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CHINA, 17TH/18TH CENTURY
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Thirty part Qur'an
China, 17th/18th Century
Manuscript on buff paper, each juz of approx. 50ff., with 5ll. of black sini, punctuation in red, gold floral rosettes in verses, sura heading in gold naskh, each juz with opening and closing gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, in original brown morocco bindings with flap with tooled rosette surrounded by floral spandrels and inscription cartouches above and below, smudging and staining, some folios loose, bindings scuffed and worn
Folio 11 x 7in. (28 x 19.5cm.); text 6 x 4.3/8in. (16 x 11.2cm.) (24)
China, 17th/18th Century
Manuscript on buff paper, each juz of approx. 50ff., with 5ll. of black sini, punctuation in red, gold floral rosettes in verses, sura heading in gold naskh, each juz with opening and closing gold and polychrome illuminated bifolio, in original brown morocco bindings with flap with tooled rosette surrounded by floral spandrels and inscription cartouches above and below, smudging and staining, some folios loose, bindings scuffed and worn
Folio 11 x 7in. (28 x 19.5cm.); text 6 x 4.3/8in. (16 x 11.2cm.) (24)