拍品 51
51
A SAFAVID QUR'AN JUZ' IN ORIGINAL BINDING
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… 顯示更多
A SAFAVID QUR'AN JUZ' IN ORIGINAL BINDING

SIGNED 'ALI BIN MUHAMMAD BIN MUQALLA' AND DATED JUMADA I AH 979/1571 AD

細節
A SAFAVID QUR'AN JUZ' IN ORIGINAL BINDING
SIGNED 'ALI BIN MUHAMMAD BIN MUQALLA' AND DATED JUMADA I AH 979/1571 AD
Comprising the 29th juz', Arabic manuscript on paper, 20ff., each folio with 11ll. of black naskh, text panel divided by 3ll. of gold muhaqqaq, all panels within gold rules, bordered by margins decorated with gold floral scrolls, within gold and polychrome frame, gold and polychrome verse roundels, almost every page with medallion containing floral motifs on lapis blue with gold borders, sura headings in gold within panels of gold and polychrome illumination, first folio with illuminated headpiece in gold and polychrome with the title of sura al-mulk in white naskh on gold ground, colophon signed 'Ali bin Muhammad bin Muqalla' and dated Jumada I 979, a few later marginal notes, some minor waterstaining, original morocco binding and flap with stamped and gilt decoration consisting of a central medallion on a Chinese clouds and floral sprays ground, borders decorated with Qur'anic inscription, the doublures with gold, polychrome and découpé decoration, some minor stains
Text panel 8 3/8 x 5¾in. (21.3 x 14.4cm.); folio 13 7/8 x 9¼ (35.4 x 23cm.)
注意事項
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

登入
瀏覽狀況報告

拍品專文

The 14th juz' and the 21st juz' from the same Qur'an are respectively in the Kuwait National Museum (M. Jenkins, Islamic art in the Kuwait National Museum, London, 1983, p.134) and in the Nasser D. Khalili collection (D. James, After Timur, London, 1992, p.206, fig.49).

This scribe signed two other Qur'ans now in the Nasser D. Khalili and in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in Istanbul (D. James, ibid, p.212, fig.51).