Islamic & Indian Art

Lot 100 - A CHASED SILVER CUP WITH GRAPEVINES Possibly Sasanian or Early Islamic Iran, ca. 500 - 750 AD

Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 101 - A SMALL EARLY ISLAMIC SILVER BOWL Possibly Iran, late 6th - 8th century

Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 102 - A PIERCED AND ENGRAVED BRONZE INCENSE BURNER ('OUD SUZ) Khorasan, Eastern Iran, 10th century

Estimated at £1,000 - £2,000

Lot 103 - AN UNGLAZED POTTERY JUG WITH INCISED DECORATION Possibly Syria, 12th - 13th century

Sold for £500

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Lot 104 - THREE UNGLAZED EARTHENWARE WATER JUG FILTERS Fustat, Fatimid Egypt, 10th - 12th century

Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 105 - TWO MOULDED EARLY ISLAMIC POTTERY OIL LAMPS Possibly Syria or Iraq, 8th - 10th century

Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 106 - A FREE-BLOWN COLOURED GLASS DOUBLE BALSAMARIUM IN THE FORM OF A CAMEL Syria, 7th - 8th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 107 - A MINIATURE WHITE AND PURPLE MARVERED GLASS JAR Egypt, 10th - 12th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 108 - TWO EARLY ISLAMIC GLASS FRAGMENTS Egypt, 11th - 12th century and late 13th - 14th century

Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 109 - FOUR SMALL POTTERY VESSELS Possibly Iran and Syria, 10th - 12th century

Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 110 - THREE MINIATURE POTTERY JARS WITH AVIARY MOTIFS AND PSEUDO-CALLIGRAPHY Possibly Iran, 12th - 13th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 111 - TWO SMALL SARI WARE BOWLS Nishapur, Iran, 10th - 11th century

Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 112 - A SMALL NISHAPUR POTTERY BOWL AND AN ABBASID-REVIVAL POTTERY BOWL Iran, 10th - 11th century and later

Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 113 - THREE MEDIEVAL IRANIAN POTTERY TILES Iran, 12th and 14th centuries

Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 114 - A FRAGMENT OF MAMLUK HEXAGONAL POTTERY TILE Damascus, Mamluk Syria, 1420 - 1450

Sold for £250

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Lot 115 - A CARVED WOODEN DOOR PANEL WITH ARABESQUE MEDALLION Fustat, Old Cairo, Fatimid Egypt, 10th - 11th century

Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 116 - EIGHT FRAGMENTS OF SOGDIAN AND LIAO TEXTILES Sasanian Iran and Central Asia, 5th to 7th centuries

Sold for £3,750

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Lot 117 - A CALLIGRAPHIC TIRAZ TEXTILE FRAGMENT WITH THE BISMILLAH Fatimid Egypt, 10th century

Sold for £1,062

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Lot 118 - A CALLIGRAPHIC TIRAZ TEXTILE FRAGMENT Fatimid Egypt, 10th - 11th century

Sold for £3,250

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Lot 119 - A FUSTAT PAPYRUS DOCUMENT FRAGMENT Egypt, 8th - 9th century

Sold for £2,750

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Lot 120 - A FRAGMENT OF A LOOSE KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO Near East or North Africa, 9th - 10th century

Sold for £525

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Lot 121 - A LOOSE KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO Near East or North Africa, 9th - 10th century

Sold for £5,250

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Lot 122 - A LOOSE KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO IN VERTICAL FORMAT Near East or North Africa, first half 10th century

Sold for £8,125

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Lot 123 - A LOOSE FOLIO FROM A MAGHRIBI QUR'AN North Africa, 14th - 15th century

Sold for £1,062

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Lot 124 - AN ENGRAVED BRASS 'MAGIC' BOWL WITH PSEUDO-SYRIAC INSCRIPTIONS Mamluk Egypt or Syria, late 15th - 16th century

Sold for £375

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Lot 125 - AN ENGRAVED BRASS 'MAGIC' BOWL WITH THE PROPHET'S CENOTAPH AND MINBAR SYMBOLS Mamluk Egypt or Syria, 15th - 16th century

Sold for £500

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Lot 126 - AN AYYUBID ENGRAVED COPPER 'MAGIC' BOWL Possibly Egypt or Syria, 13th - 14th century

Estimated at £4,000 - £6,000

Lot 127 - A SMALL AYYUBID ENGRAVED BRASS DIVINATION CUP Possibly Damascus or Aleppo, Ayyubid Syria, 13th century

Estimated at £3,000 - £4,000

Lot 128 - AN ENGRAVED BRASS CHARGER WITH ANIMAL DECORATION Possibly Jazira, Iraq or Mamluk Syria, 14th century

