Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets

Three Qur’an ajza’ (XI, XV and XX), Persia or Turkey, Safavid or Ottoman, circa 1600

Auction Closed

March 30, 12:47 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Juz XI: surah al-Tawbah (IX), v.94 to surah Hud (XI), v.5

Juz XV: surah al-Isa (XVII), v.1 to surah al-Kahf (XVIII), v.74

Juz XX: surah al-Naml (XXVII),v.56 to surah al-‘Ankabut (XXIX), v.45

each volume with 7 lines to the page written in black elegant naskh, ruled in green, orange, gold and blue, verses separated by polychrome and gold rosettes, blue and gold roundels in the margins filled with flower sprays, surah headings in gold within a polychrome cartouche, f.1b of each volume with a polychrome and gold heading, in original Safavid brown leather stamped and tooled gilt binding, the doublures with polychrome decoupé medallions and spandrels, in a later wooden box

each juz: 24 by 17.5cm.

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Another juz from this Qur’an (juz II) was sold at Christie’s London, 7 April 2011, lot 134.