Islamic Art - Property of a European Collector Part III

Lot 1 - TWO PAPYRUS FRAGMENTS Possibly Fustat, Egypt, 9th century

Sold for £3,250

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Lot 2 - A FINE SELJUK SILVER AND COPPER-INLAID BRONZE INKWELL Eastern Iran or Herat, 12th - 13th century

Sold for £1,375

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Lot 3 - A SELJUK SILVER AND COPPER-INLAID BRONZE INKWELL LID Khorasan, Eastern Iran, 12th - 13th century

Sold for £175

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Lot 4 - A LOOSE FOLIO FROM A MINIATURE QUR’AN IN PROTO-MAGHRIBI SCRIPT North Africa or Andalusia, Arabic Spain, 10th - 12th century

Sold for £688

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Lot 5 - A LARGE SELJUK BRONZE FIGURE OF A BIRD Khorasan, Eastern Iran or Central Asia, 10th - 12th century

Sold for £250

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Lot 6 - A LARGE SAMANID EPIGRAPHIC POTTERY BOWL Eastern Iran or Central Asia, 9th - 10th century

Sold for £1,750

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Lot 7 - A SAMANID EPIGRAPHIC POTTERY BOWL Eastern Iran or Central Asia, 9th - 10th century

Sold for £1,062

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Lot 8 - A SMALL SELJUK BRONZE FIGURE OF A PARTRIDGE Khorasan, Eastern Iran or Central Asia, 12th - 13th century

Sold for £1,125

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Lot 9 - A SMALL SAMANID EPIGRAPHIC POTTERY DISH Eastern Iran or Central Asia, 9th - 10th century

Sold for £250

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Lot 10 - TWO INCISED AND CARVED DECORATIVE STONE MOULDS Possibly Iran, 13th - 15th century

Sold for £188

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Lot 11 - A SELJUK ENGRAVED AND COPPER-INLAID BRONZE COVER WITH FISH DESIGN Khorasan, Eastern Iran or Central Asia, 11th - 13th century

Sold for £875

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Lot 12 - A LARGE OCTAGONAL MIRROR WITH REVERSE-GLASS PAINTED GOLDFISH Qajar Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £312

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Lot 13 - TWO SMALL TURQUOISE AND PURPLE SPLASH-WARE POTTERY DISHES Kashan, Iran, 12th century

Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 14 - TWO KASHAN POTTERY BOWLS WITH PANEL-STYLE DECORATION Kashan, Iran, 12th - 13th century

Sold for £600

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Lot 15 - AN ILKHANID COBALT BLUE AND COPPER LUSTRE-PAINTED POTTERY TILE FRAGMENT Iran, 13th - 14th century

Sold for £600

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Lot 16 - A PANEL OF TWO SAFAVID CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILES WITH A POUNCING TIGER Safavid Iran, 17th century

Sold for £5,750

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Lot 17 - A POLYCHROME-PAINTED MINA'I POTTERY BOWL WITH GEOMETRIC STAR-SHAPED DESIGN Iran, ca. 1180 - 1220

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 18 - A POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED AND GILT POTTERY BOWL WITH A PORTRAIT OF SHAH ABBAS I Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Sold for £2,500

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Lot 19 - A SAFAVID TINNED COPPER BOWL Iran or Central Asia, late 17th - 18th century

Sold for £350

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Lot 20 - TWO SMALL TINNED COPPER BOWLS Safavid Iran or Central Asia, 17th century

Sold for £400

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Lot 21 - AN INTERIOR SCENE WITH A COUPLE DRINKING WINE Iran, circa 1789, inscribed 'Raqam-i Kamtarin Muhammad Ibn Khodadad 1204 AH'

Sold for £2,500

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Lot 22 - A LARGE RECTANGULAR-CUT PANEL FROM A MONUMENTAL QAJAR OIL PAINTING Iran, first half 20th century

