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A FINE ILLUMINATED QURAN, CENTRAL ASIA, 18TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3004900

Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 15 lines of elegant black naskh script, diacritics and vowels in red, surah headings in red ink, three red dots as verse markers, two opening bifolia with later fully illuminated in gold and polychrome decoration of floral leafy sprays framing 9 lines, at the top two small paintings of Al-Masjid al-Haram and Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi.
The first and last page decorated both with gilt carpet page.
In gilt deep red leather binding with central cartouche surrounded by spandrels containing scrolling floral vine.
16.5 by 22 cm.