ID 932195
Lot 40 | QUR'AN
Estimate value
£ 15 000 – 20 000
COLOPHON WITH THE NAME OF AHMAD AL-NAYRIZI, SAFAVID ISFAHAN, IRAN, DATED RAMADAN AH 1120/NOVEMBER 1708 AD, WITH QAJAR ILLUMINATION
Arabic manuscript on gold-speckled paper, 304ff. plus nine flyleaves, each with 16ll. of black naskh, within gold rules, gold and polychrome rosette markers, catchwords, the margins with copious annotations in black and red nasta'liq, with gold marginal script marking divisions, sura headings in red thuluth on gold panels, the opening bifolio with elegant gold illumination enclosing 6ll. of black naskh, the following bifolio reserved against gold cloudbands, signed and dated colophon with name of patron, ending with a series of prayers, in later gilt tooled binding, the doublures red lacquer, with slipcase and fabric wrap
Text panel 7 x 4in. (17.6 x 10.1cm.); folio 11 1/2 x 7 3/8in. (28.5 x 18.5cm.)
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
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| Place of origin: | Iran, 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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