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Islamic and Indian Art

Session: Islamic and Indian Art

London, New Bond Street
5 Apr 2011, session starting at 10:30 BST

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An Important Life-Size Portrait of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir holding a globe Attributed to Abu'l Hasan, dated AD 1617
Sold for £1,420,000 inc. premium
THE LARGEST KNOWN MUGHAL PORTRAIT: A MAGNIFICENT LIFE-SIZE PAINTING IN WHICH THE EMPEROR JAHANGIR (reg. 1605 - 1627), THE 'WORLD-SEIZER', LAYS ...
A large 12thC bronze Zhizri
Sold for £180,000 inc. premium
A monumental bronze Royal Tent Support Persia or Central Asia, late 12th Century
An important Mughal inscribed Emerald mounted in an early Victorian diamond-set enamelled gold Bangle
Sold for £90,000 inc. premium
An important Mughal inscribed Emerald mounted in an early Victorian diamond-set enamelled gold Bangle, bearing the name of Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander ...
An important and large Ghaznavid figural high tin bronze Cauldron Persia, 11th Century
Sold for £86,400 inc. premium
An important and large Ghaznavid figural high tin bronze Cauldron Persia, 11th Century

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A fragment from a manuscript on the astrolabe, illustrated with diagrams Western Persia or Anatolia, 13th Century(2)
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A fragment from a manuscript on the astrolabe, illustrated with diagrams Western Persia or Anatolia, 13th Century(2)
Sold for £3,840 inc. premium
al-Imam al-Suwaidi, Kitab al-Tadhkirah al-Mufidah wa al-Dhakirah al-hamidah, treatise on medicine, copied by Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Salem bin Ghunaim bin Salamah bin Abdullah al-Masri North Africa, probably Egypt, dated AH 977/AD 1569-70
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al-Imam al-Suwaidi, Kitab al-Tadhkirah al-Mufidah wa al-Dhakirah al-hamidah, treatise on medicine, copied by Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Salem bin Ghunaim bin Salamah bin Abdullah al-Masri ...
Sold for £2,160 inc. premium
Suleyman bin Ahmad al-Mahri al-Najdi, Jadawil Ta'dad al-Maqamat li ma'rafat itijah al-Sufun fi al-Bihar wa al-Muhitat, a treatise on maritime navigation with numerous tables Near East, dated (on title page) dated AH 1004/AD 1595-96 or later
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Suleyman bin Ahmad al-Mahri al-Najdi, Jadawil Ta'dad al-Maqamat li ma'rafat itijah al-Sufun fi al-Bihar wa al-Muhitat, a treatise on maritime navigation with numerous tables Near ...
Sold for £2,040 inc. premium
Muhyi-al-Din Muhammad bin 'Ali ibn al-'Arabi al-Hatimi al-Ta'i al-Andalusi, Kitab Ma'arij al-Quds ila Muhasabat al-Nafs, vol. II only Near East, late 15th/16th Century
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Muhyi-al-Din Muhammad bin 'Ali ibn al-'Arabi al-Hatimi al-Ta'i al-Andalusi, Kitab Ma'arij al-Quds ila Muhasabat al-Nafs, vol. II only Near East, late 15th/16th Century
Sold for £840 inc. premium
An illuminated Qur'an attributed to Shaykh Hamdullah (b. circa 1436-37
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An illuminated Qur'an attributed to Shaykh Hamdullah (b. circa 1436-37, d. 1520), known as Ibn al-Shaykh al-Amasi Ottoman Turkey, probably Constantinople, late 15th Century
Estimate:
£40,000 - 60,000
€47,000 - 71,000
US$ 61,000 - 91,000
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