Lot 348 A LARGE ILLUMINATED QURAN JUZ, CENTRAL ASIA, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Arabic manuscript on paper, 9 leaves with 4 fly-leaves, each folio with 13 lines. The first and last line in strong large thultuh gold script on blue, green and red ground decorated with gilt and polychrome floral motifs. The central line in large blue script reserved in clouds against a gold ground. The other 10 lines arranged in two blocks of 5 lines, each of elegant gold muhaqqaq script outlined in black, diacritics and vowels in blue, gold roundel verse markers outlined in black with blue dots, text within blue rules, surah headings in gold thuluth script on red ground decorated with gilt floral motifs, each page with large floral medallion indicating the Aushr and Khaums.
In deep brown morocco leather binding.
Text: surah Al-Rahman, surah Al-Waqi'a, Surah AL-Mulk, surah Al-Muzzammil, surah Al-Muddaththir, surah Al-Kafirun, surah Al-Falq, surah Al-Ikhlas and surah Al-Nas.
Text panel: 25 by 47 cm.
Folio: 35 by 57 cm.