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Lot Essay
This Sultanate talismanic jama is near-identical but considerably smaller than previously published examples, suggesting that it was made for a youth.
A very similar jama, sold in the 'Princely Collection', Sotheby's, 5 October 2010, lot 42. That was there attributed to the late 14th-15th century, based on a comparison to a Sultanate Qur'an scroll sold at Sotheby's, 15 October 1998, lot 15. The scroll was dated by an edited chronogram which was interpreted as giving the date of AH 798/1395 AD. However, these Qur'an jamas in fact stylistically relate to Qur'ans in bihari script, which were prevalent later in the 15th and early 16th Centuries, a number of which have been published by ©Eloïse Brac de la Perrière (L'art du livre dans l'Inde des sultanats, Paris, 2008 - see for example pl.41). A related Qur'an, also dated to the 15th century was sold in these Rooms, 1 May 2001, lot 17. It is possible that the reading of the chronogram on the scroll was inaccurate. Another, very similar Qur'an jama sold in these Rooms, 7 April 2011, lot 251.
A very similar jama, sold in the 'Princely Collection', Sotheby's, 5 October 2010, lot 42. That was there attributed to the late 14th-15th century, based on a comparison to a Sultanate Qur'an scroll sold at Sotheby's, 15 October 1998, lot 15. The scroll was dated by an edited chronogram which was interpreted as giving the date of AH 798/1395 AD. However, these Qur'an jamas in fact stylistically relate to Qur'ans in bihari script, which were prevalent later in the 15th and early 16th Centuries, a number of which have been published by ©Eloïse Brac de la Perrière (L'art du livre dans l'Inde des sultanats, Paris, 2008 - see for example pl.41). A related Qur'an, also dated to the 15th century was sold in these Rooms, 1 May 2001, lot 17. It is possible that the reading of the chronogram on the scroll was inaccurate. Another, very similar Qur'an jama sold in these Rooms, 7 April 2011, lot 251.