AUCTION 254 - ISLAMIC AND INDIAN WORKS OF ART
Lot 164
Arte Islamica
Chinese Quran juz no.10 China, late 16th century
Arabic manuscript on paper, 49 folios plus 2 fly leaves. 5 lines to the page written in Rayhani Chinese style with black ink and gilded rosettes. Frontispiece and end lavishly illuminated with gold.
Leather cover with flap decorated in the Chinese style.
Provenance: British collection, formerly in the Sheikh Al-Thani collection.
Measures: 29.3 x 20.5 cm
Starting price: € 750,00
Estimate: € 1.400,00 - 1.800,00
The lot will be auctioned on 18 December starting from 14:30.
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