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Auction archive: Lot number 11•

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Husain al-Hamdi

Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,145 - US$7,717
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 11•

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Husain al-Hamdi

Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,145 - US$7,717
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Husain al-Hamdi Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1273/AD 1856-57 Arabic manuscript on paper, 302 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics in red and black, gilt roundels between verses, inner margins ruled in red, black and gold, catchwords in wide outer margins, illuminated devices in margins, sura headings written in thuluth script in white ink within gilt rectangular panels, one illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold, edges frayed, corners rather thumbed, stencilled gilt paper doublures and flyleaves decorated with stamped geometric motifs in red, red morocco gilt, with flap, covers with waterstaining, leather case, crudely repaired, some waterstaining 190 x 130 mm.

Auction archive: Lot number 11•
Auction:
Datum:
23 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Husain al-Hamdi Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1273/AD 1856-57 Arabic manuscript on paper, 302 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics in red and black, gilt roundels between verses, inner margins ruled in red, black and gold, catchwords in wide outer margins, illuminated devices in margins, sura headings written in thuluth script in white ink within gilt rectangular panels, one illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold, edges frayed, corners rather thumbed, stencilled gilt paper doublures and flyleaves decorated with stamped geometric motifs in red, red morocco gilt, with flap, covers with waterstaining, leather case, crudely repaired, some waterstaining 190 x 130 mm.

Auction archive: Lot number 11•
Auction:
Datum:
23 Oct 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
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