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Islamic & Indian Art

Auction 16851
London, New Bond Street
8 Oct 2009, starting at 10:30 BST.
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Auction highlights

An Ottoman silk and metal-thread embroidered calligraphic Band (hizam) from the Holy Ka'ba at Mecca Turkey or Egypt, period of Selim III (AH 1203-1222/ AD 1789-1807)
Sold for £84,000 inc. premium
An Ottoman silk and metal-thread embroidered calligraphic Band (hizam) from the Holy Ka'ba at Mecca Turkey or Egypt, period ...
Rani Jindan's necklace, Lahore
Sold for £55,200 inc. premium
An important emerald and seed-pearl Necklace from the Lahore Treasury, worn by Maharani Jindan Kaur (1817-63), wife of Ranjit Singh ...
A 14th Century Qu'ran Sura
Sold for £38,400 inc. premium
A large Qur'an leaf from the 'Five Suras' (sura VI, al-An'am, verses 108-109) Persia or Mesopotamia, circa 1350-1420
A large Iznik pottery Dish Turkey, circa 1580
Sold for £26,400 inc. premium
A fine large Iznik pottery Dish Turkey, circa 1560-70

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A Persian miniature depicting Mohamed Shah
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A portrait of Muhammad Shah Qajar (reg. 1834-48) Persia, circa 1835-40
Sold for £2,160 inc. premium
Watercolour depicting Daffodils, Persia, 19th Century
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A study of Daffodils Qajar Persia, 19th Century
Estimate:
£800 - 1,000
US$ 1,200 - 1,500
€940 - 1,200
Yahya bin Muhammad bin Abdullah bin al-Imam al-Qasim bin Muhammad al-Hasani al-San, Kitab al-Mujarib
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Yahya bin Muhammad bin Abdullah bin al-Imam al-Qasim bin Muhammad al-Hasani al-San, Kitab al-Mujaribat al-Tibbiyah wa al-Manafi' al-Badaniyah, medicine, copied by Muhammad Sa'id ibn Muhammad ...
Sold for £840 inc. premium
A treatise on the Persian language Ottoman Turkey, 19th Century
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A treatise on the Persian language Ottoman Turkey, 19th Century
Estimate:
£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
€940 - 1,400
Muhammad bin 'Ali, better known as Sabahi-Zadeh, a history of the Ottoman dynasty until the reign of
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Muhammad bin 'Ali, better known as Sabahi-Zadeh, a history of the Ottoman dynasty until the reign of Sultan Murad (AH 995/AD 1586) Ottoman Turkey, late ...
Sold for £2,400 inc. premium
An illuminated Qur'an copied by Ibrahim al-Raf'i, a pupil of al-Haj Khatat and Muhammad al-Adib know
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An illuminated Qur'an copied by Ibrahim al-Raf'i, a pupil of al-Haj Khatat and Muhammad al-Adib known as Imam-zadeh Ottoman Turkey, provincial, dated AH 1257/AD 1841(53)
Sold for £2,640 inc. premium
Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat, prayers, copied by al-Sayyid 'Ali al-Aouni Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1
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Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat, prayers, copied by al-Sayyid 'Ali al-Aouni Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1262/AD 1875(2)
Sold for £3,600 inc. premium
Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat and other prayers, copied by al-Haj Abdul-Rahman Helmi al-Shamnavi, in
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Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat and other prayers, copied by al-Haj Abdul-Rahman Helmi al-Shamnavi, in the service of Sultan Muhammad Khan, dated AH 1322/AD 1904, and Abdul-Latif ...
Sold for £2,640 inc. premium
A large Qur'an section (Juz) containing selected suras, copied by Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Muhammad bin
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A large Qur'an section (Juz) containing selected suras, copied by Muhammad ibn Musa ibn Shaykh Muhammad ibn Shaykh Sha'ban al-Shabkari al-Kalushnavi al-Qumuqi al-Samarqandi Samarqand, dated ...
Sold for £2,880 inc. premium
Three calligraphic compositions on Natural Leaves Turkey, 20th Century(3)
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Three Arabic calligraphic compositions on natural leaves in gold Turkey, 20th Century(3)
Sold for £2,640 inc. premium
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