352 A set of 30 Chinese Qur’an Juz, Qing China, 18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, each with approximately 52ff. plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 5ll. of black sini with gold rosette verse markers, sura headings in red and gold, text panel set inside red rules, the opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination framing text, Chinese seal stamps, with elegant gold and polychrome geometric illumination at the beginning and end, and a single juz’ section from a fourth Qur’an also with illumination at the beginning and end and with larger size calligraphy, all sections in Chinese tooled brown morocco decorated with geometric patterns. Majority text panel 6 3/8 x 4 3/8in. (15.6 x 11cm); majority folio 10 3/8 x 71/4in. (26.5 x 18.8cm)
A similar set was sold at Christie’s King St. Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 23 April, 2015. £10000-15000 + 27.6% BP*
