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A similar Qajar Qur’an was sold in these Rooms, 27 April 2017, lot 17.
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QAJAR IRAN, AH 1242/1816-17 AD
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QUR'AN
QAJAR IRAN, AH 1242/1816-17 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 34ff. plus one flyleaf, each folio with 41ll. black ghubari, sura headings and keywords in red in clouds against a gold ground, gold roundel verse markers, text panels within gold and polychrome rules, illuminated marginal medallions in gold thuluth marking divisions of the Qur'an, opening bifolium with prayers contained inside large cusped medallions against a floral ground, the following bifolium with text panels within blue and gold illuminated borders and illuminated floral margins, closing bifolium comparable to the opening, in Qajar lacquer binding with floral motifs, owner's inscription on flyleaf
Text panel 9 3/4 x 6 1/8in. (24.5 x 15.5cm.); folio 11 7/8 x 7 3/4in. (30.9 x 19.8cm.)
QAJAR IRAN, AH 1242/1816-17 AD
Arabic manuscript on paper, 34ff. plus one flyleaf, each folio with 41ll. black ghubari, sura headings and keywords in red in clouds against a gold ground, gold roundel verse markers, text panels within gold and polychrome rules, illuminated marginal medallions in gold thuluth marking divisions of the Qur'an, opening bifolium with prayers contained inside large cusped medallions against a floral ground, the following bifolium with text panels within blue and gold illuminated borders and illuminated floral margins, closing bifolium comparable to the opening, in Qajar lacquer binding with floral motifs, owner's inscription on flyleaf
Text panel 9 3/4 x 6 1/8in. (24.5 x 15.5cm.); folio 11 7/8 x 7 3/4in. (30.9 x 19.8cm.)
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Head of Sale
A similar Qajar Qur’an was sold in these Rooms, 27 April 2017, lot 17.