A CHINESE QUR'AN SECTION (JUZ) China, 18th-19th century
A CHINESE QUR'AN SECTION (JUZ)
China, 18th-19th century
Arabic manuscript on paper, comprising 55 leaves, five lines to the page, written in bold black sini script, with gilded headings and red diacritics, the inner margins are ruled in red, the opening page illuminated with a double frontispiece unwan, decorated with a gilded geometric interlacing pattern and pendant foliate motifs in green and gold in the side margins, marking the beginning of the new section, the text reading Surah I, included in juz I.
27cm x 19cm
For a similar example:
Bonhams London, Islamic and Indian Art, 19 April 2016, lot 15.
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A CHINESE QUR'AN SECTION (JUZ)
China, 18th-19th century
Arabic manuscript on paper, comprising 55 leaves, five lines to the page, written in bold black sini script, with gilded headings and red diacritics, the inner margins are ruled in red, the opening page illuminated with a double frontispiece unwan, decorated with a gilded geometric interlacing pattern and pendant foliate motifs in green and gold in the side margins, marking the beginning of the new section, the text reading Surah I, included in juz I.
27cm x 19cm
For a similar example:
Bonhams London, Islamic and Indian Art, 19 April 2016, lot 15.
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Time, Location
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