ID 932260
Lot 26 | QUR'AN
Estimate value
£ 10 000 – 15 000
SIGNED 'ABDULLAH IBN HAFIZ MUHAMMAD SHIRAZI, SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, DATED 25 RAMADAN AH 933/5 JULY 1527 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 387ff., each folio with 3ll. of alternating black and gold muhaqqaq alternated with two slightly inset panels of 5ll. of neat black naskh, each panel outlined in gold, text within orange, green, gold and blue rules, gold roundel verse markers, marginal roundels in gold and polychrome, sura headings in white on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, an opening illumainted Shamsa followed by a bifolio with sura al-fatiha in gold and polychrome illumination, a further bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated headpiece and the alternating muhaqqaq in gold and blue with polychrome and gold illuminated cartouches flanking the inset panels continuing through to following three folios, preceded by a single-page shamsa containing a prayer and with similar illumination, final bifolio of du'a similarly illuminated with colophon signed and dated, following bifolio a prayer of 7ll. alternating gold and black thuluth reserved against clouds set within gold floral margins, final folio a fal-nama with polychrome and gold illuminated headpiece and black and gold text in gold and polychrome coloured panels, contemporaneous binding with tooled and gilt panel, the doublures with découpé medallion and spanrels on polychrome paper and fabric panels
Text panel 8 3/4 x 5in. (22.5 x 12.5cm.); folio 13 3/4 x 9 5/8in. (35 x 24.5cm.)
Provenance
Private American collection since 1960s
Special notice
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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 |
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