Enrica Medugno
Sale Coordinator
Lot 3
A large and finely illuminated frontispiece from a manuscript of the Qur'an Mamluk Egypt or Syria, 14th Century
23 May 2023, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £4,000
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Oliver White
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A large and finely illuminated frontispiece from a manuscript of the Qur'an
Mamluk Egypt or Syria, 14th Century
Mamluk Egypt or Syria, 14th Century
the left-hand frontispiece, ink, gouache and gold on cream paper, laid down on a later sheet of buff paper, text in inner margin in elegant Eastern kufic script finely stencilled with scrolling foliage motifs on a dark blue ground, the entire central panel decorated with finely drawn floral and foliate scrolls painted in gold, Arabic seal impression at upper left of later sheet
leaf 330 x 225 mm.; sheet 390 x 300 mm.
leaf 330 x 225 mm.; sheet 390 x 300 mm.
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Provenance
Formerly in a private collection, Amsterdam, formed in the 1980s.
With the Dutch art trade in 2022 (Hessink's Fine Art Auctioneers).
Private collection, Scotland.