Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
Arts of the Islamic World & India including Fine Rugs and Carpets
A Qur’an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, North Africa or Near East, 9th/10th century AD
Auction Closed
March 31, 12:40 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
text: surah al-Zukhruf (XLIII), beginning of v.85 to surah al-Dukhan (XLIV), beginning of v.18
Arabic manuscript on vellum, 15 lines to the page written in elongated Kufic in dark brown ink, diacritics in the form of red and green dots, verses separated by a single dark brown dot, ‘ashr and khamsa verse markers in the shape of gold and polychrome rosettes and inverted commas in gold outlined in dark brown, surah headings in gold outlined in dark brown ink, framed
18.4 by 26cm.
Ex-collection Takako Hauge, US, acquired in 1960s.
Three leaves of this Qur’an have been sold at auction, two in these rooms, 25 April 2002, lot 3 and 6 July 1981, lot 4, and the other at Christie’s London, 18 October 1994, lot 33.