Islamic and Indian Art

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Date of the auction: 25.10.2007

Lot number 1
A small vellum Qur'an leaf written in kufic script (Sura al-Naml, chapter...

Arabic manuscript on vellum, 9 lines to the page written in elongated kufic script with diacritics...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,320
ca. US$2,697
Lot number 2*
Four vellum Qur'an leaves Andalusia or North Africa, circa 1250-1350

Arabic manuscript on paper, four leaves, five lines to the page written in bold maghribi script in...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,080
ca. US$2,207
Lot number 3*
Nine vellum Qur'an leaves, including a fine illuminated sura heading...

Arabic manuscript on vellum, 9 leaves, seven lines to the page written in bold and dispersed...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£4,800
ca. US$9,810
Lot number 4*
Thirteen vellum Qur'an leaves, including one illuminated title page...

Arabic manuscript on vellum, 13 leaves, 14 lines to the page written in dispersed maghribi script in...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$3,065 - US$4,087
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 5*
Eight vellum Qur'an leaves from two different manuscripts including an...

Arabic manuscript on vellum, 8 leaves, 25 and 27 lines to the page written in small maghribi script...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,400
ca. US$4,905
Lot number 6*
Six vellum Qur'an leaves Andalusia or North Africa, 13th/14th Century

Arabic manuscript on vellum, 11 lines to the page written in clear maghribi script in brown ink...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,280
ca. US$4,659
Lot number 7•
A large Qur'an fragment including sections from chapters Maryam, Ta'Ha...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 26 leaves, 17 lines to the page written in elegant muhaqqaq script in...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$3,065 - US$4,087
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 8
A Mamluk binding richly decorated with a geometric design tooled in gold...

covers of brown morocco gilt, worn, edges frayed, lacking spine, doublures of green silk, some...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£5,040
ca. US$10,300
Lot number 9•
A Qur'an fragment Mamluk, Syria or Egypt, 15th Century

Arabic manuscript on paper, 9 leaves, 4 lines to the page written in elegant muhaqqaq script in...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,920
ca. US$3,924
Lot number 10
A legal deed pertaining to the purchase and ownership of certain orchards...

Arabic manuscript on five attached sheets of cream-coloured polished paper, in scroll form, text...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$3,065 - US$4,087
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 11
Two large Qur'an leaves written in alternating black and gold probably...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 13 lines to the page, first, seventh, and thirteenth lines on each page...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,635 - US$2,452
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 14*
Three illuminated album pages of prayers written in thuluth script Persia...

Arabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, each leaf laid down on board, three lines to the page...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,200
ca. US$2,452
Lot number 15
A richly illuminated leaf from a manuscript of the Testament of the Imam...

Arabic manuscript on paper, laid down on an album page, text written in small clear naskhi script...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£6,960
ca. US$14,224
Lot number 16
Five large Qur'an leaves Persia, 14th/15th Century

Arabic manuscript on paper, 9 lines to the page written in bold naskhi script in black ink...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$2,043 - US$3,065
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 17*
A large Qur'an leaf written in muhaqqaq script Persia, 14th Century

Arabic manuscript on paper, seven lines to the page written in large muhaqqaq script in black ink...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£600
ca. US$1,226
Lot number 18
Five large Qur'an leaves Anatolia or Eastern Persia, 14th/15th Century

Arabic manuscript on paper, 14 lines to the page written in muhaqqaq script in black ink, diacritics...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$2,043 - US$3,065
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 19•
Isfahani, Hashiyat Tawali 'al-Anwar probably Persia or Anatolia, dated AH...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 166 leaves, approximately 23 lines to the page written in two different...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,320
ca. US$2,697
Lot number 20•
Taqi-u-Din Abu Muhammad Abdul-Ghani ibn Abdul-Wahid bin 'Ali bin Surur...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 42 leaves, 17 lines to the page written in elegant naskhi script in...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£4,200
ca. US$8,583
Lot number 21•
A Qur'an fragment Persia, probably Shiraz, late 16th Century

Arabic manuscript on paper, 107 leaves, incomplete, 10 lines to the page written in large naskhi...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,160
ca. US$4,414
Lot number 22
An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama depicting...

gouache on paper, text written in four columns of nasta'liq script, interlinear gilt decoration...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£5,760
ca. US$11,771
Lot number 23
An illustrated leaf from a dispersed manuscript of astronomy Persia...

ink drawing on cream-coloured paper, stars indicated by gold dots outlined in red, slightly creased...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£720
ca. US$1,471
Lot number 24
A Simurgh carries the infant Zal to a nest watched by a snow leopard, in a...

gouache on paper decorated in colours and gilt, fragment, laid down on board, some tears with loss...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,635 - US$2,452
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 25
A leaf from a Mughal copy of an Arabic lexicon India, circa 1645

Arabic manuscript on paper, 22 lines to the page written in neat naskhi script in black ink...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$2,043 - US$3,065
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 26•
A small illuminated Qur'an probably Persia or North India, late 17th/18th...

Arabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 249 leaves, 19 lines to the page written in elegant...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,160
ca. US$4,414
Lot number 27•
Al-Sufi, Abu'l-Husain Abd al-Rahman ibn Umar ibn Muhammad, Suwar al-Kawakib...

Persian manuscript on paper, 168 leaves, 16 lines to the page written in nasta'liq script in black...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£15,600
ca. US$31,882
Lot number 28
A vellum leaf incorporating the title page of St. John's Gospel from an...

Armenian manuscript on vellum, three lines of bird erkat'agir capitals painted in a single column...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£10,800
ca. US$22,072
Lot number 29•
A Qur'an section (Juz XXVII) School of Hamdullah, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1500

Arabic manuscript on paper, 29 leaves, nine lines to the page, first, fifth and ninth lines written...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£1,800
ca. US$3,678
Lot number 30•
Al-Muzhir fi ulum al-Lugha (on the Arabic language) Ottoman, probably...

Arabic manuscript on cream-coloured paper, 272 leaves, 26 lines to the page written in naskhi script...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,200
ca. US$2,043 - US$2,452
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 31•
Tafsir Mawahib, a commentary on the Qur'an, copied by Suleyman Qasim...

Persian manuscript on paper, 80 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
ca. US$2,452 - US$3,678
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 32
An illuminated Ruznameh (perpetual calendar) copied by Muhammad Amin...

Arabic manuscript on vellum in scroll form, text written horizontally and diagonally in divani...

Bonhams London, 25 Oct 2007
Estimate
£0
Price realised:
£2,400
ca. US$4,905
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