ID 828713
Lot 2 | QUR'AN JUZ' XII
Estimate value
£ 8 000 – 12 000
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
Special notice
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| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Persia |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Art style: | Safavid (1506-1722) |
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| Place of origin: | Asia, Persia |
| 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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