Lot
20
Lot 20
A MINIATURE QUR’AN (SANJAK) SAFAVID IRAN, 15TH CENTURY. An o...
Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
A MINIATURE QUR’AN (SANJAK) SAFAVID IRAN, 15TH CENTURY. An octagonal miniature Qur’an
Arabic manuscript on paper, 21 lines of black ghubari script, sura headings in black thuluth resrved on rectangular gold ground catouches, outlined with red, text outlined with gold and black, beginning and ending bifolios with multicoloured flowering branches on gold ground, following bifolio with central star areas ready for texts of sura al- Fatiha and beginning of sura al-Baqara, surrounding with gold and multicoloured illumination, gilted and tooled brown leather Safavid binding, gold decopauge doublure, within fitted steel hinged octagonal box, hooked closure,
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Room and Absentee Bids:| 1 to 100000: | 30% inc VAT* |
| 100001 to 200000: | 24% inc VAT* |
| 200001 to 500000: | 18% inc VAT* |
| 500001+: | 12% inc VAT* |
| 1 to 100000: | 33.6% inc VAT* |
| 100001 to 200000: | 27.6% inc VAT* |
| 200001 to 500000: | 21.6% inc VAT* |
| 500001+: | 15.6% inc VAT* |
Please see the auctioneers terms & conditions for more information
