QUR`AN JUZ` XII

Lot 2
27.10.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 2 | QUR'AN JUZ' XII
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£ 8 000 – 12 000
QUR'AN JUZ' XII

SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY

Comprising the twelfth juz', Arabic manuscript on burnished paper, 30ff. plus two flyleaves, each folio with 7ll. of alternating black and gold naskh within gold and polychrome rules, with gold rosette verse markers, gold and blue marginal medallions, sura headings in blue thuluth within illuminated gold cartouches, gold and polychrome illuminated opening bifolio, in original Safavid gilt tooled binding with flap worked with calligraphic borders, the doublures with gilded découpé arabesque medallion and spandrels over polychrome panels

Text panel 4 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (10.9 x 14.1 cm.); folio 6 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (17.3 x 24.2 cm.)





Provenance

Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York



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