Lot Essay
Juz' III from this Qur'an was sold in these Rooms, 5 October 2010, lot 195.
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SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
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QUR'AN JUZ' XII
SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Comprising the twelfth juz', Arabic manuscript on burnished paper, 30ff. plus two flyleaves, each folio with 7ll. of alternating black and gold naskh within gold and polychrome rules, with gold rosette verse markers, gold and blue marginal medallions, sura headings in blue thuluth within illuminated gold cartouches, gold and polychrome illuminated opening bifolio, in original Safavid gilt tooled binding with flap worked with calligraphic borders, the doublures with gilded découpé arabesque medallion and spandrels over polychrome panels
Text panel 4 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (10.9 x 14.1 cm.); folio 6 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (17.3 x 24.2 cm.)
SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY
Comprising the twelfth juz', Arabic manuscript on burnished paper, 30ff. plus two flyleaves, each folio with 7ll. of alternating black and gold naskh within gold and polychrome rules, with gold rosette verse markers, gold and blue marginal medallions, sura headings in blue thuluth within illuminated gold cartouches, gold and polychrome illuminated opening bifolio, in original Safavid gilt tooled binding with flap worked with calligraphic borders, the doublures with gilded découpé arabesque medallion and spandrels over polychrome panels
Text panel 4 3/8 x 5 1/2 in. (10.9 x 14.1 cm.); folio 6 7/8 x 9 5/8 in. (17.3 x 24.2 cm.)
Provenance
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York
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Behnaz Atighi Moghaddam
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