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Property from the Shakerine Collection
Lot 43•,R
An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Abu al-Qasim al-'Abidin al-Khawansari Qajar Persia, dated 1277 AH/1860-61 AD
12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,840 inc. premium
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An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Abu al-Qasim al-'Abidin al-Khawansari
Qajar Persia, dated 1277 AH/1860-61 AD
Qajar Persia, dated 1277 AH/1860-61 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 221 leaves, 20 lines to the page written in naskhi in black ink within cloudbands on a gold ground, inner margins ruled in black and gold, verse-endings marked by gold and polychrome rosettes, sura headings written in riqa' script in red on a gold ground within cartouches, illuminated marginal devices, double-page illuminated frontispiece, preceded by a double page with prayers written within stylised gold-outlined cypress trees, f.3b and f.4a, succeeding opening illumination, with illuminated floral borders, floral lacquer binding
118 x 78 mm.
118 x 78 mm.
Footnotes
Provenance
The Shakerine Collection.
Literature
N. Safwat, A Collector's Eye: Islamic calligraphy in Qur'ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, pp. 76-77, no. 15.
The last leaf bears the seal impression of al-Raji ila Allah 'Ali Akbar, dated AH 1285/AD 1868-69.
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