FOLIOS FROM A MONUMENTAL BIHARI QUR`AN

Lot 86
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Vendu
£ 25 200
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
Commissionsee on Website%
Archive
La vente aux enchères est terminée. Vous ne pouvez plus enchérir.
Archive
ID 1178500
Lot 86 | FOLIOS FROM A MONUMENTAL BIHARI QUR'AN
Valeur estimée
£ 20 000 – 30 000
FOLIOS FROM A MONUMENTAL BIHARI QUR'AN

SULTANATE INDIA, PROBABLY 15TH CENTURY

Comprising various non-sequential parts of the Qur'an, Arabic manuscript on paper, 61ff. plus four flyleaves, each folio with 15ll. black bihari script, the word 'Allah' picked out in gold, gold rosette verse roundels, sura headings in white thuluth on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, text panels within blue and red rules, the inner margins with blue and red bihari notes, the outer margins with Persian tafsir commentary set diagonally, with large gold and polychrome marginal medallions to mark divisions, catchwords, in later tooled red morocco binding, the doublures blind-tooled leather, some water damage to folios

Text panel 11 ¾ x 8 ½in. (37.4 x 21.6cm.); folio 21 ½ x 14 1⁄8in. (54.6 x 35.8cm.)





Provenance

Dutch trade by 1998
Adresse de l'enchère CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
Royaume-Uni
Aperçu
25.04.2024 – 25.04.2024
Téléphone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
E-mail
Commission see on Website
Conditions d'utilisationConditions d'utilisation

Termes connexes