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Bonhams London, London, New Bond Street

Date of the auction: 26.10.2020

50 80
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50 80
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Lot number 1
A leaf from a manuscript of the Qur'an written in kufic script on vellum

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

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
ca. US$6,526 - US$9,137
Price realised:
£8,187
ca. US$10,686
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Lot number 2
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, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,957 - US$2,610
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n. a.
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Lot number 3
A calligraphic composition written in nasta'liq script, comprising two...

Persian manuscript on paper, four lines of text written diagonally in nasta'liq script in black ink...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
ca. US$3,263 - US$4,568
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n. a.
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Lot number 4
A leaf from an illustrated manuscript, depicting a prince enthroned...

gouache and gold on paper, recto three lines of text in nasta'liq script, borders decorated with...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,915 - US$6,526
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Lot number 5
A leaf from an illustrated manuscript, depicting an enthroned ruler with...

gouache and gold on paper, four lines of text written in nasta'liq script in two columns, inner...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,915 - US$6,526
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n. a.
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Lot number 6
A leaf from an illustrated manuscript, depicting a hunting scene with wild...

gouache and gold on paper, five lines of text written in nasta'liq text in two columns, inner...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,915 - US$6,526
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n. a.
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Lot number 7
An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of the Sharaf-nameh, the fifth book...

gouache and gold on paper, recto four lines of text written in nasta'liq script in black ink in four...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,915 - US$6,526
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n. a.
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Lot number 8
An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of the Risalah Hatamiyyah of Kamal...

gouache and gold on paper, three lines of text written in nasta'liq script in black ink, with a...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,305 - US$1,957
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Lot number 9
An illustrated leaf from a manuscript in prose

Persian manuscript on paper, four lines recto of text in nasta'liq script in black ink within...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,305 - US$1,957
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Lot number 10
A large album of leaves from dispersed manuscripts of the Qur'an, written...

Arabic manuscript on paper, laid down on later gold-sprinkled card mounts, 23 pages, comprising (in...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$9,137 - US$13,053
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Lot number 11
Sa'di, Kulliyat, with eight miniatures

Persian manuscript on paper, 418 leaves, 11 lines to the page written in nasta'liq script in black...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£12,000 - £15,000
ca. US$15,663 - US$19,579
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Lot number 12
An album of calligraphy in concertina form, copied by 'Ali Reza

Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper laid down on card, 14 leaves, 5 lines to the page written...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
ca. US$9,137 - US$13,053
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Lot number 13
Inba' al-Istifa' fi-haqq aba' al-Mustafa, a religious treatise concerning...

Arabic manuscript on polished paper, 81 leaves, 13 lines to the page written in clear ta'liq script...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$10,442 - US$15,663
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Lot number 14
A calligraphic composition consisting of the nada 'Ali quatrain in the form...

pen and ink and gold on paper, mounted on album page with floral margins composition 155 x 270 mm...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$10,442 - US$15,663
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Lot number 15
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, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,044 - US$1,566
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n. a.
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Lot number 16
An illuminated Qur'an

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

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,610 - US$3,915
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Lot number 17
Sa'di, Gulistan, copied by Faqir Jan Muhammad

Persian manuscript on paper, 161 leaves, ten lines to the page written in fine nasta'liq script in...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£1,200 - £1,500
ca. US$1,566 - US$1,957
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Lot number 18
An impressive lithographed copy of Firdausi's Shahnama, with 58...

lithograph on paper, 346 leaves, 33 lines to the page in nasta'liq script in six columns, headings...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,957 - US$2,610
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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, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,957 - US$2,610
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n. a.
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Lot number 20
An illuminated Qur'an, Husain al-Zahidi, a pupil of Ahmad al-Nazifi

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

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
ca. US$1,566 - US$2,349
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n. a.
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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, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,305 - US$1,957
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n. a.
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Lot number 22
A large calligraphic composition comprising four panels in thuluth script...

Arabic manuscript on paper, four panels each with a single line of text written in thuluth script in...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,044 - US$1,566
Price realised:
£1,020
ca. US$1,331
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Lot number 23
A hilyeh (the attributes of the Prophet), signed by the scribe Muhammad

Arabic manuscript on paper, the text comprising the bismallah in bold large thuluth script in black...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,305 - US$1,957
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Lot number 24
An attractive small manuscript copy of Maktabi Shirazi's Layla va Majnun...

Persian manuscript on blue-green paper, 102 leaves, nine lines to the page written in two columns of...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£1,200 - £1,500
ca. US$1,566 - US$1,957
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Lot number 25
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, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,044 - US$1,566
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Lot number 26
Two Qajar albums of calligraphic compositions, mostly written in shikasteh

Persian (and some Arabic) manuscript on paper, laid down on card album pages, the first comprising...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
ca. US$3,915 - US$5,221
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Lot number 27
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, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,957 - US$2,610
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Lot number 28
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, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,957 - US$2,610
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Lot number 29
Six calligraphic album pages in shikasteh, including two attributed to 'Abd...

Persian manuscript on paper, each composition written in shikasteh in black ink diagonally and...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£1,800 - £2,400
ca. US$2,349 - US$3,132
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Lot number 30
Majnun brought to Layla's camp in chains by a beggar woman, after an...

gouache on card, five panels at top containing text in naskhi and nasta'liq script, profusely...

Bonhams London, 26 Oct 2020
Estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
ca. US$1,957 - US$2,610
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