ID 932237
Lot 9 | TWO KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIOS
Estimate value
£ 4 000 – 6 000
PROBABLY NORTH AFRICA, 9TH CENTURY
Qur'an XX, sura taha, vv. 115-134 and Qur'an XLIII, sura al-zukhruf, vv. 30 (part) - 50 (part), Arabic manuscript on vellum, 2ff. plus two fly-leaves, 16ll. of black kufic script with red diacritics, in later margins with added gold and polychrome ruling, in later light brown tooled morocco binding, with paper doublures
Text panel 5 1/8 x 7 1/2in. (19 x 12.8cm.); folio 9 7/8 x 6 3/4in. (25.1 x 17cm.)
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| Art style: | Abbasid (750-940) |
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| Place of origin: | Morocco, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Letters, documents and manuscripts |
| Art style: | Abbasid (750-940) |
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| Place of origin: | Morocco, Africa |
| 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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