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Islamic and Indian Art

Session: Islamic and Indian Art

London, New Bond Street
25 Oct 2007, session starting at 10:30 BST

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Ravi Varma. Welcome Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Sold for £602,400 inc. premium
Raja Ravi Varma (India, 1848-1906) The Maharaja of Travancore and his younger brother welcoming Richard Temple-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham ...
John Vinter Nasr-al-Din Shah
Sold for £311,200 inc. premium
John Vinter (British, circa 1828-1905) An official portrait of Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar (reg. 1848-1896), painted on the occasion of ...
An album of 118 botanical watercolours Company School, circa 1820
Sold for £72,000 inc. premium
An album of 118 botanical watercolours Company School, Northern India, late 18th Century
Preziosi, Constantinople dated 1852
Sold for £69,600 inc. premium
Vittorio Amadeo, Fifth Count Preziosi (Maltese, 1816-1882) Constantinople

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A small vellum Qur'an leaf written in kufic script (Sura al-Naml, chapter XXVII, verses 14-18) Near
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A small vellum Qur'an leaf written in kufic script (Sura al-Naml, chapter XXVII, verses 14-18) Near East or North Africa, 10th Century(2)
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Four vellum Qur'an leaves Andalusia or North Africa, circa 1250-1350
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Four vellum Qur'an leaves Andalusia or North Africa, circa 1250-1350
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Nine vellum Qur'an leaves, including a fine illuminated sura heading Andalusia or North Africa, 12th
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Nine vellum Qur'an leaves, including a fine illuminated sura heading Andalusia or North Africa, 12th/13th Century
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Thirteen vellum Qur'an leaves, including one illuminated title page Andalusia or North Africa, 13th
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Thirteen vellum Qur'an leaves, including one illuminated title page Andalusia or North Africa, 13th Century
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£1,500 - 2,000
US$ 2,300 - 3,100
€1,800 - 2,300
Eight vellum Qur'an leaves from two different manuscripts including an illuminated one-page panel de
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Eight vellum Qur'an leaves from two different manuscripts including an illuminated one-page panel decorated with geometric designs Andalusia or North Africa, 12th/13th Century
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Six vellum Qur'an leaves Andalusia or North Africa, 13th/14th Century
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Six vellum Qur'an leaves Andalusia or North Africa, 13th/14th Century
Sold for £2,280 inc. premium
A large Qur'an fragment including sections from chapters Maryam, Tatta, al-Anbiya, al-Hajj, al-Mu'mi
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A large Qur'an fragment including sections from chapters Maryam, Ta'Ha, al-Anbiya, al-Hajj, al-Mu'minin, al Nour, al-Furqan, al-Shu'ara and al-Naml Syria or Egypt, 13th Century
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£1,500 - 2,000
US$ 2,300 - 3,100
€1,800 - 2,300
A Mamluk leather book binding Syria or Egypt, 13th/14th Century
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A Mamluk binding richly decorated with a geometric design tooled in gold Egypt or Syria, 14th/15th Century
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A Qur'an fragment...., Mamluk, Syria or Egypt, 15th Century
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A Qur'an fragment Mamluk, Syria or Egypt, 15th Century
Sold for £1,920 inc. premium
An official land document in scroll form
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A legal deed pertaining to the purchase and ownership of certain orchards by a royal princess Mamluk Egypt, Cairo, dated AH 921/AD 1515
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£1,500 - 2,000
US$ 2,300 - 3,100
€1,800 - 2,300
Two Rasulid Qur'an leaves 2
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Two large Qur'an leaves written in alternating black and gold probably Rasulid Yemen, 13th/14th Century(3)
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£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,200 - 1,900
€930 - 1,400
A Timurid Qur'an juz Persia,
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An illuminated Qur'an section (XXVI) Persia, early 14th Century
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£1,000 - 1,500
US$ 1,600 - 2,300
€1,200 - 1,800
3 Persian calligraphic paintings 3
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Three illuminated album pages of prayers written in thuluth script Persia or Turkey, circa 1500 and later(3)
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An illuminated frontispiece with early calligraphy and Safavid illumination, relating to 'Ali Persia
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A richly illuminated leaf from a manuscript of the Testament of the Imam 'Ali to his son, Husain, and incorporating a saying of the Prophet ...
