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Islamic & Indian Art

Auction 16776
London, New Bond Street
2 Apr 2009, starting at 14:00 BST.
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Auction highlights

Tipu Sultan Throne Finial
Sold for £389,600 inc. premium
An important gem-set gold Finial in the form of a Tiger's Head from the throne of Tipu Sultan (1750-99 ...
A large Qa'aba Curtain
Sold for £204,000 inc. premium
A Ka'ba curtain (Burqa') ordered by the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud II, son of Abdul-Hamid I (reigned AH 1223-1255/ AD ...
William Daniell RA Mosque in the Coimbatore, the Jumma Masjid built by Tipu Sultan in 1787
Sold for £90,000 inc. premium
William Daniell RA (British, 1769-1837) The Jumma Masjid at Seringapatam in Coimbatore, South India, built by Tipu Sultan in 1787
An impressive Indian gem-set jade covered Vessel (2)
Sold for £36,000 inc. premium
An impressive Indian gem-set jade covered Vessel (2)

Lots

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Three Kufic vellum Leaves
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Three vellum Qur'an leaves written in early kufic script with two illuminated sura headings Abbasid, late 8th/9th Century(3)
Sold for £7,200 inc. premium
Two oblong Qur'an leaves on vellum (Jazeera?) 9th Century(2)
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Two consecutive Qur'an leaves on vellum (sura II, al-Baqara (The Cow), verses 272-end; sura III, al-Imran (The Family of Imran), verses 1-part of 41) probably ...
Estimate:
£2,000 - 3,000
US$ 3,000 - 4,500
€2,300 - 3,500
Two Qur'an leaves on vellum in maghribi script Andalusia, 10th/11th Century
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A Qur'an bifolium on vellum (sura XXXIV, Saba (The City of Saba), part of verse 13 to part of 18) probably Andalusia, early 13th Century
Sold for £960 inc. premium
Seven loose Qur'an leaves in mounts (7)
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Seven large Qur'an leaves written in muhaqqaq script probably Mamluk Egypt, 14th/15th Century(7)
Sold for £3,840 inc. premium
A King giving orders to a courtier Timurid Persia,
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An illustrated leaf from Hafiz-i Abru's Majma al-Tawarikh (The Assembly of History): an enthroned ruler with a courtier Timurid Persia, Herat, circa 1425
Sold for £3,840 inc. premium
Three illustrated leaves from a Shahnama Provincial Persia, perhaps India, 17th Century(3)
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Afrasiyab, ruler of Turan, fighting Rustam; Tur defeated by Minuchihr; Kai Khusrau crossing the Oxus with Farangis and Giv: three illustrated leaves from a manuscript ...
Sold for £5,760 inc. premium
A page from a dispersed illustrated manuscript, Safavid Persia
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A page from a dispersed illustrated manuscript, Safavid Persia
Sold for £1,080 inc. premium
Illustration from Shahnama
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An illustrated leaf from a dispersed manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama (The Book of Kings), probably depicting Rustam returning to Iran after killing the Div Akvan, ...
Sold for £4,800 inc. premium
A Timurid Qu'ran Persia, 15th Century
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An early illuminated Qu'ran Timurid Persia or Ottoman Turkey, second half of 15th Century
Estimate:
£4,000 - 6,000
US$ 6,000 - 9,000
€4,700 - 7,000
Twelve bound manuscript Leaves, Persia, 15th Century (12)
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A large Qur'an fragment (sura II, al-Baqarah, The Cow, running continuously from part of verse 235 to part of verse 274), written in muhaqqaq script ...
Estimate:
£3,000 - 5,000
US$ 4,500 - 7,500
€3,500 - 5,800
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