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Auction archive: Lot number 3

A QUR’AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH CENTURY AD

Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,145 - US$7,717
Price realised:
£10,000
ca. US$12,862
Auction archive: Lot number 3

A QUR’AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH CENTURY AD

Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,145 - US$7,717
Price realised:
£10,000
ca. US$12,862
Beschreibung:

A QUR’AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH CENTURY AD text: surah al-Nur (XXIV), middle of f.2 to middle of v.6 Arabic manuscript on vellum, 9 lines to the page written in elongated Kufic in dark brown ink, vocalisation in the form of red dots, verses separated by small triangular clusters of six gold dots leaf: 20.1 by 29cm.

Auction archive: Lot number 3
Auction:
Datum:
23 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

A QUR’AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH CENTURY AD text: surah al-Nur (XXIV), middle of f.2 to middle of v.6 Arabic manuscript on vellum, 9 lines to the page written in elongated Kufic in dark brown ink, vocalisation in the form of red dots, verses separated by small triangular clusters of six gold dots leaf: 20.1 by 29cm.

Auction archive: Lot number 3
Auction:
Datum:
23 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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