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LOT 0284
Islamic Leather Bound Chinese Qur'an, Juz' 25, Part 25
18TH CENTURY A.D.
6 1/2 x 8 7/8 in. (310 grams, 16.5 x 22.5 cm).
Rebound as a hardback with full leather binding, central arabesque foliage panel and foliage frame to front and back covers; title and end pages with liquid gold frame enclosing a pattern of geometric and floral blocks with Kufic script lozenge above calligraphic text; text pages with red-outlined rectangular panel and typically five lines of bold black-ink text with red diacritics and headers.
Provenance
From an important family collection started in the late 1950s.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
Footnotes
The text is a Chinese version of the Qur'an, Juz' 25, Part 25.
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LOT 0284
Islamic Leather Bound Chinese Qur'an, Juz' 25, Part 25
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
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