Lot Essay
A related Qur’an with similar illumination was sold in these Rooms, 8 April 2008, lot 274.
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SULTANATE INDIA, 15TH OR EARLY 16TH CENTURY
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A QUR’AN SECTION
SULTANATE INDIA, 15TH OR EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Qur'an VI sura al-an'am, vv.104-116, Qur'an LVIII, sura al-mujadila, v. 7 to Qur'an LIVII, sura al-mulk, v. 10, Arabic manuscript on paper, 23ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 6ll. of black-outlined gold naskh enclosed by text blocks alternated with 3ll. of gold-outlined blue thuluth, gold verse markers, gold and polychrome medallion markers, sura headings in gold naskh within blue or red cartouches, two illuminated bifolios at the beginning and end of the section, the margins restored, occasional water staining, in stamped brown morocco
Text panel 7 7/8 x 5½in. (20 x 14 cm.); folio 11 ¾ x 8¼in. (28 x 21cm.)
SULTANATE INDIA, 15TH OR EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Qur'an VI sura al-an'am, vv.104-116, Qur'an LVIII, sura al-mujadila, v. 7 to Qur'an LIVII, sura al-mulk, v. 10, Arabic manuscript on paper, 23ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 6ll. of black-outlined gold naskh enclosed by text blocks alternated with 3ll. of gold-outlined blue thuluth, gold verse markers, gold and polychrome medallion markers, sura headings in gold naskh within blue or red cartouches, two illuminated bifolios at the beginning and end of the section, the margins restored, occasional water staining, in stamped brown morocco
Text panel 7 7/8 x 5½in. (20 x 14 cm.); folio 11 ¾ x 8¼in. (28 x 21cm.)
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