QUR'AN SHIRAZ, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on gold-speckled paper, 318ff. plus three flyleaves, each folio with 12ll. of black naskh , with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, red reading marks, the illumination dating to 16th century Shiraz, sura headings in white naskh over gold ground with floral scrolls within polychrome illuminated cartouches, text within gold and polychrome rules, with polychrome illuminated marginal markers of various shapes, opening bifolio with two heavily illuminated shamsas with Qur'an XVII, sura al-isra' , v.88 in white naskh over gold ground, the following bifolio with carpet page illumination surrounding sura al-fatiha within cusped illuminated medallions, the following bifolio with heavily illuminated headpiece and text within cloudbands on gold ground, last folio with prayers heavily illuminated, added signature of 'Abdullah Tabbakh, in later gilt stamped morocco, some folios loose in binding, repairs, areas of waterstaining Text panel 8 x 4 ¾in. (20.5 x 12.4cm.); folio 13 ¼ x 8 ¾in. (33.5 x 22cm.) Provenance Christie's, King Street, 13 April 2010, lot 120
QUR'AN SHIRAZ, SAFAVID IRAN, 16TH AND 17TH CENTURY Arabic manuscript on gold-speckled paper, 318ff. plus three flyleaves, each folio with 12ll. of black naskh , with gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, red reading marks, the illumination dating to 16th century Shiraz, sura headings in white naskh over gold ground with floral scrolls within polychrome illuminated cartouches, text within gold and polychrome rules, with polychrome illuminated marginal markers of various shapes, opening bifolio with two heavily illuminated shamsas with Qur'an XVII, sura al-isra' , v.88 in white naskh over gold ground, the following bifolio with carpet page illumination surrounding sura al-fatiha within cusped illuminated medallions, the following bifolio with heavily illuminated headpiece and text within cloudbands on gold ground, last folio with prayers heavily illuminated, added signature of 'Abdullah Tabbakh, in later gilt stamped morocco, some folios loose in binding, repairs, areas of waterstaining Text panel 8 x 4 ¾in. (20.5 x 12.4cm.); folio 13 ¼ x 8 ¾in. (33.5 x 22cm.) Provenance Christie's, King Street, 13 April 2010, lot 120
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