A KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH CENTURY, WITH 19TH CENTURY, QAJAR IRAN ILLUMINATION

A KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO
NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH CENTURY, WITH 19TH CENTURY, QAJAR IRAN ILLUMINATION
Qur'an LXXVIII, sura al-naba, vv. 18-30 (part), Arabic manuscript on vellum, 5ll. of dark brown kufic, diacritics in red, gold roundel verse markers, gold kufic ha' marking khams, gold and blue roundel marking 'ashr, recto with later Qajar gold and polychrome floral illuminated ground, verso with further Qajar illumination in clouds framing text, within gold floral borders, cracking to rules
Text panel 4 1/8 x 7 1/8in. (10.3 x 18cm.); folio 6 ¾ x 9 ½in. (17.1 x 24cm.)