Arts of the Islamic World & India

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An illuminated Qur'an, Persia, Qajar, 19th century

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8,000 - 12,000 GBP

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Arabic manuscript on paper, 265 leaves, plus 5 fly leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskh in black ink in clouds reserved against a gold ground, within gold and polychrome rules, verses separated by gold and polychrome rosettes, juz', hizb and sajda marked by illuminated marginal medallions, surah headings in red and blue on gold and polychrome illuminated panels, f.1b and f.2a with gold illuminated double shamsa, the following bifolio with gold and polychrome illuminated frontispiece framing text, in floral lacquer binding, lacquer doublures

text panel: 25.1 by 14.8cm.

leaf: 33.1 by 21.1cm.

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