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Islamic and Indian Art

21 April 2015 | starting at 10:30 BST

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A rare 3-pounder bronze Cannon with field carriage from the Gun Carriage Manufactory at Seringapatam Mysore, late 18th Century. Sold for £1,426,500 inc. premium

A magnificent two shot superimposed-load silver-mounted Flintlock Sporting Gun from the personal armoury of Tipu Sultan, by Asad Khan-e Muhammad Seringapatam, dated Mawludi 1222/ AD 1793-94. Sold for £722,500 inc. premium

A folio from a Bhagavata Purana series: Vishnu, as Vamana Avatar, visits Mahabali, and then becomes Trivikrama Attributed to the first generation after Manaku and Nainsukh of Guler, circa 1780-90. Sold for £122,500 inc. premium

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251 lots available

1 —
A fragmentary leaf from a dispersed monumental manuscript of the Qur'an in kufic script on vellum
Probably Abbasid, 9th Century

Sold for £8,125 inc. premium

A large illuminated Qur'an, by repute taken from the baggage of Nana Sahib after his defeat in the Mutiny of 1857 Sultanate India, late 15th/early 16th Century

2^• —
A large illuminated Qur'an, by repute taken from the baggage of Nana Sahib after his defeat in the Mutiny of 1857
Sultanate India, late 15th/early 16th Century

Sold for £8,125 inc. premium

A large Qur'an with the text incised on interlinked palm leaves in a contemporary binding painted with the names of the Four Caliphs Southeast Asia, probably present-day Malaysia or Indonesia, dated AH 1331/AD 1912-13

3^• —
A large Qur'an with the text incised on interlinked palm leaves in a contemporary binding painted with the names of the Four Caliphs
Southeast Asia, probably present-day Malaysia or Indonesia, dated AH 1331/AD 1912-13

Sold for £24,750 inc. premium

4^• —
An illuminated Safavid Qur'an, in a lacquer binding signed by Ibrahim
Persia, dated Rajab 1091/July-August 1680

£8,000 - £12,000

5 —
A Safavid nasta'liq calligraphic album page, signed by 'Imad al-Hasani
Persia, dated AH 1014/AD 1605

£3,000 - £4,000

A book of prayers including Awrad al-Qadiriyah, Awrad al-Fathiyah, and Awrad Naqshibandiyah, prayers according to the Qadiriyah, Fathiyah and Naqshibandi sufi orders, commissioned for Sayyid Abdul-Qadir Khan, copied by Ahsanullah [?] al-Qadir al-Kashmiri North India, probably Kashmir, dated 10th Dhu al-Qa'da 1209/29th May 1795

6^• —
A book of prayers including Awrad al-Qadiriyah, Awrad al-Fathiyah, and Awrad Naqshibandiyah, prayers according to the Qadiriyah, Fathiyah and Naqshibandi sufi orders, commissioned for Sayyid Abdul-Qadir Khan, copied by Ahsanullah [?] al-Qadir al-Kashmiri
North India, probably Kashmir, dated 10th Dhu al-Qa'da 1209/29th May 1795

£2,000 - £3,000

An illuminated Qur'an copied by Husain al-As'ad, a pupil of Sayyid Ahmad al-Zarifi Ottoman Empire, Shumen, north-east Bulgaria, dated 29th Rajab 1272/AD 1855-56

7^• —
An illuminated Qur'an copied by Husain al-As'ad, a pupil of Sayyid Ahmad al-Zarifi
Ottoman Empire, Shumen, north-east Bulgaria, dated 29th Rajab 1272/AD 1855-56

Sold for £5,625 inc. premium

An illuminated manuscript of selected verses from the Qur'an and prayers copied by al-Sayyid Hamed, better known as Hamdi-zadeh Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1278/AD 1861-62

8^• —
An illuminated manuscript of selected verses from the Qur'an and prayers copied by al-Sayyid Hamed, better known as Hamdi-zadeh
Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1278/AD 1861-62

