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Islamic and Indian Art

Auction 19960
London, New Bond Street
24 Apr 2012, starting at 10:30 BST.
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Auction highlights

A rare and important Zangid carved marble Basin Jazira or Syria, 12th Century
Sold for £193,250 inc. premium
A rare and important Zangid carved marble Basin Jazira or Syria, 12th Century
A large Iznik pottery rimless grape Dish Turkey, circa 1570
Sold for £63,650 inc. premium
A large Iznik pottery rimless grape Dish Turkey, circa 1570
An Iznik blue and white pottery Bowl Turkey, circa 1570
Sold for £61,250 inc. premium
A fine Iznik blue and white pottery Dish Turkey, circa 1570
A large Iznik rimless pottery "Grape Dish" Turkey, circa 1570
Sold for £51,650 inc. premium
A large Iznik rimless pottery "Grape Dish" Turkey, circa 1570

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A kufic Qur'an leaf on vellum
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A Qur'an leaf written in kufic script on vellum Near East or North Africa, 9th/10th Century
Sold for £10,000 inc. premium
Six leaves in maghribi script on vellum
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Six Qur'an leaves written in maghribi script on vellum Andalusia or North Africa, 13th/14th Century
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£4,000 - 6,000
€4,700 - 7,000
US$ 6,000 - 9,100
Four leaves in maghribi script on vellum
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Four Qur'an leaves written in maghribi script on vellum Andalusia or North Africa, 13th/14th Century
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£3,000 - 5,000
€3,500 - 5,800
US$ 4,500 - 7,500
A group of vellum folios
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A group of eighteen Qur'an leaves written in maghribi script on vellum, sixteen with continuous text, all from sura XII, Yusuf, Joseph Andalusia or North ...
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£15,000 - 20,000
€18,000 - 23,000
US$ 23,000 - 30,000
A qur'an folio with marginal medallion Iran
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A Qur'an leaf in rayhani script in gold, from a dispersed 30-part manuscript, copied by Amir Hajj ibn Ahmad al-Sayini Persia, probably Tabriz, Shawwal 734/June ...
Sold for £9,375 inc. premium
Seven Qur'an leaves
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Seven Qur'an leaves written in maghribi script on vellum North Africa or Andalusia, 13th/14th Century
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£5,000 - 7,000
€5,800 - 8,200
US$ 7,500 - 11,000
A manuscript of poetry Persia,/early Ottoman? second half of the 15th Century
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Amir Khusrau Dihlavi, A'ina-ye Iskandari, Shirin va Khusrau and Layla va Majnun probably Ottoman Turkey, 16th Century
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£3,000 - 5,000
€3,500 - 5,800
US$ 4,500 - 7,500
An illuminated Qur'an Ottoman Turkey, second half of the 16th Century
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An illuminated Qur'an Ottoman Turkey, second half of the 16th Century
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£6,000 - 8,000
€7,000 - 9,300
US$ 9,100 - 12,000
A small illuminated Qur'an copied by Shahi al-Haravi Ottoman Turkey, 17th Century
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A small illuminated Qur'an copied by Hafiz Shahi al-Haravi Ottoman Turkey, 17th Century
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£3,000 - 5,000
€3,500 - 5,800
US$ 4,500 - 7,500
Four manuscripts on mathematics: A. Nasir-ad-Din Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Tusi (1201-1274), Kitab ad-darb wa'l-qisma fi 'ilm al-jabr wa al-hisab, on multiplication and division in algebra and arithmetic Eastern Mediterranean, 15th/16th Century(4)
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Four manuscripts on mathematics: A. Nasir-ad-Din Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Tusi (1201-1274), Kitab ad-darb wa'l-qisma fi 'ilm al-jabr wa al-hisab, on multiplication and division ...
Sold for £6,250 inc. premium
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