A QAJAR MINIATURE QURAN, PERSIA,18TH CENTURY A QAJAR MINIATURE QURAN, PERSIA,18TH CENTURY A QAJAR MINIATURE QURAN, PERSIA,18TH CENTURY A QAJAR MINIATURE QURAN, PERSIA,18TH CENTURY A QAJAR MINIATURE QURAN, PERSIA,18TH CENTURY A QAJAR MINIATURE QURAN, PERSIA,18TH CENTURY

A QAJAR MINIATURE QURAN, PERSIA,18TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3002169

Arabic manuscript on paper, 262 leaves, 19 lines to each page, written in miniature naskh script in black ink within cloud bands against a gold ground throughout, ruled in gold borders. Gold verse markers outlined and pointed in blue dots, surah headings in red in gold on polychrome cartridges, various illuminated floral sprays in the margins indicating: 'Juz' and Hezb'. Three full double pages of illumination at the beginning composed of polychrome and gold interlacing flowers and decorated with red and striking blue. A lacquer binding with red doublures decorated with gold leafy fronds. Text panel: 4 by 7.5 cm. Quran: 6 by 10 cm.