Islamic and Indian Art

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Date of the auction: 25.10.2007

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Islamic and Indian Art
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Lot number 1
A small vellum Qur'an leaf written in kufic script (Sura al-Naml, chapter...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,320
ca. US$2,697
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Lot number 2*
Four vellum Qur'an leaves Andalusia or North Africa, circa 1250-1350
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,080
ca. US$2,207
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Lot number 3*
Nine vellum Qur'an leaves, including a fine illuminated sura heading...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£4,800
ca. US$9,810
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Lot number 4*
Thirteen vellum Qur'an leaves, including one illuminated title page...
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$3,065 - US$4,087
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n. a.
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Lot number 5*
Eight vellum Qur'an leaves from two different manuscripts including an...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,400
ca. US$4,905
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Lot number 6*
Six vellum Qur'an leaves Andalusia or North Africa, 13th/14th Century
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,280
ca. US$4,659
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Lot number 7•
A large Qur'an fragment including sections from chapters Maryam, Ta'Ha...
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$3,065 - US$4,087
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n. a.
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Lot number 8
A Mamluk binding richly decorated with a geometric design tooled in gold...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£5,040
ca. US$10,300
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Lot number 9•
A Qur'an fragment Mamluk, Syria or Egypt, 15th Century
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,920
ca. US$3,924
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Lot number 10
A legal deed pertaining to the purchase and ownership of certain orchards...
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$3,065 - US$4,087
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n. a.
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Lot number 11
Two large Qur'an leaves written in alternating black and gold probably...
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,635 - US$2,452
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Lot number 14*
Three illuminated album pages of prayers written in thuluth script Persia...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,200
ca. US$2,452
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Lot number 15
A richly illuminated leaf from a manuscript of the Testament of the Imam...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£6,960
ca. US$14,224
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Lot number 16
Five large Qur'an leaves Persia, 14th/15th Century
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$2,043 - US$3,065
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n. a.
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Lot number 17*
A large Qur'an leaf written in muhaqqaq script Persia, 14th Century
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£600
ca. US$1,226
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Lot number 18
Five large Qur'an leaves Anatolia or Eastern Persia, 14th/15th Century
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$2,043 - US$3,065
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n. a.
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Lot number 19•
Isfahani, Hashiyat Tawali 'al-Anwar probably Persia or Anatolia, dated AH...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,320
ca. US$2,697
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Lot number 20•
Taqi-u-Din Abu Muhammad Abdul-Ghani ibn Abdul-Wahid bin 'Ali bin Surur...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£4,200
ca. US$8,583
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Lot number 21•
A Qur'an fragment Persia, probably Shiraz, late 16th Century
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,160
ca. US$4,414
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Lot number 22
An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama depicting...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£5,760
ca. US$11,771
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Lot number 23
An illustrated leaf from a dispersed manuscript of astronomy Persia...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£720
ca. US$1,471
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Lot number 24
A Simurgh carries the infant Zal to a nest watched by a snow leopard, in a...
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,635 - US$2,452
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Lot number 25
A leaf from a Mughal copy of an Arabic lexicon India, circa 1645
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$2,043 - US$3,065
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Lot number 26•
A small illuminated Qur'an probably Persia or North India, late 17th/18th...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,160
ca. US$4,414
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Lot number 27•
Al-Sufi, Abu'l-Husain Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar ibn Muhammad, Suwar al-Kawakib...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£15,600
ca. US$31,882
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Lot number 28
A vellum leaf incorporating the title page of St. John's Gospel from an...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£10,800
ca. US$22,072
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Lot number 29•
A Qur'an section (Juz XXVII) School of Hamdullah, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1500
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,800
ca. US$3,678
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Lot number 30•
Al-Muzhir fi ulum al-Lugha (on the Arabic language) Ottoman, probably...
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,200
ca. US$2,043 - US$2,452
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n. a.
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Lot number 31•
Tafsir Mawahib, a commentary on the Qur'an, copied by Suleyman Qasim...
Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
ca. US$2,452 - US$3,678
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n. a.
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Lot number 32
An illuminated Ruznameh (perpetual calendar) copied by Muhammad Amin...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,400
ca. US$4,905
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Lot number 33•
Al-Tuhfah al-Sharifah wa al-Turfah al-Munifah wa hiya ansab al-Nabi, the...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£3,360
ca. US$6,867
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Lot number 34•
Al-Waqidi, Nur al-'Uyun fi Talkhis Siyar al-Amin al-Ma'mun, a biographical...
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$4,087 - US$6,131
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n. a.
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Lot number 35•
Kitab al-Sirr al-Rabbani fi 'ilm al-Mizan, a treatise on alchemy, copied by...
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,200
ca. US$2,043 - US$2,452
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n. a.
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Lot number 36
A large firman with the tughra of Sultan Selim III (reg. AH 1203-1222/AD...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,200
ca. US$2,452
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Lot number 37
A firman with the tughra of Sultan Abdulhamid II (reg. 1876-1909), relating...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,160
ca. US$4,414
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Lot number 38•
Yuhhanah Fam al-Dhahhab, Kitab al-Aghrabhiyyah wa tartib afashin...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£5,040
ca. US$10,300
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Lot number 39•
A Qur'an section (Juz XV, surat al-Isra' or Bani Isra'il) copied entirely...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£6,240
ca. US$12,752
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Lot number 40•
A Qur'an in contemporary binding Sub-Sahara, Sudan to Nigeria, circa 1900
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,880
ca. US$5,886
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Lot number 41•
An illuminated Qur'an in thirty sections China, 18th Century
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£16,800
ca. US$34,334
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Lot number 42•
A Qur'an section (Juz II) China, late 17th/18th Century
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,160
ca. US$4,414
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Lot number 43•
A large royal illuminated Qur'an of Sultan Muhammad Saleh in contemporary...
Estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
ca. US$10,218 - US$14,306
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n. a.
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Lot number 44•
A large illuminated Qur'an in a contemporary lacquer binding South East...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£3,000
ca. US$6,131
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Lot number 45•
A small illuminated Qur'an copied by Muhammad Muhsin al-Isfahani Persia...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£3,360
ca. US$6,867
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Lot number 46
A calligraphic composition with the signature of Darvish 'Abd al-Majid...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£5,400
ca. US$11,036
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Lot number 47
Three lacquer pen boxes (qalamdan): bulbuls perched on blossoming branches...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,920
ca. US$3,924
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Lot number 48
A horned div pouring wine into a flask held by a peri, a fantastic...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£3,000
ca. US$6,131
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Lot number 49
Two portraits of seated dervishes Persia, late 19th/early 20th Century
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£3,360
ca. US$6,867
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Lot number 50
A portrait of Ahmad Shah Qajar (1898-1975, reg. 1909-1925), by Sadr al-Din...
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,635 - US$2,452
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n. a.
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Lot number 51
The battle between the Safavid Shah Isma'il and the Uzbek chieftain Shaybak...
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£4,200
ca. US$8,583
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Lot number 52
A portrait of a Qajar prince holding a musket, dressed in an embroidered...
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$6,131 - US$10,218
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n. a.
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