An illuminated Qur’an, North India, Kashmir, 19th century

Arabic manuscript on paper, 251 leaves plus 4 fly-leaves, 18 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in blue and gold, verses separated by gold roundels, surah headings in blue against a gold ground, gold and polychrome verse markers in the margins, f.1b and f.2a with an illuminated frontispiece, in lacquer binding decorated with flowers, the doublures also with flower sprays, with leather spine

16.8 by 9.8cm.