AN ILLUMINATED QAJAR QURAN, PERSIA, 18TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3005916

Arabic manuscript on paper, each page with 19ll. written in black naskh script within clouds against a gold ground, surah headings in red thuluth on gold ground within illuminated cartouches, with gold roundel verse markers, text within gold and blue rules, with floral illuminated marginal medallions indicating ' jus, nisf Juz and Sajddah", two opening bifolia heavily illuminated in gold and polychrome, in leather binding.
Text panel: 4.8 by 10 cm.
Folio: 8 by 13.5 cm.