Sale 12283
London, South Kensington
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21 October 2016
Price realised
GBP 1,188
Estimate
A KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO ABBASID NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY Qur'an LXXII (al-jinn), v.27 to Qur'an LXXIII (al-muzammil), v.20, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 17ll. of sepia kufic to the page, clusters of gold roundels as verse markers, red reading marks, sura heading a long polychrome cartouche with floral decoration issuing a gold palmette, gold marginal marker in kufic 7 7/8 x 10 ¼in. (20 x 26cm.)
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