INDIA, 18TH CENTURY

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TWO QUR'AN FOLIOS
INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Qur'an XXVI, sura shu'ara, vv.30-44 and 206-225, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 9ll. of strong black muhaqqaq in clouds reserved against gold ground, gold verse roundels decorated with green and blue dots, text panels ruled in gold and polychrome
Each folio 22 ½ x 13 1/8in. (57.2 x 33.3cm.)

Provenance

Bonhams, London, 15 April 2010, lot 14

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Lot Essay

Muslim India produced a number of large Qur'an manuscripts and numerous folios with pages often as large as 40cm. in height are known. See for instance a Qur'an in the British Library (Add.5548-51, London, 1982, cat.21, p.38 and p.57), other large Qur'ans mentioned by Jeremiah Losty in the Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad (London, 1982, p.56) and a folio sold at Christie's, 7 October 2013, lot 61 (52.8 x 31.2cm.). With dimensions as large as 52cm. in height, these folios are probably amongst the largest found in India.

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