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Islamic and Indian Art

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Date of the auction: 31.03.2020

Lot number 1
A Qur'an leaf written in kufic script on vellum

Arabic manuscript on vellum, 7 lines to the page written in bold kufic script in brown ink with...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,563 - US$3,845
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 2
A large Qur'an leaf

Arabic manuscript on paper, 13 lines to the page written in thuluth, naskhi and muhaqqaq, the first...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,922 - US$2,563
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 3R
A Qur'an leaf in gold and black muhaqqaq script

Arabic manuscript on cream-coloured paper, 12 lines to the page written in elegant muhaqqaq script...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$3,845 - US$5,127
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 4• R
A large illuminated Qur'an in a floral lacquer binding, the text ending...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 429 leaves, 10 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,563 - US$3,845
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 5R
Three illustrated leaves from a manuscript of al-Qazwini's Aja'ib...

Persian manuscript on paper, three leaves framed separately, 14 lines to the page written in...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,922 - US$2,563
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 6R
A calligraphic composition in nasta'liq script

Persian manuscript on paper, the central panel consisting of siyah mashq in large nasta'liq script...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,922 - US$2,563
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 7•
An illuminated miniature octagonal Qur'an with the later embossed name of...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 279 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in minute naskhi script in...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,127 - US$7,691
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 8•
Sa'di, Gulistan

Persian manuscript on paper, 123 leaves, 11 lines to the page written in nasta'liq script in black...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$3,845 - US$5,127
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 9• R
Al-Sahifa al-Kamila, a collection of prayers including seven prayers to be...

Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 241 leaves, approximately 9 lines to the page written in...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
ca. US$5,127 - US$7,691
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 10•
An illuminated Qur'an

Arabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 425 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in clear naskhi...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,563 - US$3,845
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 11
Two illustrated leaves from a manuscript of Jami's Haft Awrang, depicting...

Persian manuscript on paper, text in nasta'liq script in black ink written in two columns...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,563 - US$3,845
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 12•
A large illuminated Qur'an

Arabic manuscript on paper, 425 leaves, 10 lines to the page written in large and clear naskhi...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
ca. US$25,638 - US$38,458
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 13
Two leaves from a dispersed manuscript of al-Qazwini's Aja'ib al-makhluqat...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 18 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink, headings...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,563 - US$3,845
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 14
Two calligraphic compositions, each comprising verses from the Qur'an...

Arabic manuscript on paper, text written in two lines of bold, large naskhi script in black ink on a...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,922 - US$2,563
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 15•
Muhya al-Din Lari (d. 1526), Kitab Futuh al-Haramayn, a guide in Persian...

Persian manuscript on paper, 40 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in two columns of nasta'liq...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
ca. US$6,409 - US$8,973
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 16•
Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa shawariq al-anwar, including other...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 149 leaves, 9 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,563 - US$3,845
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 17
An illuminated Genealogical Scroll tracing various Muslim dynasties to the...

Arabic manuscript on cream-coloured paper backed with linen, in scroll form, the text written in...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,563 - US$3,845
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 18•
An illuminated Qur'an copied by Isma'il bin 'Umar Qalbawi

Arabic manuscript on paper, 307 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in neat naskhi script in black...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$3,845 - US$5,127
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 19•
An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Ibrahim Saidawi[?], a pupil of 'Ali...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 302 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,845 - US$6,409
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 20•
An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Ibrahim Adham Khulusi bin Ahmad Rashid, a...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 297 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
ca. US$7,691 - US$10,255
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 21•
An illuminated Qur'an copied by 'Uthman Sa'di, a pupil of Khalil Safi

Arabic manuscript on paper, 303 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,563 - US$3,845
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 22•
An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Ibrahim al-Zakai, a pupil of 'Ali al-Zuhdi

Arabic manuscript on paper, 296 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
ca. US$6,409 - US$8,973
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 23•
An anthology of religious and literary texts

Arabic and Ottoman Turkish manuscript on European watermarked paper, 91 leaves, various texts...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,563 - US$3,845
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 24•
Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa shawariq al-anwar, copied by Ibrahim...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 81 leaves, 11 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,563 - US$3,845
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 38• R
A small illuminated Qur'an, commissioned for Hasan 'Ali Beg and copied by...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 234 leaves, 17 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,922 - US$2,563
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 39• R
Safar-nameh-ye Makka (Travel Account of Mecca), a Persian translation of...

Persian manuscript on green paper, 212 leaves, 14 lines to the page written in neat, large nasta'liq...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,563 - US$3,845
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 40R
A talismanic chart written in ghubari script on vellum, commissioned by...

Arabic manuscript on thin vellum, text written in ghubari and small naskhi script in varying sizes...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,922 - US$2,563
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 41R
An album page of calligraphic practice writing (siyah mashq) in profuse...

Persian manuscript on paper, closely intertwining nasta'liq script written diagonally in black ink...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$3,845 - US$5,127
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 42R
A youth and a maiden in an erotic embrace

gouache and gold on paper, laid down on an album page with coloured borders painting 151 x 97 mm...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,563 - US$3,845
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 43R
An album page of calligraphic practice writing (siyah mashq) in profuse...

Persian manuscript on paper, closely intertwining nasta'liq script written diagonally in black ink...

Bonhams London, 31 Mar 2020
Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$3,845 - US$5,127
Price realised:
n. a.
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