4th Jun, 2025 11:00
Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art and Greek and Roman Antiquities
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A COPY OF THE QUR'AN, SIGNED 'ABDULLAH IBN SAFAR MUHAMMAD ZAMAN, AFSHARID PERSIA, DATED 1749-50
an arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 15 lines of black naskh in clouds reserved against a gold ground, Persian interlinear translation in red nasta'liq, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, set in rede, blue and gold ruled margins, fully illuminated opening bifolium with gold and polychrome palmettes on a ground of scrolling floral motifs, inserted between opening bifolium a folio decorated with gold outlined palmettes and commentary in the margins, the main body of text with sura headings in white muhaqqaq on a gold ground, and Persian interlinear translation in white cusped cartouches on a gold ground, signed a dated in the colophon, 364 ff, a later text in Qajar hand inserted at the end of the manuscript, a lacquered and gilt decorated binding contemporary with the Qur'an, folio 32.5 x 20 cm., text 24.9 x 13.3cm.
PROVENANCE:
Christies, London, 6th October 2011, lot 269.
Sold for £5,400
an arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 15 lines of black naskh in clouds reserved against a gold ground, Persian interlinear translation in red nasta'liq, with gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, set in rede, blue and gold ruled margins, fully illuminated opening bifolium with gold and polychrome palmettes on a ground of scrolling floral motifs, inserted between opening bifolium a folio decorated with gold outlined palmettes and commentary in the margins, the main body of text with sura headings in white muhaqqaq on a gold ground, and Persian interlinear translation in white cusped cartouches on a gold ground, signed a dated in the colophon, 364 ff, a later text in Qajar hand inserted at the end of the manuscript, a lacquered and gilt decorated binding contemporary with the Qur'an, folio 32.5 x 20 cm., text 24.9 x 13.3cm.
PROVENANCE:
Christies, London, 6th October 2011, lot 269.
Auction: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art and Greek and Roman Antiquities, 4th Jun, 2025
Auction Location: London, UK
The sales include sculpture, bronzes, metalwork, textiles and paintings representative of the richly varied styles seen across the Indian subcontinent, from early Buddhist and Jain art to Mughal and European-influenced works of art of the colonial era.
Works of art from all parts of the Islamic world, from Morocco in the west, through the Middle East, Persia and Central Asia to muslim China and South East Asia in the East are included in the sale. Objects range in date from the early centuries of Islam to the early 20th century at a wide range of price levels.
The sales also include Khmer, Thai and Javanese sculpture and bronzes, textiles from the Indonesian islands, Thai ceramics, Burmese lacquer and Buddhist manuscripts. Works of art range from the early Indian-influenced styles from 9th century Java to the elaborate carved and lacquered woodwork from Colonial Burma.
For full details of bibliographic references, see pages 192-193 of the page turning and printed versions of the catalogue.
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