An illuminated double page from a Qur'an
probably Herat, circa 1550
probably Herat, circa 1550
Arabic manuscript on paper, with three lines in gold thuluth script and panels of six lines of black naskhi, end of verses marked by small gilded cartouches, illuminated medallions in outer borders, richly decorated with illuminated panels, waterstaining mostly restricted to outer borders, slightly creased
leaf 308 x 240 mm.
leaf 308 x 240 mm.
Sold for
£840
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Other leaves of this Qur'an, without the medallions in the margin, are in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection (see David James, After Timur: Qur'ans of the 15th and 16th Centuries, London 1992, no. 25, where the manuscript is attributed to Herat or Tabriz circa 1525-1550).
Compare with a Qur'an copied at Herat and dated AH 965/AD 1558 (See Christie's, Islamic Art and Manuscripts, 29th April 2003, lot 18).
Category: Islamic and Oriental Art / Islamic and Indian Art
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