Bidspirit auction | EARLY 19TH CENTURY INDIAN ILLUMINATED

EARLY 19TH CENTURY INDIAN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN, DATED 1222AH (1807 AD) - AD. 1807 (1222AH). A manuscript - sura al a'araf. Arabic manuscript on paper, 24ff., each folio with 9ll. of black thuluth script, chapter heading in gold, catchwords, black diacritic marks, red vocalisation marks, gold rosette verse markers, fine gold interlinear rules, laid on later wove paper, within green, red, blue, gold, and black rules, in plain margins, green endpapers, in later dark brown calf binding, each folio 45cm x 31cm, the text panel 29cm x 19.5cm. Size: 200mm x 130mm; Weight: 645g Provenance: Previous property of a UK Islamic art professional. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.