£2,000 - £3,000

9 —
A view of Tripoli, Libya, signed by Huseyn Tevfiq
Libya, dated AH 1300/AD 1882

Sold for £2,500 inc. premium

Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa Shawariq al-Anwar, prayers, illustrated with two diagrams of the holy sites in the cities of Mecca and Medina Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1259/AD 1843-44

10^• —
Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa Shawariq al-Anwar, prayers, illustrated with two diagrams of the holy sites in the cities of Mecca and Medina
Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1259/AD 1843-44

Sold for £10,625 inc. premium

11^• —
Risalat Najat al-Musallin al-Khashi'in, prayers
Ottoman Turkey, 18th/19th Century

£2,000 - £3,000

12 —
A portrait of a certain Muhammad Aqa Mirza Sultan al-'Ulama
Persia, mid-19th Century

£3,000 - £4,000

13 —
An elderly man, probably a Christian saint
Qajar Persia, probably Isfahan, mid-19th Century

£2,000 - £3,000

A portrait of a princely official, perhaps Husain 'Ali Khan Mu'ayyir al-Mamalik, an official of Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar, standing in an interior Qajar Persia, studio of Abu'l Hassan Ghaffari, circa 1860

14 —
A portrait of a princely official, perhaps Husain 'Ali Khan Mu'ayyir al-Mamalik, an official of Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar, standing in an interior
Qajar Persia, studio of Abu'l Hassan Ghaffari, circa 1860

Sold for £7,500 inc. premium

15^W —
A lady seated by a window ledge with her child at her feet, in the style of Muhammad Hasan
Qajar Persia, late 19th Century

Sold for £15,000 inc. premium

16 —
A polychrome lacquer papier mache penbox (qalamdan), signed by Najaf 'Ali
Qajar Persia, probably Isfahan, dated AH 1272/AD 1855-56

£3,000 - £4,000

17 —
A Qajar lacquer papier-mâché Mirror Case depicting erotic scenes
Persia, 19th Century

Sold for £2,875 inc. premium

26 —
A group of twenty six Abbasid mosaic-glass Gaming Pieces
Mesopotamia, 9th Century
(26)

£4,000 - £6,000

27^* —
A Fatimid woven linen Fragment (tiraz)
Egypt, 11th/ 12th Century

Amended

£3,000 - £5,000

28 —
A Khorasan bronze finial in the form of a Feline
North-East Persia, 12th Century

£5,000 - £7,000

29 —
A Khorasan silver inlaid bronze Document Holder
Persia, 12th Century

£4,000 - £6,000

30 —
A set of Golden Horde silver-gilt Belt Fittings
Persia or Central Asia, 14th Century
(23)

£4,000 - £6,000

31 —
A Samanid group of repousse gold Belt Fittings
Eastern Persia, 9th/ 10th Century
(31)

£30,000 - £50,000

32 —
A rare enamelled bronze Rosewater Sprinkler
probably Persia, 12th/ 13th Century

£5,000 - £7,000

33 —
A Mamluk silver-inlaid brass Candlestick
Egypt or Syria, late 13th/ early 14th Century

Sold for £5,250 inc. premium

34 —
A silver-inlaid brass Candlestick
Persia or Mesopotamia, 14th Century

Sold for £10,625 inc. premium

35 —
A group of fourteen Timurid calligraphic wood Panels
Persia, 15th Century
(14)

£8,000 - £12,000

36 —
A rare double-sided carved wood Screen
probably Ayyubid Egypt, 13th Century

£7,000 - £9,000

37^Ф,Y —
A Nasrid ebony- and ivory-inlaid wood Games Board
Spain, 15th Century

£15,000 - £20,000

38 —
A rare Timurid openwork bronze Lantern
Persia, 15th Century

Sold for £13,750 inc. premium

39^W —
A large Timurid moulded cuerda seca pottery Tile
Samarkand, late 14th Century

£40,000 - £60,000

40 —
A group of Timurid underglaze painted pottery Tiles
Persia, 15th Century
(29)

