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QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
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A MINIATURE QUR'AN
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on gold-speckled paper, each folio with 19ll. of black naskh script, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, sura headings in red thuluth script on gold ground in cartouche, opening bifolium with gold and polychrome illuminated headpieces and margins, the marginal section markers within gold and polychrome illuminated floral medallions, in original gilt black binding with floral decoration
Text panel 1 3/8 x 0¾in. (3.6 x 2cm.); folio 2 1/8 x 1¼in. (5.5 x 3.2cm.)
QAJAR IRAN, 19TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on gold-speckled paper, each folio with 19ll. of black naskh script, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, sura headings in red thuluth script on gold ground in cartouche, opening bifolium with gold and polychrome illuminated headpieces and margins, the marginal section markers within gold and polychrome illuminated floral medallions, in original gilt black binding with floral decoration
Text panel 1 3/8 x 0¾in. (3.6 x 2cm.); folio 2 1/8 x 1¼in. (5.5 x 3.2cm.)