Lot 11•
A Qur'an section (Juz VI: surat al-Nisa, IV, The Women, verses 148-end; surat al-Maida, V, The Table-Spread, verses 1-82), copied by Abdullah bin 'Uthman al-Sini (of Tajik origin) written at Yunau, China, dated AH 1000/AD 1591-92 or later
2 April 2009, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,640 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA Qur'an section (Juz VI: surat al-Nisa, IV, The Women, verses 148-end; surat al-Maida, V, The Table-Spread, verses 1-82), copied by Abdullah bin 'Uthman al-Sini (of Tajik origin)
written at Yunau, China, dated AH 1000/AD 1591-92 or later
written at Yunau, China, dated AH 1000/AD 1591-92 or later
Arabic manuscript on cream-coloured paper, 52 leaves, 5 lines to the page written in large sini script in black ink outlined in gold, diacritics and vowel points in red, black and gold, red markers between verses, margins ruled in red, later catchwords in wide margins, one double page of illumination in colours and gold, colophon written on gold ground within panels decorating the inner borders of the last two pages, edges frayed, corners rather thumbed, some soiling, contemporary brown morocco with stamped decoration in the Chinese style, worn, doublures of blue silk, with flap
258 x 176 mm.
258 x 176 mm.