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QAJAR PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
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Qur'an
Qajar Persia, 19th Century
Manuscript on pale ivory polished paper, 311ff. with 14ll. of fine black naskh within gold clouds and gold rules, red Persian interlinear translation, gold and polychrome roundels between verses, sura headings in gold on blue panels, text within gold and polychrome margins surmounted by similar gold finial, two finely illuminated gold and polychrome bifolios, similar final bifolio, generally clean condition in gold glitter binding with gul-o bulbul design, similar red lacking doublures
Folio: 11.3/8 x 6in. (28.9 x 17cm.); text: 8.1/8 x 4in. (20.7 x 12.2cm.)
Qajar Persia, 19th Century
Manuscript on pale ivory polished paper, 311ff. with 14ll. of fine black naskh within gold clouds and gold rules, red Persian interlinear translation, gold and polychrome roundels between verses, sura headings in gold on blue panels, text within gold and polychrome margins surmounted by similar gold finial, two finely illuminated gold and polychrome bifolios, similar final bifolio, generally clean condition in gold glitter binding with gul-o bulbul design, similar red lacking doublures
Folio: 11.3/8 x 6in. (28.9 x 17cm.); text: 8.1/8 x 4in. (20.7 x 12.2cm.)