A finely decorated 15th-century—Timurid or Aq Qoyunlu—manuscript of the Qur'an on colored paper from China has just sold @ChristiesInc for £7,016,250 (~$8.7 million)! The pre-sale estimate was £600-900k.

https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-timurid-or-aqquyunlu-quran-on-chinese-6255702-details.aspx
A finely decorated 15th-century—Timurid or Aq Qoyunlu—manuscript of the Qur'an on colored paper from China has just sold @ChristiesInc for £7,016,250 (~$8.7 million)! The pre-sale estimate was £600-900k. https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-timurid-or-aqquyunlu-quran-on-chinese-6255702-details.aspx
A finely decorated 15th-century—Timurid or Aq Qoyunlu—manuscript of the Qur'an on colored paper from China has just sold @ChristiesInc for £7,016,250 (~$8.7 million)! The pre-sale estimate was £600-900k. https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-timurid-or-aqquyunlu-quran-on-chinese-6255702-details.aspx
A finely decorated 15th-century—Timurid or Aq Qoyunlu—manuscript of the Qur'an on colored paper from China has just sold @ChristiesInc for £7,016,250 (~$8.7 million)! The pre-sale estimate was £600-900k. https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-timurid-or-aqquyunlu-quran-on-chinese-6255702-details.aspx
A finely decorated 15th-century—Timurid or Aq Qoyunlu—manuscript of the Qur'an on colored paper from China has just sold @ChristiesInc for £7,016,250 (~$8.7 million)! The pre-sale estimate was £600-900k. https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-timurid-or-aqquyunlu-quran-on-chinese-6255702-details.aspx
Does anyone know who the buyer was?
Also, for background on the either questionable or non-existent provenance information on most of the lots in the sale, including this Qur'an MS, do read this thread: https://twitter.com/stephenniem/status/1275238292884197377
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