Sold for £1,500

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Lot 129 - AN ENGRAVED COPPER PLATE WITH SPHINX AND FLORIATED KUFIC CALLIGRAPHY Possibly Khorasan, Eastern Iranian world, 12th - 13th century

Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 130 - A SMALL INCISED TINNED COPPER TIMURID JUG WITH A DRAGON HANDLE AND SPOUT Iran or Herat, Central Asia, late 15th - early 16th century

Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 131 - A LEATHER PURSE Late Timurid or early Safavid Iran, 15th – 16th century

Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 132 - FOUR TIMURID BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY HEXAGONAL TILES Iran, 15th century

Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 133 - A POLYCHROME-PAINTED POTTERY PLATE WITH FLORAL DESIGN Possibly Tehran, Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Sold for £525

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Lot 134 - A SET OF SIX PARCEL-GILT SILVER FILIGREE ZARF CUPS Zanjan, late Qajar Iran, ca. 1920

Sold for £275

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Lot 135 - TWO BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY VESSELS OF QAJAR INTEREST England and Iran, ca. 1860s

Sold for £400

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Lot 136 - A POLYCHROME-PAINTED POTTERY WATER PIPE (QALYAN) BOTTLE Possibly Hamadan, late Qajar Iran, ca. 1880 - 1920

Sold for £175

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Lot 137 - TWO EARLY 20TH CENTURY PERSIAN (IRANIAN) SILVER FILIGREE BASKETS, ZANJAN CIRCA 1920

Sold for £175

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Lot 138 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED POTTERY VASE WITH FIGURAL DECORATION Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 139 - A BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY BOTTLE Iran, 18th - 19th century

Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 140 - AN ELEGANT PAIR OF QAJAR PARCEL-GILT SILVER FILIGREE COMPORTS Zanjan, North-Western Iran, circa 1920

Sold for £450

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Lot 141 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED GILT-COPPER QALYAN (WATER PIPE) Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Sold for £2,750

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Lot 142 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED LIDDED COPPER COFFEE POT WITH FATH 'ALI SHAH Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 143 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED LIDDED COPPER COFFEE POT Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 144 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED COPPER EWER WITH FOUR ZARF CUPS Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Sold for £750

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Lot 145 - A PAHLAVI SILVER REPOUSSÉ KASHKUL BEGGING BOWL Possibly Isfahan, Iran, mid-20th century

Sold for £500

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Lot 146 - A LONG-NECKED SILVER BOTTLE RETAILED BY VARTAN OF TABRIZ Isfahan, Pahlavi Iran, mid-20th century

Sold for £425

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Lot 147 - AN ENGRAVED SILVER CIGARETTE CASE Isfahan, Pahlavi Iran, circa 1950, stamped Reza

Sold for £125

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Lot 148 - A PARCEL-GILT AND SILVER FILIGREE PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) Zanjan, Qajar Iran, early 20th century

Sold for £225

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Lot 149 - A GOLD-DAMASCENED OPENWORK STEEL PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £450

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Lot 150 - A KASHMIRI LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE Kashmir, Northern India, late 19th century

Sold for £450

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Lot 151 - TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) WITH WINGED ANGELS AND QAJAR MAIDENS Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 152 - A REVERSE GLASS POLYCHROME-PAINTED PANEL WITH A QAJAR COUPLE Iran, 20th century

Estimated at £1,000 - £1,500

Lot 153 - A PAIR OF MIRROR AND STAINED GLASS WOODEN WINDOWS Iran, late 19th - 20th century

Sold for £238

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Lot 154 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE WITH QAJAR MAIDENS Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £688

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Lot 155 - A MOULD-BLOWN YELLOW GLASS EWER Shiraz, Iran, late 18th  - early 19th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 156 - AN INCISED BRASS BASIN WITH COURTLY FIGURES Possibly Jazira, Iraq or Western Iran, 13th - 14th century

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 157 - A SAFAVID-STYLE TINNED COPPER EWER Possibly Iran or Deccan, Central India, 18th century

Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 158 - A ZAND-STYLE SILVER-INLAID BRASS TRAY WITH FIGURAL DECORATION Qajar Iran, late 18th - early 19th century

Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 159 - A CAST AND ENGRAVED 'ZAND-REVIVAL' BRASS EWER WITH FIGURAL DECORATION Iran, late 19th - 20th century

Sold for £425

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Lot 160 - A FINELY ENGRAVED BRASS TRAY WITH COURTLY BANQUETING SCENES (BAZM) Zand or early Qajar Iran, 18th century

Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 161 - A ZAND ENGRAVED BRASS 'KENDI' EWER WITH FIGURAL AND MYTHOLOGICAL DECORATION Shiraz, post-Safavid Iran, 18th century

