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TWO MONUMENTAL ILLUMINATED QUR'AN FOLIOS
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Qur'an II (sura al-baqara), v.274 (part) to v.284 and Qur'an III (sura al 'umran), vv.181-187, ink and pigments on waxed cloth, each double-sided, with 13ll. of text, the first, intermediate and last line in large bold black thuluth script, bordering two blocks of five lines of smaller naskh script, with illuminated roundel verse markers, each numbered, with gold and polychrome illuminated marginal medallions to either sides, the margins heavily illuminated, the sura title at top, foliated
Each 252 x 173cm. approx.
OF RECENT MANUFACTURE
Qur'an II (sura al-baqara), v.274 (part) to v.284 and Qur'an III (sura al 'umran), vv.181-187, ink and pigments on waxed cloth, each double-sided, with 13ll. of text, the first, intermediate and last line in large bold black thuluth script, bordering two blocks of five lines of smaller naskh script, with illuminated roundel verse markers, each numbered, with gold and polychrome illuminated marginal medallions to either sides, the margins heavily illuminated, the sura title at top, foliated
Each 252 x 173cm. approx.
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Please note that the estimate for this lot is £8,000-12,000 and not as printed in the catalogue.
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Please note that this lot should be marked with an OMEGA symbol and not the star symbol in the printed catalogue, and as such import VAT is payable (at 20%) on the Hammer price, in addition to the usual 20% VAT on the Buyer’s Premium.