ISLAMIC ART HAMMER AUCTION 17 JUNE 2025 | Jun 17, 2025
Lot 75
AN ILLUMINATED QURAN JUZ, KASHMIR, 19TH CENTURY AN ILLUMINATED QURAN JUZ, KASHMIR, 19TH CENTURY AN ILLUMINATED QURAN JUZ, KASHMIR, 19TH CENTURY AN ILLUMINATED QURAN JUZ, KASHMIR, 19TH CENTURY AN ILLUMINATED QURAN JUZ, KASHMIR, 19TH CENTURY AN ILLUMINATED QURAN JUZ, KASHMIR, 19TH CENTURY

Lot 75 AN ILLUMINATED QURAN JUZ, KASHMIR, 19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART3007128

Arabic manuscript on paper, 20 leaves, each page features three lines of large, elegant Muhaqqaq script in blue and black, accompanied by eight lines of smaller black Naskh script arranged in two columns, flanked by gilt and polychrome decoration. Gold verse markers outlined in black, red ink for tajwīd notation, and surah headings rendered in white Thuluth script appear on a gilded and polychrome-decorated ground. The text is framed within gold and polychrome ruled borders.

The first and last two folios are richly illuminated with elaborate gold and polychrome decoration, framing four lines of text reserved in cloud-shaped panels against a gold-sprinkled background.

Bound in black leather.
Inscriptions: This manuscript comprises the final section of the Qur’an, from Surah al-Mulk to Surah al-Mursalāt.
25.5 by 38.5 cm.

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