MINIATURE QUR'AN WRITTEN ON GAZELLE SKIN
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MINIATURE QUR'AN WRITTEN ON GAZELLE SKIN

QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY

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MINIATURE QUR'AN WRITTEN ON GAZELLE SKIN
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Manuscript on very fine, almost transparent skin, 207ff., each with 15ll. of black minute naskh in clouds reserved on gold ground, double illuminated opening page, polychrome with gold and blue, the lacquer binding with dense floral decoration on gold and black ground, slightly chipped
Folio 3 1/8 x 2 1/8in. (7.7 x 5.3cm.)
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