QUR`AN

Lot 62
27.10.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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£ 5 670
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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ID 828723
Lot 62 | QUR'AN
Valeur estimée
£ 5 000 – 7 000
QUR'AN

QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY

Arabic manuscript on paper, 280ff., plus four flyleaves, each folio with 18ll. of black naskh within gold and polychrome rules, gold rosette verse markers, margins with commentary in nasta'liq at the start of each sura, catchwords, gold and polychrome medallions marking divisions, sura headings in gold thuluth within gold and polychrome cartouches, opening bifolio with two illuminated cartouches containing 5ll. of gold thuluth, the following bifolio with dense gold and polychrome illumination containing 6ll. of naskh in clouds, the final bifolio also with two illuminated cartouches, in lacquer binding with painting of flowers to front and back, the doublures with scrolling floral vines

Text panel 5 5/8 x 3 1/4in. (14.4 x 8.4cm.); folio 7 1/4 x 4 7/8in. (18.4 x 12.5cm.)





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