Islamic & Indian Art

Lot 392 - A LONG JAMUVAR KASHMIRI SHAWL Kashmir, North India, ca. 1900 - 1920

Sold for £425

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Lot 393 - A WOODBLOCK-PRINTED KALAMKARI COTTON SHAWL Possibly Iran for the Indian export market, 19th century

Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 394 - A WOODBLOCK-PRINTED CHINTZ SHAWL Possibly Iran for the Indian export market or Gujarat, India, 19th century

Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 395 - A NEAR PAIR OF KALAMKARI COTTON HANGINGS India for the Persian export market, early 20th century

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 396 - A NEAR PAIR OF WOODBLOCK-PRINTED CHINTZ COTTON HANGINGS Possibly Deccan, Central India, 19th century

Estimated at £1,600 - £1,800

Lot 397 - A MUGHAL SUMMER FLOORSPREAD WITH ELEGANT FLORAL EMBROIDERY Possibly Indo-Portuguese India, late 18th - 19th century

Sold for £625

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Lot 398 - A WOODBLOCK-PRINTED CHINTZ COTTON HANGING WITH PEACOCKS AND TIGERS Possibly Deccan, Central India, 19th century

Sold for £450

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Lot 399 - TWO CARVED AND ENGRAVED WOODEN QUR'AN STANDS Possibly Gujarat, Western India, early 20th century

Sold for £200

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Lot 400 - A FINE MUGHAL INDIAN QUR’AN Possibly Golconda or Hyderabad, Deccan, Mughal India, signed Ahmad bin Mulla Uthman, dated 1145 AH (1732)

Sold for £10,000

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Lot 401 - A SMALL INDIAN CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM PAGE India, late 18th - 19th century

Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 402 - A RELIGIOUS MANUSCRIPT WITH COMMENTARY North India, dated Rabi ul Thani 1279 AH (September - October 1862), signed Abdul Rahman Jami

Sold for £250

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Lot 403 - AN ENGRAVED BRASS QUR'ANIC BOOK WITH MATCHING CASE India, late 19th century

Sold for £6,250

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Lot 404 - A MINIATURE QUR'AN Iran, late 18th - 19th century

Sold for £1,500

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Lot 405 - AN OTTOMAN QUR’AN IN A FITTED BROWN LEATHER SATCHEL Ottoman Turkey, dated 1171 AH (1757 - 1758)

Sold for £1,250

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Lot 406 - TWO GILT AND TOOLED LEATHER MANUSCRIPT HOLDERS Possibly Morocco or North Africa, 20th century

Sold for £138

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Lot 407 - A RELIGIOUS MANUSCRIPT ON CORRECT RULES OF CONDUCT Iran or Ottoman Provinces, dated 7 Safar 1178 AH (5 August 1764), signed Isma’il bin al-Mufti

Sold for £450

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Lot 408 - A PAIR OF GILT AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED BOHEMIA CLEAR CRYSTAL GLASS SPIRIT DECANTERS Bohemia, Czech Republic, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 409 - QADI AYAZ ANDALUSI’S SHIFA AL-SHARIF (ON THE VIRTUES OF THE PROPHET) Ottoman Turkey, dated 17 Ramadan 1256 AH (12 November 1840), signed Muhammad Bin Mustafa

Sold for £575

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Lot 410 - SHARH-I MUFTI ZADA ALA ISTI’AREH AL-ISAM Ottoman Turkey, dated 1227 AH (1812)

Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 411 - A TURKISH TRANSLATION OF THE THAWAQIB AL-MANAQIB Ottoman Turkey, dated at the end of Rabi’ ul-Akhar 1255 AH (July 1839), signed Siraj Zadeh Qibrisi (Cypriot)

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 412 - THREE RELIGIOUS MANUSCRIPTS Possibly North Africa and Near East, 18th and 19th centuries

Sold for £375

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Lot 413 - AN OTTOMAN DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT BY AL-JAZULI Ottoman Turkey, 18th century, signed Seyyed Ibrahim Hamdi

