Oliver White
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Lot 15•
An illuminated Qur'an copied by Ibn Hasan Muhammad Isfahani India, perhaps Deccan, 18th Century
8 April 2014, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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An illuminated Qur'an copied by Ibn Hasan Muhammad Isfahani
India, perhaps Deccan, 18th Century
India, perhaps Deccan, 18th Century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 331 leaves, 14 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, verses marked with red circles, fifth verses marked with the letter ha in red, tenth verses marked with the letter 'ayn and the letter ashr in red, sura headings written in red within a panel edged in gold, inner margins ruled in black, red, blue and gold, the last three leaves in a different hand and inner margins ruled in black, red and yellow, one illuminated double-page frontispiece in colours and gold with text interspersed with gold stylised clouds, red morocco with gilt decoration
336 x 210 mm.
336 x 210 mm.
Footnotes
The colophon gives the scribe's name and states that the manuscript was completed on Thursday, 11th Jumada al-Awwal. A seal impression on the leaves preceding and following the main text bears the name of Sayyid Ghulam Bani Qadiri and is dated AH 1186/ AD 1772-73.
For a Qur'an in a similar hand, see N. F. Safwat, Golden Pages: Qur'ans and other manuscripts from the Collection of Ghassan I. Shaker, London 2000, no. 20.