NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 10TH CENTURY

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QUR'AN LEAF
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 10TH CENTURY
Qur'an XXX, sura al-rum: 30-1, manuscript on vellum, 3ll. of elegant vertical kufic, diacritics in red and green, small red and green rosette verse markers, large gold marginal medallion, damage to corners, mounted on card, framed and glazed
Folio 10 5/8 x 7½in. (27 x 19cm.)

Provenance

Anon sale in these Rooms, 13 October 1998, lot 9

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium Please note that the lots of Iranian origin are subject to U.S. trade restrictions which currently prohibit the import into the United States. Similar restrictions may apply in other countries.

Lot Essay

Other leaves from this elegant three-line Qur'an are in the al-Sabah collection (Marilyn Jenkins (ed.), Islamic Art in the Kuwait National Museum, London, 1983, p. 19) and the Nasser D. Khalili collection (François Déroche, The Abbasid Tradition, London, 1992, p. 109 and 111).

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