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Auction archive: Lot number 128

AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN BIFOLIO

Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$4,804 - US$6,405
Price realised:
£5,625
ca. US$9,008
Auction archive: Lot number 128

AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN BIFOLIO

Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$4,804 - US$6,405
Price realised:
£5,625
ca. US$9,008
Beschreibung:

AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN BIFOLIO
ANDALUSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN BIFOLIO ANDALUSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on parchment, each folio with 9ll. of black maghribi script, verse marked with clusters of three gold roundels with polychrome highlights, khams markers in gold, one gold and polychrome illuminated marginal marker, sura heading in gold kufic script issuing a gold openwork palmette into the margin, with polychrome vocalisation, mounted 9½ x 18 3/8in. (24.2 x 46.7cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 128
Auction:
Datum:
23 Apr 2012
Auction house:
Christie's
23 April 2012, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN BIFOLIO
ANDALUSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN BIFOLIO ANDALUSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on parchment, each folio with 9ll. of black maghribi script, verse marked with clusters of three gold roundels with polychrome highlights, khams markers in gold, one gold and polychrome illuminated marginal marker, sura heading in gold kufic script issuing a gold openwork palmette into the margin, with polychrome vocalisation, mounted 9½ x 18 3/8in. (24.2 x 46.7cm.)

Auction archive: Lot number 128
Auction:
Datum:
23 Apr 2012
Auction house:
Christie's
23 April 2012, London, South Kensington
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