Arts of the Islamic World & India

Arts of the Islamic World & India

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An illuminated miniature Qur'an, Persia, Qajar, dated 1235 AH/1819-20 AD

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Arabic manuscript on paper, 173 leaves, 21 lines to the page written in small black naskh, within gold and black rules, verses separated by gold and polychrome roundels, juz', hizb and sajda marked by gold and polychrome marginal medallions, surah headings in red on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, f.1b and 2a with double page illumination framing text, following bifolio with gold floral illuminated margins, in lacquer binding, lacquer doublures

text panel: 7.9 by 4.2cm.

leaf: 10.2 by 6.3cm.

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