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Islamic and Indian Art

21 April 2015 | starting at 10:30 BST

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A fragmentary leaf from a dispersed monumental manuscript of the Qur'an in kufic script on vellum Probably Abbasid, 9th Century

A large illuminated Qur'an, by repute taken from the baggage of Nana Sahib after his defeat in the Mutiny of 1857 Sultanate India, late 15th/early 16th Century

A large Qur'an with the text incised on interlinked palm leaves in a contemporary binding painted with the names of the Four Caliphs Southeast Asia, probably present-day Malaysia or Indonesia, dated AH 1331/AD 1912-13

An illuminated Safavid Qur'an, in a lacquer binding signed by Ibrahim Persia, dated Rajab 1091/July-August 1680

A Safavid nasta'liq calligraphic album page, signed by 'Imad al-Hasani Persia, dated AH 1014/AD 1605

A book of prayers including Awrad al-Qadiriyah, Awrad al-Fathiyah, and Awrad Naqshibandiyah, prayers according to the Qadiriyah, Fathiyah and Naqshibandi sufi orders, commissioned for Sayyid Abdul-Qadir Khan, copied by Ahsanullah [?] al-Qadir al-Kashmiri North India, probably Kashmir, dated 10th Dhu al-Qa'da 1209/29th May 1795

An illuminated Qur'an copied by Husain al-As'ad, a pupil of Sayyid Ahmad al-Zarifi Ottoman Empire, Shumen, north-east Bulgaria, dated 29th Rajab 1272/AD 1855-56

An illuminated manuscript of selected verses from the Qur'an and prayers copied by al-Sayyid Hamed, better known as Hamdi-zadeh Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1278/AD 1861-62

A view of Tripoli, Libya, signed by Huseyn Tevfiq Libya, dated AH 1300/AD 1882

Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa Shawariq al-Anwar, prayers, illustrated with two diagrams of the holy sites in the cities of Mecca and Medina Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1259/AD 1843-44

Risalat Najat al-Musallin al-Khashi'in, prayers Ottoman Turkey, 18th/19th Century

A portrait of a certain Muhammad Aqa Mirza Sultan al-'Ulama Persia, mid-19th Century

An elderly man, probably a Christian saint Qajar Persia, probably Isfahan, mid-19th Century

A portrait of a princely official, perhaps Husain 'Ali Khan Mu'ayyir al-Mamalik, an official of Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar, standing in an interior Qajar Persia, studio of Abu'l Hassan Ghaffari, circa 1860

A lady seated by a window ledge with her child at her feet, in the style of Muhammad Hasan Qajar Persia, late 19th Century

A polychrome lacquer papier mache penbox (qalamdan), signed by Najaf 'Ali Qajar Persia, probably Isfahan, dated AH 1272/AD 1855-56

A Qajar lacquer papier-mâché Mirror Case depicting erotic scenes Persia, 19th Century

A large Samanid slip-painted pottery Bowl Persia, 10th Century

Two large Ghaznavid moulded pottery Tiles Persia, 12th/ 13th Century(2)

A Samanid slip-painted pottery Bowl Persia, 10th Century

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A large Fatimid incised pottery Bowl Egypt, 12th Century

A group of Ilkhanid lustre pottery Star Tiles Persia, 14th Century(6)

A Kashan monochrome moulded pottery Tile Persia, 12th Century

A group of twenty six Abbasid mosaic-glass Gaming Pieces Mesopotamia, 9th Century(26)

A Fatimid woven linen Fragment (tiraz) Egypt, 11th/ 12th Century

A Khorasan bronze finial in the form of a Feline North-East Persia, 12th Century

A Khorasan silver inlaid bronze Document Holder Persia, 12th Century

A set of Golden Horde silver-gilt Belt Fittings Persia or Central Asia, 14th Century(23)

A Samanid group of repousse gold Belt Fittings Eastern Persia, 9th/ 10th Century(31)

A rare enamelled bronze Rosewater Sprinkler probably Persia, 12th/ 13th Century

A Mamluk silver-inlaid brass Candlestick Egypt or Syria, late 13th/ early 14th Century

A silver-inlaid brass Candlestick Persia or Mesopotamia, 14th Century

A group of fourteen Timurid calligraphic wood Panels Persia, 15th Century(14)

A rare double-sided carved wood Screen probably Ayyubid Egypt, 13th Century

A Nasrid ebony- and ivory-inlaid wood Games Board Spain, 15th Century

A rare Timurid openwork bronze Lantern Persia, 15th Century

A large Timurid moulded cuerda seca pottery Tile Samarkand, late 14th Century

A group of Timurid underglaze painted pottery Tiles Persia, 15th Century(29)

A group of Timurid underglaze painted pottery Tiles Persia, 15th Century(7)

A large Timurid underglaze painted blue and white pottery Dish Persia, 15th Century

A group of Timurid cuerda seca pottery star Tiles Persia, 15th Century

A Timurid carved pottery Tile fragment Samarkand, 14th Century

A Mamluk sgraffiato pottery Dish Egypt, 14th Century

A Mamluk underglaze painted pottery Tile Egypt or Syria, first half of the 15th Century

A Safavid cuerda seca pottery Tile Persia, 17th Century

An unusual Safavid cuerda seca pottery Tile Persia, 17th Century

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