A KUFIC QUR'AN BIFOLIO
NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH CENTURY
Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000
Auction: 11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST
Description
Arabic manuscript on vellum, 6 lines to the page written in bold kufic script in black ink, red and green vocalisation, gilt roundel verse markers and larger gilt roundels marking every fifth verse, mounted, framed and glazed
Dimensions
14.5cm x 43.6cm
Provenance
Christie's, Arts of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, London, 7 April 2011, lot 15.
Footnote
The text inludes: Sura VI, al-an'am, The Cattle, vv. 160-161, parts of vv. 159 and 162, parts vv. 145 and 146.