£6,000 - £8,000

41 —
A group of Timurid underglaze painted pottery Tiles
Persia, 15th Century
(7)

Sold for £2,375 inc. premium

42 —
A large Timurid underglaze painted blue and white pottery Dish
Persia, 15th Century

Sold for £5,250 inc. premium

43 —
A group of Timurid cuerda seca pottery star Tiles
Persia, 15th Century

Sold for £5,625 inc. premium

44 —
A Timurid carved pottery Tile fragment
Samarkand, 14th Century

£2,500 - £3,500

45^* —
A Mamluk sgraffiato pottery Dish
Egypt, 14th Century

£3,000 - £5,000

46 —
A Mamluk underglaze painted pottery Tile
Egypt or Syria, first half of the 15th Century

Amended

Sold for £3,750 inc. premium

47 —
A Safavid cuerda seca pottery Tile
Persia, 17th Century

Sold for £3,500 inc. premium

48 —
An unusual Safavid cuerda seca pottery Tile
Persia, 17th Century

£3,000 - £4,000

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Islamic and Indian Art

Auction highlights

Lot gallery

1 — A fragmentary leaf from a dispersed monumental manuscript of the Qur'an in kufic script on vellum Probably Abbasid, 9th Century

2• — A large illuminated Qur'an, by repute taken from the baggage of Nana Sahib after his defeat in the Mutiny of 1857 Sultanate India, late 15th/early 16th Century

3• — A large Qur'an with the text incised on interlinked palm leaves in a contemporary binding painted with the names of the Four Caliphs Southeast Asia, probably present-day Malaysia or Indonesia, dated AH 1331/AD 1912-13

4• — An illuminated Safavid Qur'an, in a lacquer binding signed by Ibrahim Persia, dated Rajab 1091/July-August 1680

5 — A Safavid nasta'liq calligraphic album page, signed by 'Imad al-Hasani Persia, dated AH 1014/AD 1605

7• — An illuminated Qur'an copied by Husain al-As'ad, a pupil of Sayyid Ahmad al-Zarifi Ottoman Empire, Shumen, north-east Bulgaria, dated 29th Rajab 1272/AD 1855-56

8• — An illuminated manuscript of selected verses from the Qur'an and prayers copied by al-Sayyid Hamed, better known as Hamdi-zadeh Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1278/AD 1861-62

9 — A view of Tripoli, Libya, signed by Huseyn Tevfiq Libya, dated AH 1300/AD 1882

10• — Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa Shawariq al-Anwar, prayers, illustrated with two diagrams of the holy sites in the cities of Mecca and Medina Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1259/AD 1843-44

11• — Risalat Najat al-Musallin al-Khashi'in, prayers Ottoman Turkey, 18th/19th Century

12 — A portrait of a certain Muhammad Aqa Mirza Sultan al-'Ulama Persia, mid-19th Century

13 — An elderly man, probably a Christian saint Qajar Persia, probably Isfahan, mid-19th Century

14 — A portrait of a princely official, perhaps Husain 'Ali Khan Mu'ayyir al-Mamalik, an official of Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar, standing in an interior Qajar Persia, studio of Abu'l Hassan Ghaffari, circa 1860

15W — A lady seated by a window ledge with her child at her feet, in the style of Muhammad Hasan Qajar Persia, late 19th Century

16 — A polychrome lacquer papier mache penbox (qalamdan), signed by Najaf 'Ali Qajar Persia, probably Isfahan, dated AH 1272/AD 1855-56

17 — A Qajar lacquer papier-mâché Mirror Case depicting erotic scenes Persia, 19th Century

18 — A large Samanid slip-painted pottery Bowl Persia, 10th Century

19 — Two large Ghaznavid moulded pottery Tiles Persia, 12th/ 13th Century(2)

20 — A Samanid slip-painted pottery Bowl Persia, 10th Century

21 — A rare large Seljuk monochrome pottery Inkwell Persia, 12th/ 13th Century

22 — A large Fatimid incised pottery Bowl Egypt, 12th Century

23 — A group of Ilkhanid lustre pottery Star Tiles Persia, 14th Century(6)

