MINIATURE QUR'ANHERAT, SIGNED MUHAMMAD AL-QARI(?), DATED MUHARRAM AH 963/NOVEMBER 1555 ADMINIATURE QUR'ANHERAT, SIGNED MUHAMMAD AL-QARI(?), DATED MUHARRAM AH 963/NOVEMBER 1555 ADOctagonal format, Arabic manuscript on paper, 427ff. plus four flyleaves each folio with 14ll. of black naskh micrography within blue and gold circular rules, gold circle verse markers, catchwords, sura titles in gold thuluth, the opening bifolium with gold and polychrome sunburst illumination enclosing 6ll. of black naskh, the closing folio with gold drawing, colophon signed and dated, the dark green leather binding with gilt design, the doublures in green dyed paper with plant motifs, in silver octagonal boxText panel 1 1/4 in. (3.2cm.) diam.; folio 1 3/4in. x 1 3/4in. (4.3cm x 4.3cm.)Miniature qur'ans such as our example often served as talismans and worn around the neck or carried on long journeys for protection. They became popular from the seventeenth century onwards and sixteenth century examples are rare. Travelers also wore them as good-luck charms. The silver banner box is nineteenth century. A similar sixteenth century miniature Safavid Qur'an was sold at Sotheby's London, 1 May 2019, lot 17.细节 MINIATURE QURANHERAT, SIGNED MUHAMMAD AL-QARI(?), DATED MUHARRAM AH 963/NOVEMBER 1555 ADOctagonal format, Arabic manuscript on paper, 427ff. plus four flyleaves each folio with 14ll. of black naskh micrography within blue and gold circular rules, gold circle verse markers, catchwords, sura titles in gold thuluth, the opening bifolium with gold and polychrome sunburst illumination enclosing 6ll. of black naskh, the closing folio with gold drawing, colophon signed and dated, the dark green leather binding with gilt design, the doublures in green dyed paper with plant motifs, in silver octagonal boxText panel 1 1/4 in. (3.2cm.) diam.; folio 1 3/4in. x 1 3/4in. (4.3cm x 4.3cm.) 来源 By repute, Esma Sultan (d.1899), daughter of Sultan Abdulaziz (d.1876), bequeathed toHuseyin Hayreddine Beyefendi, Istanbul, (d.1956), bequeathed toSaadeddine Mohamed Beyefendi (d. 1976), bequeathed toSaadeddine Mohamed Bey Osmansoy (b. 1930) 注意事项 No VAT on hammer price or buyers premium.