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Five Qur'an leaves Persia, (5)
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Five large Qur'an leaves Persia, 14th/15th Century(5)
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£1,000 - 1,500
US$ 1,600 - 2,300
€1,200 - 1,800
A large Qur'an leaf written in muhaqqaq script Persia, 14th Century
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A large Qur'an leaf written in muhaqqaq script Persia, 14th Century
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Five Qur'an leaves Persia, (5)
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Five large Qur'an leaves Anatolia or Eastern Persia, 14th/15th Century(5)
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£1,000 - 1,500
US$ 1,600 - 2,300
€1,200 - 1,800
Isfahani, Hashiyat Tawali 'al-Anwar probably Persia or Anatolia, dated AH 874/AD 1469
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Isfahani, Hashiyat Tawali 'al-Anwar probably Persia or Anatolia, dated AH 874/AD 1469
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Taqi-u-Din Abu Muhammad Abdul-Ghani ibn Abdul-Wahid bin 'Ali bin Surur al-Maqdisi, 'Umudat al-Ahkam,
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Taqi-u-Din Abu Muhammad Abdul-Ghani ibn Abdul-Wahid bin 'Ali bin Surur al-Maqdisi, 'Umdat al-Ahkam, jurisprudence, copied by Ahmad bin Mas'ud al-Nabulsi Persia, dated Friday 12th Jumada ...
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A Qur'an fragment Persia, probably Shiraz, late 16th Century
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A Qur'an fragment Persia, probably Shiraz, late 16th Century
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A Shahnama leaf Persia, circa 1560
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An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama depicting Faridun striking Zahhak with his mace on Mount Damavand Shiraz, circa 1560
Sold for £5,760 inc. premium
Leaping ibex Persia, 15th/16th Century
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An illustrated leaf from a dispersed manuscript of astronomy Persia, probably Isfahan, 17th Century or later
Sold for £720 inc. premium
A Timurid manuscript fragment depicting a Simurgh seizing a child
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A Simurgh carries the infant Zal to a nest watched by a snow leopard, in a rocky landscape, an illustration to Firdausi's Shahnama, entitled Sam ...
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£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,200 - 1,900
€930 - 1,400
Page from an Arabic Heberew lexicon or reference book India, circa 1645
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A leaf from a Mughal copy of an Arabic lexicon India, circa 1645
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£1,000 - 1,500
US$ 1,600 - 2,300
€1,200 - 1,800
A small illuminated Qur'an probably Persia or North India, late 17th/18th Century
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A small illuminated Qur'an probably Persia or North India, late 17th/18th Century
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Suwar al-Kawakib (Book of Constellations), illustrated manuscript with 37 ink drawings, copied by Mu
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Al-Sufi, Abu'l-Husain Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar ibn Muhammad, Suwar al-Kawakib (Book of Constellations), illustrated manuscript with 37 ink drawings, copied by Mulla Abdul-Karim ibn Abdul-Jabbar ...
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A vellum leaf incorporating the title page of St. John's Gospel from an Armenian manuscript of the F
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A vellum leaf incorporating the title page of St. John's Gospel from an Armenian manuscript of the Four Gospels, attributed to the artist Sargis Armenia, ...
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A Qur'an section (Juz XXVII) School of Hamdullah, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1500
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A Qur'an section (Juz XXVII) School of Hamdullah, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1500
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Ottoman Manuscript: Treatise on Arabic language 15th/ 16th Century
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Al-Muzhir fi ulum al-Lugha (on the Arabic language) Ottoman, probably Anatolia, 15th/16th Century
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£1,000 - 1,200
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Leather bound manuscript, Kervokian collection, Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 969/ AD 1561
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Tafsir Mawahib, a commentary on the Qur'an, copied by Suleyman Qasim Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 969/AD 1561
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£1,200 - 1,800
US$ 1,900 - 2,800
€1,400 - 2,100
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An illuminated Ruznameh (perpetual calendar) copied by Muhammad Amin, better known as Khalifah-zadeh Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1198/AD 1783
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Al-Tuhfah al-Sharifah wa al-Turfah al-Munifah wa hiya ansab al-Nabi, the genealogy of the Prophet Mu
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Al-Tuhfah al-Sharifah wa al-Turfah al-Munifah wa hiya ansab al-Nabi, the genealogy of the Prophet Muhammad; and Waqidi's biographical history of the Prophet, two works in ...
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Al-Waqidi, Nur al-'Uyun fi Talkhis Siyar al-Amin al-Ma'mun, a biographical history of the Prophet Mu
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Al-Waqidi, Nur al-'Uyun fi Talkhis Siyar al-Amin al-Ma'mun, a biographical history of the Prophet Muhammad, and a genealogy of the Prophet, two works in one ...
