Matthew Thomas
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Lot 19•
A Qur'an South-East Asia, probably Indonesia, late 19th Century(2)
6 October 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £5,000
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A Qur'an
South-East Asia, probably Indonesia, late 19th Century
South-East Asia, probably Indonesia, late 19th Century
Arabic manuscript on thick lined cream-coloured paper with Dutch watermarks, 390 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in a cursive script with vowel points and diacritics in black ink, red roundels between verses, inner margins ruled in black, lacking catchwords, sura headings in red within a blank rectangular panel, two coloured double pages at beginning and end drawn freely, predominantly in yellow, red, brown and black pigments, eight folios detached at end, edges frayed, browned, contemporary red morocco with stamped central medallions, cornerpieces and border panels of gilt paper onlay, lower cover and flap detached, spine and edges worn, an inscription in a local language on flyleaf, 320 x 210 mm.; and a wood Qur'an stand, of folding X-shaped form, carved with stylised floral motifs, probably 19th Century
the stand 64 x 24 cm. (folded)(2)
the stand 64 x 24 cm. (folded)(2)
Footnotes
For further reading see A. T. Gallop, 'Islamic Manuscript Art of Southeast Asia', in J. Bennett (ed.), Crescent Moon: Islamic Art and Civilisation in Southeast Asia, Canberra 2006, pp. 158-189.