FINE ISLAMIC ART HAMMER AUCTION APRIL 2026 | Apr 21, 2026
Lot 90
AN ILLUMINATED SAFAVID QURAN, PERSIA SAFAVID, EARLY 16TH CENTURY AN ILLUMINATED SAFAVID QURAN, PERSIA SAFAVID, EARLY 16TH CENTURY AN ILLUMINATED SAFAVID QURAN, PERSIA SAFAVID, EARLY 16TH CENTURY AN ILLUMINATED SAFAVID QURAN, PERSIA SAFAVID, EARLY 16TH CENTURY AN ILLUMINATED SAFAVID QURAN, PERSIA SAFAVID, EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Lot 90 AN ILLUMINATED SAFAVID QURAN, PERSIA SAFAVID, EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3007100

Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio featuring 14 lines of elegant black naskh script with diacritics and vowel markings in red. Verses are marked by gold roundels outlined in black. Each page includes 2–3 gilt and polychrome floral marginal medallions. The text is framed within gold and polychrome rules. Surah headings are executed in white thuluth script outlined in black, set within cartouches against a polychrome floral illuminated ground. The opening bifolios (fols. 1b–2a) are fully illuminated, featuring six lines of black naskh script inscribed within cloud bands, reserved against a sprinkled gilt background. The final four pages contain the Du‘a al-Khatm (prayer for the completion of the Qur’anic recitation), followed by poems arranged in columns and written in nastaliq script on a gilt and polychrome floral illuminated ground.
In a Qajar lacquer binding decorated with intricate floral motifs.
9.5 by 15 cm

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