24 — A Kashan monochrome moulded pottery Tile Persia, 12th Century

25 — A Kashan lustre pottery Bowl Persia, circa 1200

26 — A group of twenty six Abbasid mosaic-glass Gaming Pieces Mesopotamia, 9th Century(26)

27* — A Fatimid woven linen Fragment (tiraz) Egypt, 11th/ 12th Century

28 — A Khorasan bronze finial in the form of a Feline North-East Persia, 12th Century

29 — A Khorasan silver inlaid bronze Document Holder Persia, 12th Century

30 — A set of Golden Horde silver-gilt Belt Fittings Persia or Central Asia, 14th Century(23)

31 — A Samanid group of repousse gold Belt Fittings Eastern Persia, 9th/ 10th Century(31)

32 — A rare enamelled bronze Rosewater Sprinkler probably Persia, 12th/ 13th Century

33 — A Mamluk silver-inlaid brass Candlestick Egypt or Syria, late 13th/ early 14th Century

34 — A silver-inlaid brass Candlestick Persia or Mesopotamia, 14th Century

35 — A group of fourteen Timurid calligraphic wood Panels Persia, 15th Century(14)

36 — A rare double-sided carved wood Screen probably Ayyubid Egypt, 13th Century

37Ф,Y — A Nasrid ebony- and ivory-inlaid wood Games Board Spain, 15th Century

38 — A rare Timurid openwork bronze Lantern Persia, 15th Century

39W — A large Timurid moulded cuerda seca pottery Tile Samarkand, late 14th Century

40 — A group of Timurid underglaze painted pottery Tiles Persia, 15th Century(29)

41 — A group of Timurid underglaze painted pottery Tiles Persia, 15th Century(7)

42 — A large Timurid underglaze painted blue and white pottery Dish Persia, 15th Century

43 — A group of Timurid cuerda seca pottery star Tiles Persia, 15th Century

44 — A Timurid carved pottery Tile fragment Samarkand, 14th Century

45* — A Mamluk sgraffiato pottery Dish Egypt, 14th Century

46 — A Mamluk underglaze painted pottery Tile Egypt or Syria, first half of the 15th Century

47 — A Safavid cuerda seca pottery Tile Persia, 17th Century

48 — An unusual Safavid cuerda seca pottery Tile Persia, 17th Century

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1 —
A fragmentary leaf from a dispersed monumental manuscript of the Qur'an in kufic script on vellum
Probably Abbasid, 9th Century

2^• —
A large illuminated Qur'an, by repute taken from the baggage of Nana Sahib after his defeat in the Mutiny of 1857
Sultanate India, late 15th/early 16th Century

3^• —
A large Qur'an with the text incised on interlinked palm leaves in a contemporary binding painted with the names of the Four Caliphs
Southeast Asia, probably present-day Malaysia or Indonesia, dated AH 1331/AD 1912-13

4^• —
An illuminated Safavid Qur'an, in a lacquer binding signed by Ibrahim
Persia, dated Rajab 1091/July-August 1680

5 —
A Safavid nasta'liq calligraphic album page, signed by 'Imad al-Hasani
Persia, dated AH 1014/AD 1605

7^• —
An illuminated Qur'an copied by Husain al-As'ad, a pupil of Sayyid Ahmad al-Zarifi
Ottoman Empire, Shumen, north-east Bulgaria, dated 29th Rajab 1272/AD 1855-56

8^• —
An illuminated manuscript of selected verses from the Qur'an and prayers copied by al-Sayyid Hamed, better known as Hamdi-zadeh
Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1278/AD 1861-62

9 —
A view of Tripoli, Libya, signed by Huseyn Tevfiq
Libya, dated AH 1300/AD 1882

10^• —
Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa Shawariq al-Anwar, prayers, illustrated with two diagrams of the holy sites in the cities of Mecca and Medina
Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1259/AD 1843-44

