QUR`AN

Lot 131
27.04.2023 10:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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£ 2 520
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 131 | QUR'AN
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£ 3 000 – 5 000
QUR'AN

SIGNED MUSTAFA AL-SABRI AL-SIWASI, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 18 SHAWWAL AH 1201/3 AUGUST 1787 AD

Arabic manuscript on paper, 323ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh within gold and polychrome rules, gold rosette verse markers, catchwords, gold and polychrome marginal medallions, sura headings in white with gold cartouches, illuminated opening bifolium with 7ll. of black naskh reserved in clouds against gold ground, the colophon signed and dated, in gilt tooled leather binding, the doublures red leather with flap, offered with a Qajar Qur'an section, 9ff. plus two fly-leaves, 11ll. black nasta'liq with sura heading and verse markers in red, catchwords, in plain black leather binding, both in custom presentation boxes

Text panel 13.8 x 7.3cm. (5 1/2 x 2 7/8in.); folio 19.3 x 11.6cm. (7 2/3 x 4 1/2in.)





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