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 23 - A MONUMENTAL QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL BOTTLE Qajar Iran, second half 19th century

Sold for £1,875

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Lot 24 - A LARGE TINNED COPPER BOWL Safavid Iran or Central Asia, 17th - 18th century

Sold for £750

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Lot 25 - THREE ALBUM PAGES WITH PORTRAITS OF QAJAR BEAUTIES Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £550

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Lot 26 - A QAJAR COUPLE SMOKING A WATER PIPE (QALYAN) Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £500

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Lot 27 - A SMALL SOLID SILVER SNUFFBOX Qajar Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £1,188

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Lot 28 - A NEAR PAIR OF QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL BOTTLES WITH STOPPERS Qajar Iran, second half 19th century

Sold for £812

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Lot 29 - A COLLECTION OF FIVE SAFAVID COPPER LUSTRE-PAINTED POTTERY BOTTLES AND VASES Safavid Iran, 17th - 18th century

Sold for £1,875

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Lot 30 - FOUR BLUE AND WHITE CHINESE-INSPIRED POTTERY DISHES Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £325

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Lot 31 - TWO POLYCHROME-PAINTED FIGURAL KUBACHI POTTERY TILES Safavid Iran, 17th century

Sold for £2,375

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Lot 32 - AN ELEGANT SAFAVID COBALT BLUE AND RUBY COPPER LUSTRE-PAINTED POTTERY BOTTLE Safavid Iran, 17th century

Sold for £2,750

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Lot 33 - TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) WITH SCENES OF NUDES Qajar Iran, late 19th century, one inscribed 'Amal-i Abd Al-Husain Sani' Humayun' and dated 1317 AH (1899 AD)

Sold for £2,750

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Lot 34 - TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) WITH FEMALE PORTRAITS Qajar Iran, 19th century, one signed Muhammad Mahdi and dated 1246 AH (1830 AD)

Sold for £1,188

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Lot 35 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED BRASS QALYAN CUP WITH LANDSCAPES AND PORTRAITS Late Qajar Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Estimated at £200 - £300

Lot 36 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED BRASS QALYAN CUP WITH PORTRAITS OF WESTERN BEAUTIES Qajar Iran, second half 19th century

Sold for £812

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Lot 37 - A KIRMAN POTTERY BOTTLE Kirman, Safavid Iran, 17th century

Sold for £1,125

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Lot 38 - THREE PAIRS OF SMALL COPPER QALYAN PIPE TUBULAR ELEMENTS Iran, mid to late 19th century

Sold for £575

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Lot 39 - TWO POLYCHROME-PAINTED CERAMIC WATERPIPE (QALYAN) BASES AND THEIR STEMS Russia and Europe, possibly France, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £325

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Lot 40 - A POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED GOLD QALYAN CUP WITH QAJAR YOUTHS AND MAIDENS Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £8,125

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Lot 41 - TWO ALBUM PAGES (MURAQQA') WITH PORTRAITS OF RECLINING FIGURES Possibly Bukhara, Central Asia and Iran, 18th and 19th century

Sold for £938

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Lot 42 - A COURTLY BANQUET SCENE Safavid Iran, second half 17th century

Sold for £2,250

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Lot 43 - A QAJAR POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED PAINTED GOLD PENDANT WITH MOTHER AND CHILD Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,375

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Lot 44 - TWO POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED QALYAN CUPS WITH QAJAR MAIDENS Qajar Iran, 19th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 45 - TWO QAJAR FIGURAL POTTERY TILES Iran, 19th century

Sold for £600

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Lot 46 - A PORTRAIT OF TWO QAJAR MAIDENS Qajar Iran, late 19th century

Sold for £625

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Lot 47 - TWO PORTRAITS OF QAJAR YOUTHS IN WESTERN ATTIRE Qajar Iran, dated Dhu'l Hijja 1267 AH (September - October 1851 AD), signed Mirza Jani Tabrizi

Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000

Lot 48 - THREE POTTERY TILES WITH EUROPEAN FIGURES Possibly Iran, 20th century

Sold for £62

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Lot 49 - A PORTRAIT OF LAYLA AND MAJNUN Iran, late 18th century, signed Muhammad Zaman

Estimated at £6,000 - £8,000

Lot 50 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH THE VIRGIN MARY AND CHILD Qajar Iran, signed Najaf 'Ali (Ya Shah Najaf) and dated 1272 AH (1855 AD)

Sold for £3,250

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Lot 51 - TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) WITH STANDING PORTRAITS OF INDIAN MAIDENS Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Sold for £4,000

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Lot 52 - AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A LATE MUGHAL HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPT Delhi School, Northern India, first half 19th century

Sold for £625

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Lot 53 - THE HINDU GODS TRIAD AND THEIR CONSORTS Bundi or Bikaner, Rajasthan, North-Western India, mid to late 18th century

Sold for £250

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Lot 54 - A BIDRI SILVER-INLAID HUQQA BASE WITH SAILING VESSELS IN A RIVER AND WILD ANIMALS Bidar, Deccan, Central India, mid to late 18th century

Estimated at £3,000 - £4,000

Lot 55 - THREE DECORATIVE ARCHITECTURAL POTTERY TILES WITH FLORAL MOTIFS Damascus, Ottoman Syria, late 17th - 18th century; Qajar Iran, 19th century; and Sindh, Pakistan, early 20th century

Sold for £375

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Lot 56 - A SAFAVID BROCADED SILK TEXTILE FRAGMENT Iran, 17th century

Sold for £1,062

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Lot 57 - TWO SAFAVID SILK TEXTILE FRAGMENTS Iran, mid to late 17th century

Sold for £500

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Lot 58 - TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) WITH THE GOL-O-BOLBOL MOTIF Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,625

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Lot 59 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE WITH A PORTRAIT OF ALI, HASAN, AND HUSSAYN Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,750

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Lot 60 - TWO ALBUM (MURAQQA') PAGES WITH GILT FLORAL MOTIFS Qajar Iran, first half 19th century

Sold for £188

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Lot 61 - A FLORAL STUDY OF A ROSE STEM ON A NATURAL DRIED OAK LEAF Iran or Turkey, 20th century

Sold for £250

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Lot 62 - FOUR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ BOOKBINDINGS AND A SINGLE LOOSE BOOK COVER Qajar Iran and Kashmir, Northern India, 19th century

Sold for £2,500

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Lot 63 - TWO FLORAL STUDIES OF ROSES Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £150

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Lot 64 - A QAJAR OPENWORK GILT-COPPER POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED QALYAN SECTION Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,500

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Lot 65 - FOUR FLORAL STUDIES WITH THE GOL-O-BOLBOL MOTIF Iran, 19th and 20th century

Sold for £350

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Lot 66 - A POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED BIRD PENDANT Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,750

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Lot 67 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE WITH QAJAR RULERS Qajar Iran, mid to late 19th century

Estimated at £400 - £600

Lot 68 - AN INK STUDY OF LOTF ALI KHAN ZAND (1769 - 1794) Iran, late 18th century

Sold for £938

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Lot 69 - A SMALL QAJAR POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED PAINTED PENDANT WITH FATH ALI SHAH QAJAR (R. 1797 - 1834) Qajar Iran, early 19th century

Sold for £6,875

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Lot 70 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) DEPICTING THE BATTLE OF KARNAL (1739) Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,750

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Lot 71 - TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) WITH BATTLE SCENES Qajar Iran, late 19th century, one dated 1302 or 1304 AH (1884 or 1886 AD)

Sold for £1,500

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Lot 72 - A POLYCHROME-PAINTED ENAMELLED PORTRAIT PENDANT OF FATH ALI SHAH AND TWO QAJAR YOUTHS Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £1,000

