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153 - ƒ GOLD-EMBELLISHED QUR’AN, IRAN, PROBABLY SAFAVID OR ZAND, 1…
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Estimate €6,000 - €8,000
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ƒ GOLD-EMBELLISHED QUR’AN, IRAN, PROBABLY SAFAVID OR ZAND, 18TH CENTURY A fine Arabic manuscript on paper. 15 lines per page in gold, with black diacritical marks and red vowel signs within a double gilded border. Double frontispiece illuminated in gold and polychrome. Titles of the Surahs in red within cartouches. Red and black marginal annotations. Later rebinding, in painted and lacquered papier-mâché, with a floral design of roses and gol-i bolbol nightingales on a garnet background. In a cloth slipcase. (Wear, stains, the double frontispiece damaged, not collated). 14.5 x 9 cm (5 11/16 x 3 9/16 in.) Provenance Acquired at Sotheby’s London in the 1980s by the family of the current owner for £10,000. Acquired at Sotheby’s London in the 1980s by the current owner’s family for £10,000
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About the sale ORIENTALISM, ISLAMIC ART & PHILHELLENISM
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Auction time 06/22/2026 at 2:00 PM
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