ID 1178464
Lot 66 | QUR'AN
Valeur estimée
£ 12 000 – 18 000
SIGNED SULAYMAN AL-ISFAHANI, SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 430ff. plus seven flyleaves, each folio with 9ll. black naskh, gold roundel verse markers, sura headings in white thuluth reserved against gold cusped cartouches set within polychrome panels, set within gold and polychrome rules, the margins plain with illuminated medallions to mark divisions, the opening bifolio with 9ll. reserved against gold cloudbands set within gold and polychrome illuminated margins, the colophon signed with the final page moved and pasted to f.1r, in later burgundy binding, the doublures paper, minor restorations
Text panel 7 x 4 ¾in. (17.9 x 12.2cm.); folio 10 1⁄8 x 7 ½in. (25.8 x 19.1cm.)
Provenance
Collection of Madame Z sold Etude Tajan, Paris, 9 June 1995, lot 89, when purchased by the current owner
| Style artistique: | Séfévides (1506-1722) |
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| Lieu d'origine: | Iran, Asie |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Lettres, documents et manuscrits, Livres et manuscrits |
| Style artistique: | Séfévides (1506-1722) |
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| Lieu d'origine: | Iran, Asie |
| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Lettres, documents et manuscrits, Livres et manuscrits |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
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