11^• —
Risalat Najat al-Musallin al-Khashi'in, prayers
Ottoman Turkey, 18th/19th Century

12 —
A portrait of a certain Muhammad Aqa Mirza Sultan al-'Ulama
Persia, mid-19th Century

13 —
An elderly man, probably a Christian saint
Qajar Persia, probably Isfahan, mid-19th Century

14 —
A portrait of a princely official, perhaps Husain 'Ali Khan Mu'ayyir al-Mamalik, an official of Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar, standing in an interior
Qajar Persia, studio of Abu'l Hassan Ghaffari, circa 1860

15^W —
A lady seated by a window ledge with her child at her feet, in the style of Muhammad Hasan
Qajar Persia, late 19th Century

16 —
A polychrome lacquer papier mache penbox (qalamdan), signed by Najaf 'Ali
Qajar Persia, probably Isfahan, dated AH 1272/AD 1855-56

17 —
A Qajar lacquer papier-mâché Mirror Case depicting erotic scenes
Persia, 19th Century

18 —
A large Samanid slip-painted pottery Bowl
Persia, 10th Century

19 —
Two large Ghaznavid moulded pottery Tiles
Persia, 12th/ 13th Century
(2)

20 —
A Samanid slip-painted pottery Bowl
Persia, 10th Century

21 —
A rare large Seljuk monochrome pottery Inkwell
Persia, 12th/ 13th Century

22 —
A large Fatimid incised pottery Bowl
Egypt, 12th Century

23 —
A group of Ilkhanid lustre pottery Star Tiles
Persia, 14th Century
(6)

24 —
A Kashan monochrome moulded pottery Tile
Persia, 12th Century

25 —
A Kashan lustre pottery Bowl
Persia, circa 1200

26 —
A group of twenty six Abbasid mosaic-glass Gaming Pieces
Mesopotamia, 9th Century
(26)

27^* —
A Fatimid woven linen Fragment (tiraz)
Egypt, 11th/ 12th Century

28 —
A Khorasan bronze finial in the form of a Feline
North-East Persia, 12th Century

29 —
A Khorasan silver inlaid bronze Document Holder
Persia, 12th Century

30 —
A set of Golden Horde silver-gilt Belt Fittings
Persia or Central Asia, 14th Century
(23)

31 —
A Samanid group of repousse gold Belt Fittings
Eastern Persia, 9th/ 10th Century
(31)

32 —
A rare enamelled bronze Rosewater Sprinkler
probably Persia, 12th/ 13th Century

33 —
A Mamluk silver-inlaid brass Candlestick
Egypt or Syria, late 13th/ early 14th Century

34 —
A silver-inlaid brass Candlestick
Persia or Mesopotamia, 14th Century

35 —
A group of fourteen Timurid calligraphic wood Panels
Persia, 15th Century
(14)

36 —
A rare double-sided carved wood Screen
probably Ayyubid Egypt, 13th Century

37^Ф,Y —
A Nasrid ebony- and ivory-inlaid wood Games Board
Spain, 15th Century

38 —
A rare Timurid openwork bronze Lantern
Persia, 15th Century

39^W —
A large Timurid moulded cuerda seca pottery Tile
Samarkand, late 14th Century

40 —
A group of Timurid underglaze painted pottery Tiles
Persia, 15th Century
(29)

41 —
A group of Timurid underglaze painted pottery Tiles
Persia, 15th Century
(7)

42 —
A large Timurid underglaze painted blue and white pottery Dish
Persia, 15th Century

43 —
A group of Timurid cuerda seca pottery star Tiles
Persia, 15th Century

44 —
A Timurid carved pottery Tile fragment
Samarkand, 14th Century

45^* —
A Mamluk sgraffiato pottery Dish
Egypt, 14th Century

46 —
A Mamluk underglaze painted pottery Tile
Egypt or Syria, first half of the 15th Century

47 —
A Safavid cuerda seca pottery Tile
Persia, 17th Century

48 —
An unusual Safavid cuerda seca pottery Tile
Persia, 17th Century