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Auction archive: Lot number 255

TWO FOLIOS FROM AN 'EASTERN KUFIC' QUR'AN

Auction 10.10.2014
10 Oct 2014
Estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
ca. US$8,034 - US$12,855
Price realised:
£25,000
ca. US$40,174
Auction archive: Lot number 255

TWO FOLIOS FROM AN 'EASTERN KUFIC' QUR'AN

Auction 10.10.2014
10 Oct 2014
Estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
ca. US$8,034 - US$12,855
Price realised:
£25,000
ca. US$40,174
Beschreibung:

TWO FOLIOS FROM AN 'EASTERN KUFIC' QUR'AN IRAN OR IRAQ, 11TH OR 12TH CENTURY Qur'an III ( sura al 'umran ), vv.116-133, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 17ll. of elegant black eastern kufic script, with gold roundel verse markers outlined in black, diacritics in black, reading marks in green and red, the two consecutive folios mounted together to form a long panel, gold and polychrome illuminated marginal medallions cut out and laid down at top and bottom, probably from the original manuscript, mounted, framed and glazed Panel 24 1/8 x 8 7/8in. (61.3 x 22.7cm.) (visible)

Auction archive: Lot number 255
Auction:
Datum:
10 Oct 2014
Auction house:
Christie's
10 October 2014, London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

TWO FOLIOS FROM AN 'EASTERN KUFIC' QUR'AN IRAN OR IRAQ, 11TH OR 12TH CENTURY Qur'an III ( sura al 'umran ), vv.116-133, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 17ll. of elegant black eastern kufic script, with gold roundel verse markers outlined in black, diacritics in black, reading marks in green and red, the two consecutive folios mounted together to form a long panel, gold and polychrome illuminated marginal medallions cut out and laid down at top and bottom, probably from the original manuscript, mounted, framed and glazed Panel 24 1/8 x 8 7/8in. (61.3 x 22.7cm.) (visible)

Auction archive: Lot number 255
Auction:
Datum:
10 Oct 2014
Auction house:
Christie's
10 October 2014, London, South Kensington
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