A LARGE AND FINELY ILLUMINATED FRONTISPIECE FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF THE QUR'AN
SYRIA OR EGYPT, 14TH CENTURY
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
ink, gouache and gold on cream paper, laid down on a later sheet of buff paper, text in inner margin in elegant Eastern kufic script finely stencilled with scrolling foliage motifs on a dark blue ground, comprising chapter 56, verses 76-82, the entire central panel decorated with finely drawn floral and foliate scrolls painted in gold, Arabic seal impression at upper left on later sheet, mounted, glazed and framed
Dimensions
Leaf 33cm x 22.5cm; sheet 39cm x 30cm
Provenance
Formerly in a private collection, Amsterdam, formed in the 1980s.
Private Scottish collection.