Oliver White
Head of Department
Lot 11•
An illuminated Qur'an section (Juz XXV, beginning with verses 47-54 of the preceding sura XLI, Ha-Mim) China, late 17th/ early 18th Century
8 April 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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An illuminated Qur'an section (Juz XXV, beginning with verses 47-54 of the preceding sura XLI, Ha-Mim)
China, late 17th/ early 18th Century
China, late 17th/ early 18th Century
Arabic manuscript on cream-coloured paper, 56 leaves, 5 lines to the page written in sini/muhaqqaq script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, gold florets between verses, inner margins ruled in red, catchwords in wide outer borders, one illuminated device in outer margin, marking the midpoint of the juz, sura headings written in naskhi script in red within a plain panel, two double-pages of fine illumination in colours and gold at beginning and end, discoloration, corners rather thumbed and professionally repaired, contemporary red morocco decorated with stamped central medallions, cornerpieces and border panels, rebacked, with flap, doublures of blue cotton
260 x 180 mm.
260 x 180 mm.
Footnotes
Text:
sura XLI, Ha-Mim, verse 47-54.
sura XLII, Shura, verses 1-53.
sura XLIII, Zukhruf, Gold Adornments, verses 1-89.
sura XLIV, al-Dukhan, Smoke, verses 1-59.
sura XLV, al-Jathiya, Bowing, verses 1-37.