ID 828598 
Lot 3  | QUR'AN
Valeur estimée
£ 20 000 – 30 000 
OTTOMAN TURKEY, MID 16TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on burnished paper, 258ff. with six flyleaves, each folio with 13ll. of black naskh within gold and black rules, with gold rosette verse markers, gold script in margins marking 'ashr, sura headings in gold, opening bifolio with blue and gold illumination framing 5ll. of text, in contemporaneous black leather binding with tooled medallion and spandrels and traces of gilding, doublures covered with gold speckled yellow paper
Text panel 9 1/8 x 6in. (23.2 x 15.2cm.); folio 13 3/4 x 10 1/8in. x (34.5 x 25.5cm.)
Provenance
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York
Special notice
No VAT on hammer price or buyer's premium.
| Lieu d'origine: | Asie, Empire ottoman, Turquie | 
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Lettres, documents et manuscrits | 
| Lieu d'origine: | Asie, Empire ottoman, Turquie | 
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Lettres, documents et manuscrits | 
| Adresse de l'enchère | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |
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