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Islamic and Indian Art

Auction 16223
London, New Bond Street
6 Oct 2008, starting at 10:30 BST.
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Auction highlights

An impressive marble Bust of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
Sold for £110,400 inc. premium
An impressive marble Bust of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Northern India, late 19th Century/early 20th Century
Four leaves from an illustrated manuscript of the Majma al-Tawarikh Persia, circa 1430(4)
Sold for £45,600 inc. premium
Four illustrated leaves with five miniatures depicting enthronement and audience scenes, from Hafiz-i Abru's Majma' al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of ...
Sadequain (Pakistan, 1937-1987) Calligraphic Symbols
Sold for £31,200 inc. premium
Sadequain (Pakistan, 1937-1987) Calligraphic Symbols
A metal thread embroidered red panel- tughra
Sold for £30,000 inc. premium
A metal-thread embroidered silk Curtain with tughra of Sultan 'Abdulmecid (reigned 1839-61) Medina, Ottoman Empire dated AH 1257/AD 1841

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A large illuminated Qur'an probably Persia, [India????MB] 16th Century
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A large illuminated Qur'an Safavid Persia, probably Shiraz, 16th Century
Sold for £22,800 inc. premium
Firdausi, an illustrated Shahnama (Book of Kings) Safavid Persia, 16th Century and later
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Firdausi, an illustrated Shahnama (Book of Kings) Safavid Persia, 16th Century and later
Sold for £1,200 inc. premium
Alexander at the Well of Life, Persia, 17th C; A prince seated in a landscape Provincial Persia, ear
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Iskandar and Khizr at the Well of Life, an illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Nizami's Iskandarnama Persia, late 17th Century(2)
Sold for £1,200 inc. premium
Five album pages of calligraphic specimens in nasta'liq and naskhi scripts signed by Hamdullah, 'Abd
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Five album pages of calligraphic specimens of nasta'liq, thuluth and naskhi scripts signed by Hamdullah, 'Abdi al-Nishaburi, dated AH 937/AD 1530, verso Shah Mahmud, dated ...
Sold for £8,400 inc. premium
A treatise on mathematics, AH 1041, black binding
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Khawajah Muhammad Nasr ad-Din Tusi, Tahrir Iqlidis (an illustrated treatise on Euclid's work on mathematics) Persia, dated AH 1061/AD 1650
Sold for £9,600 inc. premium
A Qur'an section (Juz XXIII) written in gold Ottoman Turkey, circa 1500 or later
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A Qur'an section (Juz XXIII) written in gold Ottoman Turkey, circa 1500 or later
Sold for £1,920 inc. premium
An illuminated anthology including the works of Nava'i, Hilal and Hafiz Ottoman Turkey, 16th Century
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An illuminated anthology including the works of Nava'i, Hilal and Hafiz Ottoman Turkey, 16th Century
Sold for £3,120 inc. premium
A Qur'an section, Juz XXX, copied by Muhammad Sa'id probably Ottoman Turkey, late 16th Century
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A Qur'an section, Juz XXX, copied by Muhammad Sa'id probably Ottoman Turkey, late 16th Century
Sold for £780 inc. premium
An illuminated Qur'an China, 17th/18th Century
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An illuminated Qur'an China, 17th/18th Century
Sold for £4,800 inc. premium
Six Mughal official documents in scroll form (6)
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A Royal Mughal firman issued by the Emperor Akbar (reg. 1556-1605) addressed to Shaykh Fathullah granting him an annual sum to live in comfort and ...
Sold for £2,400 inc. premium
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