Highlights from Sotheby’s ‘Arts of the Islamic World & India’ sale, held March 31.
Illuminated Qur’an copied by Ahmad Al-Rumi, dated 1447 CE
Illuminated Qur’an made for the chief justice of Jerusalem and Nablus, dated 1514 CE
A compendium of works relating to the Hajj, from the 18th century
10th-century Qur’an leaf in gold Kufic script (12-18k sterling)
Bifolium from the ‘Five Surahs,’ circa 1370
Illuminated Mamluk Qur’an from Egypt or Syria in the 14th century
Mid-14th-century Qur’an leaf attributed to Arghun Al-Kamili
Illuminated Qur’an copied by Abdullah Al-Qadir Al-Husayni in the 16th century
