Name: The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Part One: Arts of the Islamic World
Start: 2011-04-06
End: 2011-04-06
Location: Sotheby's

The Stuart Cary Welch Collection, Part One: Arts of the Islamic World

Sotheby's, London

Date of the auction: 06.04.2011

Lot number 29

A bronze cauldron, Kubachi, Daghestan, second half 14th century or later

Estimate

£6,000 - £8,000

ca. US$9,813 - US$13,085

Price realised:

£26,250

ca. US$42,935

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Lot number 12

A bronze lid, Khurasan, 12th century

Estimate

£300 - £400

ca. US$490 - US$654

Price realised:

£525

ca. US$858

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Lot number 142

A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF SURAT AL-NAS, BY MUHAMMAD QAMAR AL-DIN ALI...

Estimate

£3,000 - £4,000

ca. US$4,906 - US$6,542

Price realised:

£12,500

ca. US$20,445

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Lot number 148

A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION OF SURAT AL-QALAM IN THE FORM OF A MIHRAB...

Estimate

£4,000 - £6,000

ca. US$6,542 - US$9,813

Price realised:

£42,050

ca. US$68,779

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Lot number 72

A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION, SIGNED BY MIR MUHAMMAD, PERSIA, QAJAR, DATED...

Estimate

£800 - £1,200

ca. US$1,308 - US$1,962

Price realised:

£6,000

ca. US$9,813

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Lot number 67

A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL WITH A TUGHRA AND NASTA'LIQ VERSES IN PRAISE OF...

Estimate

£800 - £1,200

ca. US$1,308 - US$1,962

Price realised:

£4,000

ca. US$6,542

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Lot number 144

A carved wooden printing block (tajib) with the shahada, Deccan or northern...

Estimate

£400 - £600

ca. US$654 - US$981

Price realised:

£5,000

ca. US$8,178

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Lot number 132

A cast iron alms bowl, North India, Sultanate period, 15th-16th century

Estimate

£800 - £1,200

ca. US$1,308 - US$1,962

Price realised:

£5,000

ca. US$8,178

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Lot number 133

A cast iron mortar, India, 17th century or earlier

Estimate

£1,000 - £1,500

ca. US$1,635 - US$2,453

Price realised:

£3,250

ca. US$5,315

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Lot number 95

A CROWD WATCHES A MONKEY RIDING A GOAT OUTSIDE A CITY, INDIA, MUGHAL, LATE...

Estimate

£500 - £800

ca. US$817 - US$1,308

Price realised:

£3,000

ca. US$4,906

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Lot number 130

A Deccani bronze flask, India, 16th-17th century

Estimate

£300 - £500

ca. US$490 - US$817

Price realised:

£3,750

ca. US$6,133

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Lot number 154

A Deccani bronze footed bowl, possibly Bijapur, India, 17th century

Estimate

£3,000 - £4,000

ca. US$4,906 - US$6,542

Price realised:

£10,625

ca. US$17,378

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Lot number 141

A Deccani bronze spouted bowl, India, Golconda or Bidar, 16th century

Estimate

£4,000 - £6,000

ca. US$6,542 - US$9,813

Price realised:

£30,000

ca. US$49,069

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Lot number 159

A Deccani gilt-bronze carpet weight, India, 18th-19th century

Estimate

£300 - £500

ca. US$490 - US$817

Price realised:

£3,250

ca. US$5,315

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Lot number 122

A Deccani gold-inlaid silver container, India, circa 1600

Estimate

£2,000 - £3,000

ca. US$3,271 - US$4,906

Price realised:

£8,750

ca. US$14,311

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Lot number 121

A Deccani mango-shaped parcel-gilt silver container, possibly Golconda...

Estimate

£3,000 - £5,000

ca. US$4,906 - US$8,178

Price realised:

£23,750

ca. US$38,846

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Lot number 119

A Deccani parcel-gilt silver spice box, possibly Golconda, India, circa 1600

Estimate

£6,000 - £8,000

ca. US$9,813 - US$13,085

Price realised:

£32,450

ca. US$53,076

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Lot number 143

A fine and rare Mughal cast brass magic bowl inscribed with Ayat al Kursi...

Estimate

£8,000 - £12,000

ca. US$13,085 - US$19,627

Price realised:

£22,500

ca. US$36,802

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Lot number 124

A fine Bidriware Huqqa base, Deccan, India, 18th century

Estimate

£12,000 - £18,000

ca. US$19,627 - US$29,441

Price realised:

£49,250

ca. US$80,555

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Lot number 106

A fine Mughal dagger (khanjar) with carved jade hilt in the form of a...

Estimate

£30,000 - £50,000

ca. US$49,069 - US$81,782

Price realised:

£61,250

ca. US$100,183

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Lot number 84

A fine Safavid silk and metal thread brocade, Persia, early 17th century

Estimate

£5,000 - £8,000

ca. US$8,178 - US$13,085

Price realised:

£10,625

ca. US$17,378

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Lot number 136

A fine steel dagger (katar) with Qur'anic and other pious inscriptions...

Estimate

£4,000 - £6,000

ca. US$6,542 - US$9,813

Price realised:

£10,000

ca. US$16,356

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Lot number 164

A finely engraved Indo-Persian silver water flask

Estimate

£4,000 - £6,000

ca. US$6,542 - US$9,813

Price realised:

£6,875

ca. US$11,245

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Lot number 74

A FINELY ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI, THE...

Estimate

£30,000 - £40,000

ca. US$49,069 - US$65,426

Price realised:

£217,250

ca. US$355,344

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Lot number 9

A FOLIO FROM A QUR'AN IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT, MADE FOR ABU MUHAMMAD SAYYID...

Estimate

£300 - £500

ca. US$490 - US$817

Price realised:

£9,375

ca. US$15,334

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Lot number 20

A FOLIO FROM A QUR'AN IN MUHAQQAQ SCRIPT, ILKHANID PERSIA OR MAMLUK EGYPT...

Estimate

£2,000 - £3,000

ca. US$3,271 - US$4,906

Price realised:

£17,500

ca. US$28,623

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Lot number 51

A GHAZAL BY WAHSHI: A PAGE OF CALLIGRAPHY FROM AN ALBUM MADE FOR SULTAN...

Estimate

£3,000 - £4,000

ca. US$4,906 - US$6,542

Price realised:

£6,000

ca. US$9,813

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Lot number 54

A GHAZAL OF WAHSHI: A PAGE OF CALLIGRAPHY FROM AN ALBUM MADE FOR SULTAN...

Estimate

£2,000 - £3,000

ca. US$3,271 - US$4,906

Price realised:

£4,000

ca. US$6,542

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Lot number 61

A GROUP OF WOMEN AND A YOUNG BOY, PERSIA, QAJAR, CIRCA 1870-90

Estimate

£4,000 - £6,000

ca. US$6,542 - US$9,813

Price realised:

£28,750

ca. US$47,024

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Lot number 65

A LACQUER PEN-BOX (QALAMDAN), PERSIA, QAJAR, FIRST HALF OF 19TH CENTURY

Estimate

£2,000 - £3,000

ca. US$3,271 - US$4,906

Price realised:

£3,750

ca. US$6,133

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