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The Knightsbridge Islamic and Indian Art Sale

Session: The Knightsbridge Islamic and Indian Art Sale

London, Knightsbridge
9 Jun 2010, session starting at 14:00 BST
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Section highlights

A group of ten items of opaline ware Beykoz
Sold for £7,200 inc. premium
A group of seven pieces of glassware Beykoz, Turkey, 19th Century(8)
Pair of carved Indian sideboards
Sold for £6,600 inc. premium
A pair of fine Bombay wood Side Tables Western India, circa 1840-50(2)
An Ottoman tombak bowl and cover - To check (2)
Sold for £6,600 inc. premium
An Ottoman copper-gilt (tombak) Bowl and Cover Turkey, 19th Century(2)
A pair of impressive cut-glass Chairs European export for the Indian market, first half of 20th Century(2)
Sold for £5,400 inc. premium
A pair of impressive cut-glass Chairs European export for the Indian market, first half of 20th Century(2)

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A Qur'an leaf in bihari script Sultanate India, 15th/16th Century(3)
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A Qur'an leaf in bihari script Sultanate India, 15th/16th Century(3)
Estimate:
£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,300 - 1,900
€930 - 1,400
Ahmad bin Yahya al-Harawi, known as al-Taftazani, Hashiyat al-Ghayth al-Munhal 'ala Sharh al-Mutawwal, a treatise on the Arabic language Persia, written at Isfahan, dated AH 886/AD 1481-82
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Ahmad bin Yahya al-Harawi, known as al-Taftazani, Hashiyat al-Ghayth al-Munhal 'ala Sharh al-Mutawwal, a treatise on the Arabic language Persia, written at Isfahan, dated AH ...
Sold for £720 inc. premium
Ibn Sina, Al-Qanun, 2 vols., printed Rome 1593 (2)
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Ibn Sina, Al-Qanun, 2 volumes only, printed in Rome by the Medici Press, 1593 (2)
Estimate:
£1,000 - 1,500
US$ 1,600 - 2,300
€1,200 - 1,800
One Qur'an bifolium and one Indian Qur'an leaf (2)
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A leaf from a Qur'an (sura XI, Hud, part of verse 62 to part of verse 75) Persia, probably Shiraz, late 16th Century(2)
Sold for £384 inc. premium
Two illustrated leaves from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama (The Book of Kings): Manuchihr in battle killing Tur [?]; Kay Khusrau celebrating with a bowl of wine in a landscape Persia, Isfahan, mid-17th Century (3)
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Two illustrated leaves from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama (The Book of Kings): Manuchihr in battle killing Tur [?]; Kay Khusrau celebrating with a bowl ...
Estimate:
£400 - 600
US$ 630 - 940
€470 - 700
Rustam in combat with the White Div: a scene from Firdausi's Shahnama Bokhara, late 16th Century
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Rustam in combat with the White Div: a scene from Firdausi's Shahnama Bokhara, late 16th Century
Sold for £900 inc. premium
Two illustrated manuscript leaves depicting a hanged man and a battle scene, from a prose history Persia or India, (2)
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Two illustrated manuscript leaves depicting a hanged man and a battle scene, from a prose history Persia or India, 17th Century(2)
Estimate:
£500 - 700
US$ 780 - 1,100
€580 - 820
A Qur'an North India or Afghanistan, 18th Century
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A Qur'an North India or Afghanistan, 18th Century
Sold for £384 inc. premium
An illuminated Qur'an India, probably Deccan or Lucknow, late 18th Century
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An illuminated Qur'an India, probably Deccan or Lucknow, late 18th Century
Sold for £1,560 inc. premium
'Ala ud-Din Visali of Khurasan, Ma Muqiman, a mystical poem, Lucknow, circa 1858; and Sa'di, Pandame
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'Ala ud-Din Visali of Khurasan, Ma Muqiman, a mystical poem, Lucknow, circa 1858; and Sa'di, Pandameh, Book of Counsel, a collection of ethical maxims Lucknow, ...
Sold for £120 inc. premium
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