A Qur’an, 

拍品描述

A Qur’an, Afsharid Iran, by al-Hajji Muhammad Mohsen bin Muhammad Saleh al-Isfahani for Ashraf al-Hajj Hajji Muhammad Reza, completed Jum’a, 9 Sha’aban, mid-18th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 256ff., 5fl. 17ll. of black naskh script to the page, the illuminated opening bi-folio with 6ll. of similar script between two rectangular panel with gold lobed cartouches, a double cupola above and a hexafoil amidst floral tendrils below, the whole within gold and dark pink borders with minute white quatrefoils ruled in blue, narrow margins with gold leaved tendrils picked in orange, aubergine and blue, the text panels within thin gold borders rules in red and blue, plain borders, sura heading in red nasta'liq script, minute gold verse marker roundels, pear-drop and lobed medallion pendant border marker inscribed in red with simplified floral motifs above and below, lacquered papier-mâché cover with dense rose bushes framed with strapwork and floral borders, thin strapwork borders, the inside with elegant narcissus sprays on red field, leather spine, some scuffing, clean copy overall 15 x 9cm.

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