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An illuminated Qur'an North India, Kashmir, late around the year 1800.
Estimate
20 000 - 30 000 SEK
1 840 - 2 760 EUR
2 080 - 3 120 USD
Hammer price
16 000 SEK
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An illuminated Qur'an
North India, Kashmir, late around the year 1800.
Persian manuscript on paper with black Nastaʿlīq, 320pp, a double-sided polychrome title page. Brown leather case with stamped floral central medallions, with flap c. 20 x 11 cm.
Provenance
The Swedish missionary Oscar Hermansson (1889-1951).
Exhibitions
Oscar Hermansson was a Swedish missionary in East Turkestan from 1920 to 1925 and in India from 1930 to 1938.