Sold for £812

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Lot 162 - A QAJAR BRASS TRAY WITH BANQUETING SCENES (BAZM) AND POETRY (SH'ER) Qajar Iran, 19th century

Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 163 - A MONUMENTAL OPENWORK BRASS TORCH STAND Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,500

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Lot 164 - A TINNED COPPER BOWL WITH ANIMAL DECORATION Iran, 17th century 

Sold for £325

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Lot 165 - AN ENGRAVED TINNED COPPER 'MAGIC' BOWL WITH A GEOMANTIC CHART AND FIGURES Zand Iran, 18th century

Sold for £375

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Lot 166 - A QAJAR ENGRAVED BRASS 'MAGIC' BOWL Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 167 - AN ENGRAVED TINNED COPPER 'MAGIC' BOWL Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Sold for £300

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Lot 168 - A CARVED WOODEN SEAL Qajar Iran, dated Safar 1316 AH (June 1898 AD)

Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 169 - TWO AUSPICIOUS CALLIGRAPHIC INTAGLIO PLAQUES Iran, 20th century

Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 170 - TWO ENGRAVED SILVER TALISMANIC ACCESSORIES Possibly Iran or Afghanistan, 20th century

Sold for £175

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Lot 171 - AN IMPORTANT SCROLL WITH THE RELIGIOUS TRIAD, INSTRUCTIONS FOR SPECIAL PRAYERS, AND MOON CHARTS Iran, 18th century

Sold for £812

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Lot 172 - A PRAYER SCROLL WITH PROPHET AND SAINTS' SAYINGS Qajar Iran, 19th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 173 - A SCROLL OF BLACK MAGIC, PRAYERS, AND CURSES Qajar Iran, 19th century

Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 174 - A PRAYER SCROLL AND TWO CYLINDRICAL AMULET CASES Qajar Iran, 19th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 175 - A SCROLL WITH THE DU'A-YE KUMAIL PRAYER Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £400

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Lot 176 - TWO TALISMANIC SCROLLS OF SHI'A PRAYERS Iran, 18th - 19th century

Sold for £375

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Lot 177 - TWO RELIGIOUS SCROLLS WITH ASHURA PILGRIMAGE PRAYERS Qajar Iran, one dated 1312 AH (1894 AD) and signed Seyyed Hashem Touba

Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 178 - AN ORIENTATION SCROLL WITH DIRECTIONS TOWARDS MECCA Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £688

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Lot 179 - A SAFAVID-STYLE OPENWORK STEEL PLAQUE Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 180 - A QAJAR SILVER AND GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL MOUFLON Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 181 - TWO GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL ARMOUR PLATES Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 182 - λ A QAJAR WALRUS IVORY-HILTED KHANJAR STEEL DAGGER Qajar Iran, mid-19th century

Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 183 - A QAJAR BONE-HILTED KARD DAGGER Iran, 19th century

Estimated at £1,200 - £1,400

Lot 184 - A SAFAVID GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL HELMET (KHULA KHUD) Safavid Iran, 17th century

Sold for £3,625

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Lot 185 - AN OFFICIAL QAJAR FIRMAN Qajar Iran, dated Safar 1277 AH (August 1860 AD)

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 186 - AN OFFICIAL QAJAR FIRMAN Qajar Iran, dated Ramadan 1304 AH (May - June 1887 AD)

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 187 - AN OFFICIAL QAJAR FIRMAN Qajar Iran, dated Muharram 1317 AH (May - June 1899 AD)

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 188 - AN OFFICIAL COMMISSIONING DOCUMENT Late Qajar Iran, dated 1923

Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 189 - AN OFFICIAL INVESTITURE DOCUMENT Early Pahlavi Iran, dated 1929

Sold for £188

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Lot 190 - λ A MICRO-MOSAIC KHATAMKARI CABINET Shiraz, Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 191 - A STAINED WOOD AND BONE MICRO-MOSAIC KHATAMKARI MIRROR CASE Possibly Isfahan or Shiraz, Qajar Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £188

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Lot 192 - ARTHUR UPHAM POPE, PHYLLIS ACKERMAN, THE SURVEY OF PERSIAN ART FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES TO THE PRESENT Published 1939, Publication date 1981

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 193 - MOHAMMAD ALI KARIMZADEH TABRIZI, THE LIVES AND ART OF OLD PAINTERS OF IRAN...VOLUMES 1 TO 3 Publication dates 1990-2000

Sold for £500

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Lot 194 - MEHDI BAYANI, AHVAL VA ATHAR KHAWSHNAVISAN, VOLUMES 1 TO 4 Tehran, Iran, 1346 AHS (1967 AD)

Sold for £500

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Lot 195 - TWO SAFAVID MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATIONS Safavid Iran, late 16th - 17th century

Sold for £2,000

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