Arts of the Islamic World & India

Arts of the Islamic World & India

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Property from a Private European Collection

A Qur'an leaf in three scripts, Yemen or Persia, 13th-14th century

Auction Closed

April 30, 03:48 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

text: Qur'an, surah al-ra'd (XIII), parts of verses 1-16

Arabic manuscript on paper, 13 lines to the page, first and last line in thuluth script in black ink outlined in gold, the middle line in thuluth script in gold ink outlined in black, the rest in bold black naskh script, verses separated by polychrome and gold rosettes, gold and blue verse markers in the borders

39.1 by 31cm.

Other leaves from the same lavishly sophisticated Qur’an are in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection, London (Rogers 2007, p.143, a.no.QUR 850); formerly in the Lygo Collection (Kwiatowski 2013 pp.100-1, no.58) and in the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto (a.no.AKM814). Pages from the same Qur’an were sold in these rooms, 19 October 2016, lot 162 and 7 October 2009, lot 3.

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