QUR`AN

Lot 62
26.10.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
Classic
Prix de départ
£ 25 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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ID 1033157
Lot 62 | QUR'AN
Valeur estimée
£ 25 000 – 35 000
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NASKH PROBABLY BY AQA HADI IBN MULLA MUHAMMAD SALIH MAZANDARANI, NASTA'LIQ BY MOHTASHAM AL-ISFAHANI THE ROYAL SCRIBE (KATIB AL-SULTANI), SAFAVID IRAN, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Arabic and Persian manuscript on burnished cream paper, 474ff. with 12ll. of black naskh alternating with red Persian interlinear translation in nasta'liq, text within gold rules, gold roundel verse markers, sura headings in blue thuluth on gold within illuminated cartouches, marginal hizb, sajda, nisf juz' and juz' markers in illuminated cartouches, catchwords, extensive marginal annotations with commentaries reported from Shi’a Imams in elegant red and black nasta'liq on selected folios throughout, illuminated double frontispiece with sura al-fatiha, followed by a further similarly illuminated bifolio with sura al-baqara, two colophons on folios 4v and 474r, illuminated finispiece with the seal impression of Shah Sultan Husayn dated AH 1125 on folio 474v., later owner seal impressions, in gilt stamped brown morocco with central medallion and spandrels, light brown morocco doublures with decoupé floral designs on blue and pink ground text panel

Text panel 6 5/8 x 3 5/8in. (16.2 x 8.7cm.); folio 9 ½ x 5 7/8in. (24.2 x 15cm.)





Provenance

Shah Sultan Husayn Safavi (1694-1722)

Prince Abbas Mirza Qajar (1789-1833)
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