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£2,000 - 3,000
US$ 3,100 - 4,700
€2,300 - 3,500
Kitab al-Sirr al-Rabbani fi 'ilm al-Mizan, a treatise on alchemy, copied by Hasan bin Hasan bin Ghaz
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Kitab al-Sirr al-Rabbani fi 'ilm al-Mizan, a treatise on alchemy, copied by Hasan bin Hasan bin Ghazi Ahmed Pasha al-Busanvi Ottoman Turkey, Constantinople, dated AH ...
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£1,000 - 1,200
US$ 1,600 - 1,900
€1,200 - 1,400
A large Ottoman firman
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A large firman with the tughra of Sultan Selim III (reg. AH 1203-1222/AD 1789-1807), relating to the rights of various parties in a waqf endowment ...
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An Ottoman Turkish Firman Turkey, dated AH 1306/AD 1888, reign of Abdulhamid II (1876-1909)
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A firman with the tughra of Sultan Abdulhamid II (reg. 1876-1909), relating to the regulation of imports in the town of Treblus Ottoman, Constantinople, dated ...
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Yuhhanah Fam al-Dhahhab, Kitab al-Aghrabhiyyah wa tartib afashin al-sihriyyah, Christian prayers Mou
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Yuhhanah Fam al-Dhahhab, Kitab al-Aghrabhiyyah wa tartib afashin al-sihriyyah, Christian prayers Mount Lebanon or North Syria, dated 7180 (Adam Calendar), probably 17th Century
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A Qur'an section (Juz XV, surat al-Isra' or Bani Isra'il) copied entirely in gold from the script of
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A Qur'an section (Juz XV, surat al-Isra' or Bani Isra'il) copied entirely in gold from the script of Arghun al-Kamili, cut out and illuminated by ...
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A Qur'an in contemporary binding Sub-Sahara, Sudan to Nigeria, circa 1900
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A Qur'an in contemporary binding Sub-Sahara, Sudan to Nigeria, circa 1900
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An illuminated Qur'an in thirty sections China, 18th Century(30)
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An illuminated Qur'an in thirty sections China, 18th Century(30)
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A Qur'an juz China,
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A Qur'an section (Juz II) China, late 17th/18th Century
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A large illuminated royal Qur'an of Sultan Muhammad Saleh ..., in contemporary lacquer binding South
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A large royal illuminated Qur'an of Sultan Muhammad Saleh in contemporary binding South East Asia, dated 1821
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£5,000 - 7,000
US$ 7,800 - 11,000
€5,800 - 8,200
A large illuminated Qur'an in a contemporary lacquer binding South East Asia, early 19th Century
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A large illuminated Qur'an in a contemporary lacquer binding South East Asia, early 19th Century
Sold for £3,000 inc. premium
A small illuminated Qur'an copied by Muhammad Muhsin al-Isfahani Persia, dated AH 1129/AD 1716
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A small illuminated Qur'an copied by Muhammad Muhsin al-Isfahani Persia, dated AH 1129/AD 1716
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A calligraphic leaf signed by 'Abd al-Majid Darwish Persia, dated AH 1181/AD 1767-68(2)
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A calligraphic composition with the signature of Darvish 'Abd al-Majid, comprising the second and third anecdote from the second chapter of Sa'di's Gulistan Persia, dated ...
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Three lacquer pen boxes (qalamdan): bulbuls perched on blossoming branches, signed by Fath 'Ali Shir
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Three lacquer pen boxes (qalamdan): bulbuls perched on blossoming branches, signed by Fath 'Ali Shirazi; a battle scene signed by Mubarak ibn Mahmud; bulbuls perched ...
Sold for £1,920 inc. premium
Qajar picture Iran 19th century
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A horned div pouring wine into a flask held by a peri, a fantastic landscape beyond Persia, late 19th century
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Two portraits of Dervishes by Nur Ali Persia, dated AH 1124(2)
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Two portraits of seated dervishes Persia, late 19th/early 20th Century(2)
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Qajar, Portrait of Ahmed Shah, watercolour
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A portrait of Ahmad Shah Qajar (1898-1975, reg. 1909-1925), by Sadr al-Din al-Husaini Persia, dated Rajab 1336/April-May 1918
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£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,200 - 1,900
€930 - 1,400
The battle between the Safavid Shah Isma'il and the Uzbek chieftain Shaybak Khan Qajar Persia, mid-1
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The battle between the Safavid Shah Isma'il and the Uzbek chieftain Shaybak Khan Qajar Persia, mid-19th Century
Sold for £4,200 inc. premium
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