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Auction archive: Lot number 55

A LARGE QUR'AN

Estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
ca. US$6,321 - US$8,849
Price realised:
£7,500
ca. US$9,481
Auction archive: Lot number 55

A LARGE QUR'AN

Estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
ca. US$6,321 - US$8,849
Price realised:
£7,500
ca. US$9,481
Beschreibung:

A LARGE QUR'AN
SIGNED IBN HAJI MUHAMMAD TAQI 'ALI ASGHAR, MUGHAL INDIA, DATED 5 DHU'L HIJJA AH 1197/1 NOVEMBER 1783 AD
A LARGE QUR'AN SIGNED IBN HAJI MUHAMMAD TAQI 'ALI ASGHAR, MUGHAL INDIA, DATED 5 DHU'L HIJJA AH 1197/1 NOVEMBER 1783 AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 560ff. plus five fly-leaves, 9ll. of bold black naskh with Persian interlinear translation and commentary in red and black nasta'liq , sura headings in gold thuluth within gold cartouche with gold roundel verse markers outlined in black, the main text panel within thick black-ruled gold frame, further commentary in Persian in the margins, with gold thuluth section markers, two opening bifolios for sura al-fatiha and sura al-baqara with finely illuminated borders and cartouches in gold and polychrome, colophon signed and dated and with commissioning inscription with the name of an official, now rubbed, in finely decorated gilded and stamped red morocco with flap, marbled paper doublures Text panel 10 ¼ x 4 7/8in. (26 x 12.2cm.); folio 16 ½ x 9 ¾. (41.8 x 24.8cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 55
Auction:
Datum:
27 Apr 2017
Auction house:
Christie's
London
Beschreibung:

A LARGE QUR'AN
SIGNED IBN HAJI MUHAMMAD TAQI 'ALI ASGHAR, MUGHAL INDIA, DATED 5 DHU'L HIJJA AH 1197/1 NOVEMBER 1783 AD
A LARGE QUR'AN SIGNED IBN HAJI MUHAMMAD TAQI 'ALI ASGHAR, MUGHAL INDIA, DATED 5 DHU'L HIJJA AH 1197/1 NOVEMBER 1783 AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 560ff. plus five fly-leaves, 9ll. of bold black naskh with Persian interlinear translation and commentary in red and black nasta'liq , sura headings in gold thuluth within gold cartouche with gold roundel verse markers outlined in black, the main text panel within thick black-ruled gold frame, further commentary in Persian in the margins, with gold thuluth section markers, two opening bifolios for sura al-fatiha and sura al-baqara with finely illuminated borders and cartouches in gold and polychrome, colophon signed and dated and with commissioning inscription with the name of an official, now rubbed, in finely decorated gilded and stamped red morocco with flap, marbled paper doublures Text panel 10 ¼ x 4 7/8in. (26 x 12.2cm.); folio 16 ½ x 9 ¾. (41.8 x 24.8cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 55
Auction:
Datum:
27 Apr 2017
Auction house:
Christie's
London
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