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Lot 73 - A FULL HUNTER SILVER POCKET WATCH WITH A PORTRAIT OF MUZAFFAR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR Possibly France or England, ca. 1890s - 1900s

Sold for £812

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Lot 74 - A MINIATURE OVAL PORTRAIT OF PRINCE KHOSROW MIRZA QAJAR (1813 - 1875) Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £550

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Lot 75 - FOUR PORCELAIN BOWLS AND SAUCERS WITH 'FAMILLE ROSE' DECORATION IN THE ZILL AL-SULTAN'S SERVICE China and Persia, two bowls dated 1297 AH (1879-80 AD), one dated 1298 AH (1880 AD), and another dated 1301 AH (1883-4 AD)

Estimated at £6,000 - £8,000

Lot 76 - THREE LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ SINGLE FIGURAL BOOK COVERS Qajar Iran, 19th and 20th centuries

Sold for £250

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Lot 77 - A PAIR OF LARGE LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ BOOK COVERS Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £400

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Lot 78 - FIVE QAJAR MOULDED FIGURAL POTTERY TILES Iran, mid to late 19th century

Estimated at £300 - £500

Lot 79 - A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE WITH A REVERSE GLASS PAINTING ON THE INTERIOR Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £350

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Lot 80 - A PORTRAIT OF A QAJAR CARPENTER Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £688

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Lot 81 - TWO SECTIONS OF STEEL SCALES Iran, 18th - 19th century

Estimated at £150 - £200

Lot 82 - TWO HUNTERS AND AN ITINERANT WATER SELLER Iran, 20th century

Sold for £150

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Lot 83 - TWO GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL QALYAN CUPS Qajar Iran, late 19th century

Sold for £525

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Lot 84 - FOUR ARCHAISTIC STYLE FIGURAL STUDIES Iran, 20th century

Sold for £138

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Lot 85 - FIVE IMAMI-STYLE PAINTINGS WITH LITERARY AND HUNTING SCENES Isfahan, Iran, first half 20th century, most paintings signed Abu'l Qasim Imami

Sold for £938

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Lot 86 - A GROUP OF THIRTEEN QAJAR MOULDED FALCONER POTTERY TILES Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

Sold for £750

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Lot 87 - MAJNUN IN THE WILDERNESS Safavid Iran, 16th - 17th century

Sold for £1,250

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Lot 88 - A LOOSE ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM FERDOWSI'S SHAHNAMA AND ANOTHER FROM NIZAMI GANJAVI’S HAFT PEYKAR Iran, mid to late 16th century, the textile mount late 18th century

Sold for £2,500

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Lot 89 - A LARGE KUBACHI POTTERY CHARGER Safavid Iran, 17th century

Sold for £1,625

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Lot 90 - A SAFAVID OPENWORK CUT-STEEL DECORATIVE PLAQUE Iran, late 17th - early 18th century

Sold for £4,000

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Lot 91 - TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) WITH SUFI LITERARY FIGURES Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £2,000

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Lot 92 - AN ENGRAVED BRASS ASTROLABE Safavid Iran, dated 1125 AH (1713 AD), signed by the maker Amin Mohammad Shams al-Din

Sold for £8,625

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Lot 93 - TWO PARCEL-GILT AND NIELLOED SILVER SNUFFBOXES Possibly Georgia, Ottoman Western Provinces or Bukhara, Central Asia, late 19th century, one dated 1293 AH (1876 AD)

Sold for £688

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Lot 94 - A MINIATURE GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL BOX Qajar Iran, 19th century

Sold for £125

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Lot 95 - A FOLIO FROM THE NASIR AL-DIN SHAH ALBUM Qajar Iran, circa 1888

Sold for £4,250

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Lot 96 - FIVE DECORATED DÉCOUPAGE BORDERS FROM THE NASIR AL-DIN SHAH ALBUM Qajar Iran, c. 1888

Sold for £1,375

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