Null OTTOMAN KORAN SIGNED BY MUSTAFA SAFWAT
Arabic manuscript on paper, 309 leav…

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OTTOMAN KORAN SIGNED BY MUSTAFA SAFWAT Arabic manuscript on paper, 309 leaves with three endpapers, each folio consisting of 15 lines in black ink in elegant naskh script. Sura titles in white within gilded cartouches, verse separations with gilded lozenges, marginal floral illumination, text framing fillets in red, black and gilded. Colophon signed "Al-Sayyid Mustafa Safwat min talamidh Hafiz al-Qur'an Al-Sayyid Ibrahim al-Fallahi". Bound in gilt-embossed brown morocco with lattice decoration. (Some dampening). Turkey, mid-19th century. AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN ON PAPER, SIGNED BY MUSTAFA SAFWAT, MID-19TH CENTURY. DIM. 15,2 X 10 CM (6 X 3 15/16 IN.) PROVENANCE Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, London, October 8, 2015, lot 76.

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OTTOMAN KORAN SIGNED BY MUSTAFA SAFWAT Arabic manuscript on paper, 309 leaves with three endpapers, each folio consisting of 15 lines in black ink in elegant naskh script. Sura titles in white within gilded cartouches, verse separations with gilded lozenges, marginal floral illumination, text framing fillets in red, black and gilded. Colophon signed "Al-Sayyid Mustafa Safwat min talamidh Hafiz al-Qur'an Al-Sayyid Ibrahim al-Fallahi". Bound in gilt-embossed brown morocco with lattice decoration. (Some dampening). Turkey, mid-19th century. AN OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN ON PAPER, SIGNED BY MUSTAFA SAFWAT, MID-19TH CENTURY. DIM. 15,2 X 10 CM (6 X 3 15/16 IN.) PROVENANCE Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, London, October 8, 2015, lot 76.

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Estim. 6 000 - 8 000 EUR

LOT NOT PRESENTED LIVE. PRIOR REGISTRATION REQUIRED TO BID WITH A €6,000 DEPOSIT PLEASE CONTACT US BY EMAIL: [email protected] Beautiful Ottoman Koran copied by Kazasker Mustafa 'Izzet Efendi Ink, polychrome pigments and gold on paper. Turkey, Istanbul, dated 1283 AH / 1866-67 AD H. 19 cm- W. 12.4 cm- D. 3.6 cm AR This high-quality Qur'an ends with various prayers (including one dedicated to Sultan 'Abdülaziz), then is signed by the "slave of the household of the cloak" (bende-i al-i 'aba) Seyyid 'Izzet Mustafa, and dated 1283 AH (1866-67 AD). This was the signature of the renowned calligrapher Kazasker Mustafa 'Izzet Efendi. Born in Tosya in 1216 A.H. (1801), he arrived in Istanbul with his mother after his father's death. After attracting the attention of Sultan Mahmud II with his perfect recitation of the Koran, he joined the Palace teachings, and was trained in calligraphy by the master Yesarizade Mustaf Izzet Efendi. He went on to become one of the great calligraphers of his time, was also an accomplished ney player, and obtained the position of Chief Military Judge (Kazasker) of Rumelia, He died in 1293 (1876). For his full biography, see M.Ugur Derman, Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakıp Sabancı Collection, Istanbul, New York, 1998, pp. 116-118. The manuscript opens with a bifolio richly illuminated in polychrome and gold with mandorles, arabesques and abundant floral motifs, friezes of interlacing and floral cartouches, framing the first verses of the Koran written in clouds on a gilded background. The remainder of the manuscript consists of text in fine naskh calligraphy, spread over 13 lines per page within gilded framing fillets, with delicately illuminated sura titles and marginal vignettes. The handsome brown leather binding is deeply embossed with mandorla motifs, and gilded on the backgrounds with scrolls and tchi clouds in negative. It features a Qur'anic verse on the sertab (the part covering the edge) (56:79 "Let only the purified touch"). It comes with its own pouch, also featuring a rich gilded and embossed decoration. We would like to thank Will Kwiatkowski for his help in identifying and describing these Ottoman manuscripts.

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

KORAN SECTION (JUZ') Ottoman Empire, 18th century 19-leaf Arabic manuscript on paper, nine lines of text per page, framed by gilt fillet, in original leather flap binding. Numerous tears and missing paper, soiling, damp stains, damaged binding. Size: 24.5 x 16 cm

Estim. 300 - 400 EUR

SET OF EIGHT CALLIGRAPHIES Qajar Iran and Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Comprising a panel of five large lines of nasta'liq; five panels of shikasteh; a panel of siyah mashq; and a set of four framed leaves from an Ottoman Koran. Some foxing and soiling. Each Qur'an leaf: 15 x 10.2 cm (on view).

Estim. 3 000 - 5 000 EUR

A Bihari Qu'ran and Tafsir in two volumes North India, with date of 1035AH/1625AD Arabic manuscript on paper, Vol I pp.1-351 and Vol II pp.352-684 paginated, each folio approx. 37ll., comprising the entire text of the Qur'an written in black naskh

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