Sold for £2,250

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Lot 414 - TWO LANDSCAPE VIEWS OF MEDINA AND MECCA Possibly Mecca or Medina, Hijaz, ca. 1920 - 1940

Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 415 - FIVE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED HAJJ CERTIFICATES AND A SOUVENIR SILK PANEL Mecca, Hijaz, 20th century

Sold for £450

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Lot 416 - A LARGE OTTOMAN QUR’AN Ottoman Turkey, inscribed with the date 983 AH (1575)

Sold for £4,750

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Lot 417 - A MINIATURE SAFAVID QUR’AN Iran, dated 1105 AH (1693 - 1694), signed Muhammad Ibrahim, the lacquer binding 19th century

Sold for £2,750

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Lot 418 - THE MUNAJAT OF IMAM 'ALI Safavid Iran, dated 1131 AH (1718 - 1719), signed Ahmad al-Neirizi (or Nayrizi)

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 419 - A DIWAN-E HALATI BY GHASSEM BEG TURKMAN TABRIZI QAZWINI (DIED 1592) Iran, late 17th - early 18th century

Sold for £875

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Lot 420 - TWO LOOSE DOUBLE-SIDED CALLIGRAPHIC FOLIOS FROM A POETRY ALBUM Safavid Iran, 17th century

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 421 - AN ASTROLOGICAL MANUSCRIPT Qajar Iran, 19th century, signed Nadir Aqa Jani from Qum

Sold for £500

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Lot 422 - A MINIATURE BRASS ASTROLABE Late Qajar Iran, late 19th century

Sold for £688

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Lot 423 - A MURAQQA' ALBUM PAGE WITH SHEKASTEH NASTA'LIQ CALLIGRAPHY Iran, first half 20th century

Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 424 - A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION WITH CHINESE CLOUD BAND MOTIF North India, first half 20th century

Sold for £75

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Lot 425 - TWO OTTOMAN RELIGIOUS LEVHAS (CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITIONS) Ottoman Provinces, late 19th - 20th century

Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 426 - AN OTTOMAN LEVHA (CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION) Ottoman Turkey, dated 1274 AH (1857 - 1858)

Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 427 - AN OTTOMAN LEVHA (CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION) Istanbul, Ottoman Turkey, dated 1264 AH (1847 - 1848), signed by Abdullah al-Wasfi Uskudari

Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 428 - A LOOSE FOLIO WITH A TINTED DRAWING OF A CAMEL SCRATCHING ITS HEAD Isfahan school style, possibly Iran or Delhi, Northern India, 18th century

Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 429 - A LOOSE KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO Near East or North Africa, late 9th - early 10th century

Sold for £2,125

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Lot 430 - A LOOSE KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO North Africa or Western Islamic Provinces, 9th - 10th century

Sold for £8,750

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Lot 431 - TWO CONJUGATE QUR'ANIC FOLIOS WITH HYBRID SCRIPT Near East or North Africa, 10th century

Sold for £2,500

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Lot 432 - SIX SMALL HARDSTONE INTAGLIO KUFIC SEALS Iran and Mesopotamia, 9th - 13th century and later

Sold for £350

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Lot 433 - SIX SMALL HARDSTONE INTAGLIO KUFIC SEALS Iran, 12th - 13th century and later

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 435 - A SMALL HARDSTONE INTAGLIO SEAL WITH ARMENIAN INSCRIPTION Possibly Iran or Southern Anatolia, ca. 16th - 17th century

Sold for £162

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Lot 436 - A CARNELIAN INTAGLIO FIGURAL SEAL Possibly Iran or Southern Anatolia, 18th century and later

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 437 - SEVEN SMALL HARDSTONE INTAGLIO SEALS WITH ANIMAL MOTIFS Iran and Central Asia, 9th - 13th century

Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 438 - NINE HARDSTONE INTAGLIO KUFIC SEALS Iran and Mesopotamia, 9th - 12th century and later

Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 439 - SIX HARDSTONE INTAGLIO SEALS WITH NASTA'LIQ SCRIPT Iran, mostly 18th century and later

Sold for £250

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Lot 440 - A SQUARE CARNELIAN INTAGLIO SEAL Iran, dated 1190 AH (1776 - 1777)

Sold for £625

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Lot 441 - A SILVER-MOUNTED ENGRAVED ROCK CRYSTAL PENDANT Iran, late 19th century

Sold for £1,188

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Lot 442 - FIVE MOUNTED HARDSTONE INTAGLIOS Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 443 - SIX MOUNTED HARDSTONE INTAGLIOS Iran, 19th and 20th centuries

Sold for £1,125

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Lot 444 - A CARNELIAN INTAGLIO PENDANT WITH NASTA'LIQ CALLIGRAPHY Qajar Iran, 19th century

Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 445 - A SHI'A LAC PENDANT WITH IMAM ALI Iran, 20th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 446 - A POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED PORTRAIT MEDALLION OF FATH ALI SHAH'S SON, MUHAMMAD ALI MIRZA QAJAR Qajar Iran, ca. 1820 - 1830, signed Ghulam Khanzadeh Ali

Sold for £10,000

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Lot 447 - AN ILLUMINATED FIRMAN FROM FATH ALI SHAH QAJAR (R.1797-1834) Iran, dated Rabi’ ul-Thani 1220 AH (June-July 1805)

Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 448 - A CARTE DE VISITE ALBUMEN PRINT PORTRAIT OF NASIR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR (R. 1848 - 1896) France, ca. 1873, printed and distributed by Maison Lefevres Frères in Paris

Estimated at £100 - £200

Lot 449 - TWO PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS OF MORTEZA KHAN, MUMTAZ AL-MULK Iran, ca. 1890 - 1895

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 450 - AN ALBUM OF BLACK AND WHITE CABINET CARDS RELATING TO THE EDUCATION OF ELITE PERSIAN YOUTHS Tehran, Iran, ca. 1862 - 1863, shot by the Italian photographer Luigi Montabone (1828 - 1877)

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 451 - PROTECTING THE BRITISH OIL FIELDS IN PERSIA: BRITAIN SHIFTING ITS ALLIANCE FROM SHEIKH KHAZAL TO REZA KHAN AND THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN TEHRAN India, Iran and England, ca. 1920s

Sold for £938

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Lot 452 - MEMORANDA AND STATEMENTS: IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE ANGLO-PERSIAN CONFLICT OVER HERAT London, England, dated 1839

Estimated at £6,000 - £8,000

Lot 453 - A COLLECTION OF ARCHIVAL DOCUMENTS OF THE FRENCH CONSUL AT TABRIZ, 1897 - 1903 MANDATE France and Iran, ca. 1890s - 1900s

Estimated at £1,300 - £1,600

Lot 454 - A POLYCHROME-PAINTED PLASTER WALL DECORATION WITH IRIS FLOWERS Isfahan or Shiraz, late Qajar Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 455 - A QAJAR FREE-BLOWN COBALT BLUE GLASS ROSEWATER SPRINKLER Iran, 19th century

Sold for £212

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Lot 456 - A LARGE ENGRAVED BRASS TRAY WITH CHARACTERS FROM NIZAMI'S KHAMSEH Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £3,000

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Lot 457 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE WITH BANQUET SCENES Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,062

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Lot 458 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH A EUROPEAN LADY'S PORTRAIT Qajar Iran, late 19th century

Sold for £212

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Lot 459 - A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) Iran, 19th century

Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 460 - A POLYCHROME-PAINTED CARVED AND ENGRAVED FRUITWOOD BEGGING BOWL (KASHKUL) Abadeh, Qajar Iran, first half 19th century

Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 461 - AN IRANIAN FRUITWOOD SPOON WITH THE SHIR-O-KHORSHID SYMBOL Abadeh, Qajar Iran, late 19th century

Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 462 - A FINELY ENGRAVED IRANIAN SILVER CONFECTIONERY LIDDED BOX Isfahan, Iran, circa 1960, mark of Mohammad Taqi Zufan (1894 - 1979)

Sold for £425

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Lot 463 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED CASKET Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £575

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Lot 464 - TWO ARCHAISTIC SAFAVID-REVIVAL PORTRAITS OF NOBLEMEN Qajar Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £500

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Lot 465 - AN ARCHAISTIC SAFAVID-REVIVAL PORTRAIT OF AN ARCHER Qajar Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £875

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Lot 466 - TWO BOCCHAS OF TERMEH SHAWL CLOTH Kirman, Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Sold for £188

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Lot 467 - AN ASHURA LAMENT PROCESSIONAL RESCHT BANNER Iran, ca. 1940 - 1960

Sold for £1,875

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Lot 468 - AN OTTOMAN CEREMONIAL HANGING WITH THE ROYAL QAJAR EMBLEM Ottoman Turkey, second half 19th century

Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000

Lot 469 - A SUZANI Uzbekistan, mid to late 20th century

Sold for £375

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Lot 470 - A SUZANI Uzbekistan, Soviet period, 20th century

Sold for £1,125

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Lot 471 - A LARGE PANEL OF SILK AND COTTON IKAT Possibly Bukhara, Uzbekistan, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £1,250

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Lot 472 - A BALKAN MALE WAISTCOAT Possibly Albania or Greece, Ottoman Western Provinces, 19th century

Sold for £275

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Lot 473 - AN OTTOMAN SUSPENSION ORNAMENT WITH OSTRICH EGG Western Anatolia, Ottoman Provinces, late 19th - early 20th century

Estimated at £600 - £800

Lot 474 - λ FOUR CARVED WOOD, STAINED BONE, AND CORAL SHERBET SPOONS Ottoman Turkey, 18th - 19th century

Sold for £475

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Lot 475 - AN OTTOMAN SILVER REPOUSSÉ MIRROR FRAME Ottoman Turkey, early 19th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 476 - A PAIR OF OTTOMAN SILVER REPOUSSÉ VASES Ottoman Turkey or Western Provinces, 20th century

Sold for £1,062

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Lot 477 - A SYRIAN POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED COPPER COFFEE SET Ottoman Syria, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £250

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Lot 478 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED AND MOULDED POTTERY TILE WITH ARCHER Iran, 19th century

Estimated at £800 - £1,200

Lot 479 - AN ENGRAVED BRASS MINIATURE EWER Iran, late 18th - early 19th century

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 480 - AN ENGRAVED SILVER TALISMANIC PLAQUE IN VELVET POUCH Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,250

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Lot 481 - * *TWO CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILES WITH FLORAL DESIGN Iran, late 18th - 19th century

Sold for £350

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Lot 482 - SEVEN CALLIGRAPHIC CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILES Iran, mid to late 18th century

Sold for £1,250

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Lot 483 - A POLYCHROME-PAINTED ARCHITECTURAL POTTERY TILE Possibly Lahore, Punjab, South Asia, late 19th - early 20th century

Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 484 - A PAIR OF GEOMETRIC TURQUOISE-GLAZED EARTHENWARE ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENTS Northern India, 18th - 19th century

Sold for £625

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Lot 485 - A MOULDED POTTERY TILE WITH A GEOMETRIC STAR PATTERN Possibly Multan, Sindh, Punjab, late 19th century

Sold for £625

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Lot 486 - A MULTAN ARCHITECTURAL POTTERY TILE WITH SURA AL-IKHLAS Multan, Sindh, Punjab, late 19th - early 20th century

Estimated at £500 - £700

Lot 487 - A TURQUOISE AND BLUE MULTAN POTTERY ARCHITECTURAL TILE WITH 'YA ALLAH' Multan, Sindh, Punjab, late 19th - early 20th century

Estimated at £300 - £400

Lot 488 - A BLUE AND WHITE KUTAHYA POTTERY TILE Ottoman Turkey, late 17th - 18th century

Sold for £425

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