ID 1306480
Lot 140 | AN UNUSUAL SULTANATE QUR'AN WITH NARRATIVE COMMENTARY
Valeur estimée
£ 15 000 – 20 000
NORTH INDIA, MID 15TH CENTURY
Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 336ff. plus one flyleaf, the Qur'anic text 11ll. black muhaqqaq with the words Allah and the bismallah in gold, illuminated flower verse markers, the commentary 29ll. black naskh, sura headings variously written in thuluth or muhaqqaq in illuminated panels, set within gold and blue rules, the margins plain with illuminated medallions to mark divisions, a fine full-page gold and polychrome illumination for the opening of sura al-a'raf, in red-brown leather binding, the doublures blind-tooled brown leather
Text panel 12 x 7 5/8in. (30.4 x 19.3cm.); folio 16 x 11 ¼in. (40.5 x 28.8cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 26 April 1995, lot 59
| Lieu d'origine: | Inde, Asie |
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Lettres, documents et manuscrits, Livres et manuscrits |
| Lieu d'origine: | Inde, Asie |
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Lettres, documents et manuscrits, Livres et manuscrits |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |
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