A MINIATURE QUR'AN
A MINIATURE QUR'AN

SIGNED IBN KARBALA'I 'ALI AKBAR KNOWN AS KASHI, ZAND IRAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A MINIATURE QUR'AN
SIGNED IBN KARBALA'I 'ALI AKBAR KNOWN AS KASHI, ZAND IRAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 189ff. plus 3 fly-leaves, each folio with 19ll. of tiny black naskh, with gold roundel verse markers, sura headings in red naskh between gold roundels, text within black-ruled gold frame, catchwords, with illuminated opening bifolio, colophon signed and dated Tuesday of Ramadan, in restored lacquer binding
Text panel 2 1/8 x 1 3/8in. (5.5 x 3.2cm.); folio 3 1/8 x 2in. (8 x 4.8cm.)

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