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Property from the Shakerine Collection
Lot 42•,R
An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Ibn Muhammad Hashim Mahmud al-Musawi Qajar Persia, dated AH 1277 AH/AD 1860-61
12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,200 inc. premium
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An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Ibn Muhammad Hashim Mahmud al-Musawi
Qajar Persia, dated AH 1277 AH/AD 1860-61
Qajar Persia, dated AH 1277 AH/AD 1860-61
Arabic manuscript on paper, 306 leaves, 19 lines to the page written in neat naskhi script in black ink, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, verse-endings marked by gold and polychrome rhomboids, sura headings in written in riqa' script in red on a gold ground within cartouches, marginal devices marking nisf, juz and sajdahs, f.1b and f.2a with a double-page spread of illumination consisting of a central lobed panel with naskhi against a blue and gold ground, f.2b and f.4a with a double page of illumination, f.3 with a prayer written in nasta'liq script within a tree-shaped cartouche, floral lacquer binding decorated with flowers
143 x 88 mm.
143 x 88 mm.
Footnotes
Provenance
The Shakerine Collection.
Literature
N. Safwat, A Collector's Eye: Islamic calligraphy in Qur'ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, pp. 73-75, no. 14.
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