QUR`AN

Lot 61
27.10.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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£ 7 560
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 61 | QUR'AN
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£ 7 000 – 10 000
QUR'AN

SIGNED QASIM AL-MUHAJIR, QAJAR ARDABIL, IRAN, DATED AH 1314/1896-97 AD

Arabic manuscript on burnished paper, 312ff. plus five flyleaves each with 14ll. of black naskh with red Persian interlinear translations in nasta’liq, within gold, blue and red rules, the word ‘Allah’ picked out in gold, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, catchwords, with gold and polychrome marginal medallions, sura headings in various brightly-coloured inks in illuminated cartouches, the opening bifolio with dense illumination enclosing 3ll. of gold thuluth oulined in black, the following folio with illuminated headpiece, signed and dated colophon also stating the location of copying, in lacquer binding with swirling design and calligraphic border, with white paper doublures

Text panels 9 3/8 x 5 1/4in. (23.6 x 13.2cm.); folio 12 1/8 x 7 1/2in. (30.4 x 19.1cm.)





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