A miniature persian Koran (Quran) illuminated manuscript, each page with gilt outlines and red pigment and gilt accents. Title pages elaborately decorated with bright polychrome gouache and gilt elaborate arabesques pattern. Bound in leather, boards decorated with hand-painted flower arrangements over brown background with bonze speckles. Fly leafs stamped with an (export?) stamp and a label "Made in Iran, No. 485". Measures overall approx. 3-1/4" x 2" x 7/8".
200/400 Sold $759.00
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