AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN COPIED BY HAFIZ MUHAMMAD AL ZAHDI
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Circa 19th century AD. 19th century circa Quran copied Hafiz Muhammad a Zahdi pupil of Muhammad a Zahdi. With beautiful opening carpet pages bright and lustrous. The carpet pages are Illuminated in yellow, malachite green, lapis blue and burnished gold leaf, with roundles around the opening surahs. Decoration highlighted with floral motifs stretches right across the to the edge of the page. Highly decorative and illuminated dedication page. Gold borders throughout with red ink frames. Occasional margin floral motifs. In Naskh script. Original brown tooled leather covers with central and corner motifs decorated in gold. Size: L:200mm / W:130mm ; 642g Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.
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AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN COPIED BY HAFIZ MUHAMMAD AL ZAHDI
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