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A rare and fine Mother-of-Pearl and black lac overlaid wood Tray Gujarat, late 16th/ early 17th CenturyA rare and fine Mother-of-Pearl and black lac overlaid wood Tray Gujarat, late 16th/ early 17th Century. Sold for £962,500 inc. premium

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A Qur'an leaf written in large bold kufic script on vellum Abbasid, mid-9th Century
A Qur'an leaf written in kufic script on vellum Abbasid, 9th-10th Century
An illuminated Qur'an section Persia, late 16th Century
An illuminated Qur'an Ottoman Turkey, second half of the 16th Century
A Qur'an section, including two illuminated headings of sura XLII, al-Shura, Consultation (also known as 'Ain sin qaf), and sura XLIV, al-Dukkan, Smoke or Mist probably Ottoman Turkey, 15th Century
A court beauty Ottoman Turkey, in the style of Levni, circa 1710-20
Forty prophetic hadith of the Prophet concerning the Imam 'Ali, copied by Salim al-Mashhadi, and dedicated to Shah Tahmasp Safavid Persia, dated Ah 949/AD 1542-43
A large illustrated leaf from a dispersed manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting the armies of Shida, son of Piran and of Kay Khusrau, meeting in the Khwarazm Desert Persia, probably Shiraz, circa 1550
An illustrated leaf from a dispersed manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama depicting Afrasiyab about to cut off the head of Nawdhar Persia, 16th Century
An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Hojir before Sohrab at an encampment surrounded by their troops Persia, 17th Century(3)
An illustrated leaf from a dispersed manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Farud in battle with the Iranians, attributed to Mu'in Musavvir or his workshop Safavid Persia, Isfahan, circa 1650(2)
Amir Khusrau Dehlavi, Khamsa, Five Poems Safavid Persia, late 17th/early 18th Century
An illuminated folio from a manuscript of the Jam-e Jam of Awhad al-Din Maraghi'i (d. 1338) Safavid Persia, 16th Century
An album page with calligraphy in nasta'liq script Persia, circa 1600
An album page of calligraphy in nasta'liq script, probably from a dispersed manuscript of the Sayings of the Imam 'Ali, signed by Mir 'Ali Tabrizi Persia, 16th Century
An illuminated Qur'an copied by Ibrahim Dha'ifi, a pupil of Katani-zadeh Ottoman Turkey, late 18th/19th Century
An illuminated Qur'an copied by Mulla Muhammad India, 18th Century
An illuminated Qur'an copied by Ibn Hasan Muhammad Isfahani India, perhaps Deccan, first half of the 18th Century
A Qur'an South-East Asia, probably Indonesia, late 19th Century(2)
A calligraphic composition, by Hasan Zarrin Qalam, calligrapher at the court of Nasr-al-Din Shah Qajar and Muzaffar-al-Din Shah Qajar, in gulzar style, with invocations to Allah, Muhammad, 'Ali and Hasan and Husain, commissioned by the merchant Haji Mirza Ja'far Aqa-i Tabrizi Qajar Persia, dated muharram 1326/February 1908
A wrongdoer publicly executed, watched by high officials, members of the clergy and other onlookers Qajar Persia, second half of the 19th Century
An illuminated calligraphic panel consisting of sura al-Fatihah written in nasta'liq script, copied by Ghulam Reza Persia, mid-19th Century
A large calligraphic composition by Niyaz Kerim Shaerqi China, second half of the 20th Century/21st Century
A Nishapur calligraphic slip-painted pottery Dish Persia, 10th Century
A large Sassanian facet-cut glass Bowl Persia or Mesopotamia, 5th-7th Century
An Abbasid lustre pottery Bowl Mesopotamia, 10th Century
A large Nishapur buffware pottery Bowl Persia, 10th Century
A Minai overglaze-painted pottery Bowl Persia, 12th/ 13th Century
A large Fatimid incised pottery Bowl Egypt, 12th Century
A Kashan lustre pottery Star Tile Persia, 12th/ 13th Century
A Kashan lustre figural pottery Bowl Persia, 13th Century
A Kashan monochrome pottery tile Panel Persia, 12th/ 13th Century(165)
An unusual Mamluk underglaze-painted pottery Bowl Egypt or Syria, 15th Century
A group of Fatimid gold Beads Egypt or Syria, 11th Century(11)
A pair of Seljuk filigree gold Earrings Persia, 12th Century
Two Golden Horde repoussé gold Fittings Central Asia, 13th Century(2)
A Qara Qoyunlu hinged gold Seal of Sa'dat Sultan North west Persia, 15th Century
A rare Umayyad bronze Candlestick Spain, 10th Century
An early Islamic bronze Ewer Persia or Mesopotamia, 8th/ 9th Century
A Khorasan copper-inlaid bronze Ewer Persia, 12th/ 13th Century
A Khorasan openwork bronze Incense Burner in the form of a Bird Persia, 12th Century
A Timurid tinned copper Bowl Persia, late 14th Century
A Safavid engraved brass Magic Bowl Persia, dated AH 951/AD 1544
A Safavid tinned-copper Vase Persia, 17th Century
A Safavid pierced gilt-steel Plaque Persia, dated AH 1109/AD 1697-98
A Safavid inscribed jade Pendant Persia, 17th Century
A Qajar silver-mounted inscribed carnelian Armband (bazuband) Persia, 19th Century
A Nasrid woven silk Panel Spain, 15th Century
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