AN ILLUMINATED QURAN, PERSIA, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH
Arabic manuscript on blue paper, 64 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 33 lines of elegant gold naskh, gold verse roundels, surah headings in clouds on a blue hatched ground, text panels within gold and polychrome rules, the opening bifolio with a gold and polychrome illuminated floral headpiece, the heading in blue ink in cloud reserved against hatched ground, the margins with gold and polychrome scrolling floral vine, in lacquer binding decorated with flowers and birds. Text panel: 22 by 21.5 cm.Folio: 31 by 19 cm.
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Arabic manuscript on blue paper, 64 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 33 lines of elegant gold naskh, gold verse roundels, surah headings in clouds on a blue hatched ground, text panels within gold and polychrome rules, the opening bifolio with a gold and polychrome illuminated floral headpiece, the heading in blue ink in cloud reserved against hatched ground, the margins with gold and polychrome scrolling floral vine, in lacquer binding decorated with flowers and birds. Text panel: 22 by 21.5 cm.Folio: 31 by 19 cm.
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