Auction 10
FINE ISLAMIC, INDIAN & CHINESE ART
By Apollo Art Auctions
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Dec 14, 2024
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LOT 20:
EGYPTIAN OR SYRIAN MAMLUK MANUSCRIPT - SURA AL A’RAF (7)
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Sold for: £4,400
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Estimated price :
£4,500 - £9,000
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EGYPTIAN OR SYRIAN MAMLUK MANUSCRIPT - SURA AL A’RAF (7)
Ca. Late 15th century AD. A manuscript - sura al a'araf. Arabic manuscript on paper, 24ff., each folio with 9ll. of black thuluth script, chapter heading in gold, catchwords, black diacritic marks, red vocalisation marks, gold rosette verse markers, fine gold interlinear rules, laid on later wove paper, within green, red, blue, gold, and black rules, in plain margins, green endpapers, in later dark brown calf binding, each folio 45cm x 31cm, the text panel 29 cm x 19.5cm. Size: 450mm x 310mm; Weight: 1.01kg Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
