Juz 18 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, late 17th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 63ff., with 5ll. of black sini script per page, with an illuniated frontispiece of geometricl and floral design, central rectangles bearing the text of Surat al Mu'minum, surah headings in white thuluth script on a gold ground, gold rosette verse markers, with illuminated bifolio at end, in original blind tooled binding, folio 27.5 x 10cm. Provenance: Bonhams, Islamic Works of Art, 13 October 1999 Please refer to department for condition report