Single Volume Qur'an
Single Volume Qur'an
Single Volume Qur'an
Single Volume Qur'an

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The first four pages and the final folios were very probably re-done in Mughal India under Shah Jahan (r.1628–1658). The brilliant palette and complex design of the opening spread (folios 1b–2a), the design of the headpiece and the dense marginal chinoiserie floral scrollwork of the first text pages (folios 2b–3a) are all characteristics of the finest illumination of his court studio.

The Khalili Collections

London

Title

Single Volume Qur'an

Date

second half of the 16th C

Medium

ink, gold & opaque watercolour on paper; binding with flap, of black morocco with stamped medallions on gold-painted floral ground; doublures of similarly painted red morrocco with filigree medallions

Accession number

623

Work type

Drawing

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The Khalili Collections

London, Greater London England

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