A MUGHAL QUR'AN North India, 18th century
A MUGHAL QUR'AN
North India, 18th century
Arabic manuscript on wove paper, composed of 230 leaves, 1 fly leaf, incomplete; 20 lines to the page, written in black naskh script, gilded roundels as verse markers, inner margin ruled with a gilded fillet; gilt drop-shaped section markers with pendants in the borders; two single frontispieces (one detached), illuminated with arabesques within gilded lobed reserves over a pastel-blue ground and gilded ground in the second case, later light-brown binding.
13cm x 8.2cm
Provenance:
The collection of Georges Antaki.
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A MUGHAL QUR'AN
North India, 18th century
Arabic manuscript on wove paper, composed of 230 leaves, 1 fly leaf, incomplete; 20 lines to the page, written in black naskh script, gilded roundels as verse markers, inner margin ruled with a gilded fillet; gilt drop-shaped section markers with pendants in the borders; two single frontispieces (one detached), illuminated with arabesques within gilded lobed reserves over a pastel-blue ground and gilded ground in the second case, later light-brown binding.
13cm x 8.2cm
Provenance:
The collection of Georges Antaki.
Estimate
Time, Location
Auction House
