LATE-SAFAVID PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY
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Qur'an
Late-Safavid Persia, 17th Century
Manuscript on paper, 476ff. each with 14ll. of red naskh, gold rules between lines, punctuation in black, sura headings in white on gold panels, margins with gold floral meander, slight staining, opening gold and polychrome bifolio, slightly stained and cracked, repainting, in contemporary gold lacquer cover with floral and arabesque decoration
Folio 4¼ x 2½in. (11 x 6.5cm.)
Late-Safavid Persia, 17th Century
Manuscript on paper, 476ff. each with 14ll. of red naskh, gold rules between lines, punctuation in black, sura headings in white on gold panels, margins with gold floral meander, slight staining, opening gold and polychrome bifolio, slightly stained and cracked, repainting, in contemporary gold lacquer cover with floral and arabesque decoration
Folio 4¼ x 2½in. (11 x 6.5cm.)