Coran enluminé, Inde du Nord XVIIIe siècle A small illuminated...
PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Coran enluminé, Inde du Nord XVIIIe siècle
A small illuminated Qur'an, North India, 18th Century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 12 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, gold roundels marking verse-endings, illuminated marginal devices, catchwords in outer margins, inner margins with stylised floral motifs in gold, outer margins throughout of pink paper with striated effect, one double-page frontispiece in blue and gold, aubergine leather binding, covers with gilt panels embossed with floral motifs, spine decorated with floral sprays, with flap
155 x 95 mm.
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PROPERTY FROM A ROYAL COLLECTION
Coran enluminé, Inde du Nord XVIIIe siècle
A small illuminated Qur'an, North India, 18th Century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 12 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, gold roundels marking verse-endings, illuminated marginal devices, catchwords in outer margins, inner margins with stylised floral motifs in gold, outer margins throughout of pink paper with striated effect, one double-page frontispiece in blue and gold, aubergine leather binding, covers with gilt panels embossed with floral motifs, spine decorated with floral sprays, with flap
155 x 95 mm.
Provenance
Property from a Royal Collection.
Estimate
Time, Location
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