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Property from the Shakerine Collection
Lot 45•,R
An illuminated Qur'an Qajar Persia, dated AH 1220/AD 1805-06
12 November 2024, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,840 inc. premium
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An illuminated Qur'an
Qajar Persia, dated AH 1220/AD 1805-06
Qajar Persia, dated AH 1220/AD 1805-06
Arabic manuscript on paper, 213 leaves, 12 lines to the page written in small naskhi in black ink with interlinear translation written in small naskhi in red, interlinear and 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 illuminated cartouches, illuminated marginal devices marking hisb, juz and nisf, marginal commentaries in naskhi within cloudbands, double-page illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold, preceded by a double page of illumination comprising prayers written within gold cartouches on a gold floral ground, f.3b and f.4a, succeeding opening frontispiece, with gold floral illumination in the margins, double-page finispiece consisting of prayers written with gold cartouches against a gold floral ground, floral lacquer binding
130 x 88 mm.
130 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. 60-61, no. 10.
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