QUR`AN

Lot 66
25.04.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Prix de départ
£ 12 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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ID 1178464
Lot 66 | QUR'AN
Valeur estimée
£ 12 000 – 18 000
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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
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