217 FINE CHINESE, ISLAMIC & ASIAN ART
Lot 400
Text: Surah from no. 12 to no. 16. Arabic manuscript on paper, composed of 17 folios and 4 fly leaves. 17 lines to the page written in Eastern Kufic script on single colomn with drop shaped textual marks and rosette section marks in the margins. Yellow Surah headings. Later leather cover. For a comparative example please see the one in the Khalili collection published in F. Déroche, "The Abbassid Tradition", Oxford, 1992, cat. 87, pp. 168-169). See also Christie's King Street, London, 21 Aprile 2016, lot no.63.
Measures: 28.00 x 18.00 cm
Starting price: € 8.000,00
Estimate: € 10.000,00 - 15.000,00
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