AN ILLUMINATED QUR`AN BIFOLIUM

Lot 15
27.04.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 19 530
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 15 | AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN BIFOLIUM
Valeur estimée
£ 5 000 – 7 000
AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN BIFOLIUM

ANATOLIA OR CENTRAL ASIA, EARLY 14TH CENTURY

Qur'an V, sura al-ma'idah, vv. 64-66, Arabic manuscript on paper, 2ff., each with 3ll. of black muhaqqaq, Persian interlinear translation, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, illuminated rosettes in text panel, catchwords, later illuminated borders of blue and red kufic script against a gold foliate ground, geometric medallions in the corners

Text panel 7 3/4 x 5 1/2in. (19.5 x 14cm.); folio 11 1/2 x 7 1/4in. (29 x 18.5cm.)





Provenance

R. Meyer-Riefstahl (d.1936),

Rudi Riefstahl (d.2011),

Collection of Philip Hofer, USA (1898-1984)
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