Lot 34•
A large illuminated Qur`an section (surat al-Fatihah, I, complete; surat Ya-Sin, XXXVI, complete) written in monumental muhaqqaq script in gulzar style Persia, 20th Century
2 April 2009, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£5,000 - £7,000
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Persia, 20th Century
Persia, 20th Century
Arabic manuscript on cream-coloured paper, 18 leaves, 5 lines to the page written in monumental muhaqqaq script in gulzar style, letters filled with scrolling vegetal motifs in black and some colour on a ground decorated with black dots, diacritics and vowel points in gold, illuminated markers of various shapes between verses, sura heading and opening pages written in large thuluth script in white within panels decorated with intertwining vegetal motifs in gold and some colour, and Chinese cloud bands in turquoise on lapis blue ground, borders ruled in gold, fancifully attributed on the last page to Abdullah bin Ahmad Hamdallah, brown morocco with covers decorated with a diaper pattern and dots in silver, doublures of brown morocco decorated with a similar diaper pattern in gold, inner and outer margins ruled in white and gold, worn
615 x 480 mm.
615 x 480 mm.