated panels, in gold and polychrome rules, the margins plain with occasional illuminated medallions to mark divisions, the name of the sura and number of juz' in maroon ink to the corner of each folio with illuminated rococo floral swags beneath, catchwords, red outer rules, the opening bifolio with 9ll. gold thuluth within blue cusped medallion reserved against an illuminated field, the border with the names of each sura in alternating gold and blue boxes, the margins illuminated in gold, the following bifolio with illuminated heading on the right hand page and cobalt and gold illuminated margins, the following bifolio and f.343v and 344r with gold illuminated margins, the final bifolio with colophon with the name of Ahmad Nayrizi and date of renovation of manuscript with gold and polychrome illuminated margins, in Qajar lacquer binding, the doublures with inscribed medallions with date of restoration and name of patron
Text panel 5 7/8 x 3 5/8in. (14.9 x 9.3cm.); folio 10 ½ x 6 ¾in. (26.7 x 17.2cm.)




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By repute Dr. Mohammad Baqir Alwan, Massachusetts
With London trade by 1995
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