Lot 7: A SAFAVID MINIATURE ILLUMINATED QURAN DATED 1127 AH COPIED BY MUHAMMED ALI

This Safavid period miniature illuminated Quran is dated 1127 AH and was copied by the scribe Muhammed Ali. The colophon identifies this manuscript as the calligrapher’s twenty-second copy. The text is written in black Naskh script on paper, with each page contained within gold-ruled frames. Verse markers are indicated by small gold and red circular motifs. The opening double-page spread features dense illumination with central calligraphic panels containing the opening verses of Surah Al-Fatiha and Surah Al-Baqarah, surrounded by blue, gold, and red borders containing floral vine motifs. The manuscript is bound in lacquer-painted boards with a leather spine. The exterior covers are decorated in the Gul-o-Bulbul style, featuring roses, buds, and foliage in shades of orange, yellow, and green against a dark reddish-brown ground. The interior back cover displays a single golden rose on a black lacquer ground. The endpapers consist of marbled paper in a cloud pattern using blue, pink, and yellow pigments.

10 x 7cm