A CONTINUOUS SECTION FROM THE PINK QUR`AN

Lot 18
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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Prix de départ
£ 90 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 18 | A CONTINUOUS SECTION FROM THE PINK QUR'AN
Valeur estimée
£ 90 000 – 120 000
A CONTINUOUS SECTION FROM THE PINK QUR'AN
SPAIN OR MOROCCO, 13TH CENTURY
Qur'an XCVI, sura al-'alaq v.16 to Qur'an XCIX, sura al-zalzalah v.2, Arabic manuscript on paper, 5ff. each folio with 5ll. strong sepia maghribi, dots and diacritics in gold, sukun and shadda in blue, gold illuminated verse markers with abjad numbers, two sura titles in gold kufic in gold and polychrome illuminated panel with similar marginal pendant, the margins plain, with 'hubus' in pin pricks in upper corner of pages, loss to edges and corners, some residue from illumination on facing pages
Folio 13 ¼ x 10 ¼in. (33.5 x 26.1cm.)




Provenance

UK trade by 1998, from which acquired by the current owner
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