Islamic and Indian Art

6 Oct 2015, starting at 14:00 BST .

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A rare and fine Mother-of-Pearl and black lac overlaid wood Tray

Gujarat, late 16th/ early 17th Century

Sold for £ 962,500 (US$ 1,164,936) inc. premium

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A Qur'an leaf written in large bold kufic script on vellum Abbasid, mid-9th Century

A Qur'an leaf written in kufic script on vellum Abbasid, 9th-10th Century

An illuminated Qur'an section Persia, late 16th Century

An illuminated Qur'an Ottoman Turkey, second half of the 16th Century

A Qur'an section, including two illuminated headings of sura XLII, al-Shura, Consultation (also known as 'Ain sin qaf), and sura XLIV, al-Dukkan, Smoke or Mist probably Ottoman Turkey, 15th Century

A court beauty Ottoman Turkey, in the style of Levni, circa 1710-20

Forty prophetic hadith of the Prophet concerning the Imam 'Ali, copied by Salim al-Mashhadi, and dedicated to Shah Tahmasp Safavid Persia, dated Ah 949/AD 1542-43

A large illustrated leaf from a dispersed manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting the armies of Shida, son of Piran and of Kay Khusrau, meeting in the Khwarazm Desert Persia, probably Shiraz, circa 1550

An illustrated leaf from a dispersed manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama depicting Afrasiyab about to cut off the head of Nawdhar Persia, 16th Century

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Hojir before Sohrab at an encampment surrounded by their troops Persia, 17th Century(3)

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