Description:
Qur'an Manuscript, Excerpt, Persian.
Manuscript on paper, each page written in gold ink on a blue ground, in a clear naskh script, thirteen leaves, thirteen lines per page, the text and diacritics all in gold ink, bound in elaborate polychrome decorated lacquered boards, with a large bouquet of many different flowers within a geometric floral border, inside boards with a red floral field and three framed floral lozenges, red leather spine, housed in a blue velvet envelope, 7 1/4 x 4 1/4 in.
Estimate $2,000-4,000
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