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Islamic & Indian Art

Session: Islamic & Indian Art

London, New Bond Street
12 Oct 2006, session starting at 10:30 BST

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An impressive suite of Central Asian silver-gilt filigree Jewellery Uzbekistan, first half of 20th C
Sold for £28,800 inc. premium
An impressive suite of Central Asian silver-gilt filigree Jewellery Uzbekistan, first half of 20th Century(8)
An illustration to a Nala Damayanti series Kangra, circa 1810-20
Sold for £21,600 inc. premium
An illustration to a Nala and Damayanti series: Nala listening to a swan sent by Damayanti in a palace garden ...
An Indian style mother of pearl dish
Sold for £19,800 inc. premium
A rare Indo-Portuguese mother-of-pearl Dish with European gilt mounts Gujerat, 17th Century
Safavid pottery vessel
Sold for £19,800 inc. premium
A Safavid monochrome underglazed pottery Ghalian Persia, mid-17th Century

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A fragmentary section of kufic leaves (to be advised)
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Ten vellum Qur'an leaves written in kufic script probably Arabia or Persia, 9th Century
Sold for £1,080 inc. premium
Two Qur'an leaves on vellum written in kufic script (2)
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A vellum Qur'an leaf written in maghribi script North Africa, 13th Century(2)
Sold for £900 inc. premium
A Qu'ran leaf with Kufic
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An illuminated Qu'ran leaf written in Eastern kufic probably Eastern Persia, 12th Century
Sold for £1,200 inc. premium
An Andalusian Qur'an section (gilt binding)
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A vellum Qur'an fragment written in bold maghribi script North Africa or Andalusia, 13th Century
Estimate:
£8,000 - 10,000
US$ 12,000 - 15,000
€9,500 - 12,000
A small Andalusian Qur'an
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A rare small illuminated Andalusian Qur'an on vellum Cordoba, 11th Century(2)
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£20,000 - 30,000
US$ 30,000 - 46,000
€24,000 - 36,000
A small Seljuk Qur'an section
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A small Seljuk Qur'an Iraq, probably Baghdad, AH [5]54/AD 1159(2)
Sold for £9,600 inc. premium
Zahir al-Din Abu-l Hasan 'Ali ibn Abi-l-Qasm Zayd al-Bayhaqi (d. AH 565/AD 1169), Javami' Ahkam al-N
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Zahir al-Din Abu-l Hasan 'Ali ibn Abi-l-Qasm Zayd al-Bayhaqi (d. AH 565/AD 1169), Javami' Ahkam al-Nujum, astrology Persia, dated 6 Dhu-l-Qa'da 583/7th January 1188
Sold for £6,000 inc. premium
A Qu'ran fragment with sura headings written in bold ornamental kufic in gold Mamluk, Egypt or Syria
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A Qu'ran fragment with sura headings written in bold ornamental kufic in gold Mamluk, Egypt or Syria, 13th Century
Sold for £1,800 inc. premium
A Qur'an, copied by Beyazi bin Abdullah Anatolia, dated AH 765/AD 1363
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A Qur'an, copied by Beyazid bin 'Abdullah probably Anatolia, dated Friday 12th Ramadan 765/AD 1363
Estimate:
£4,000 - 6,000
US$ 6,100 - 9,100
€4,700 - 7,100
An illuminated last folio from a Mamluk Qur'an section (juz) Syria or Egypt, 14th Century(2)
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An illuminated last folio from a Mamluk Qur'an section (juz) Syria or Egypt, 14th Century(2)
Sold for £480 inc. premium
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