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Islamic and Indian Art

26 October 2020 | starting at 11:00 GMT

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296 lots available

Maktabi Shirazi, Layla and Majnun, with nine illustrations Persia, in the city of Hamadan, late 19th Century (in the month of Dhi'l-qa'dah)

Abu Nasr Farahi bin Abi Bakr bin Husain Sajzi Adibi (d. 1242), Nisab al-Sibiyan, a versified Arabic-Persian glossary for teaching children Arabic grammar, copied by 'Abd al-Nabi al-Shirazi Persia, mid-19th Century

Mirza Rafi' al-Din Muhammad Qazvini, known as al-Va'iz (d. AH 1089/AD 1678-89), Abvab al-Jinan, vol. I (of 8), an ethical work based on the Qur'an and the moral precepts of the Imams, copied by Aqa Ahmad, commissioned by Aqa Muhammad Masih, son of the deceased Aqa Ashraf Qajar Persia, dated Shawwal 1230/September-October 1815

A calligraphic composition written in nasta'liq script Persia, 17th Century and later

Two illuminated leaves from a manuscript of Persian poetry relating to the Prophet Muhammad Kashmir, 19th Century(2)

Muhammad bin Murtada, better known as Muhsin, al-Mafatih al-Sharayi'a, on Islamic law, originally composed in AH 1042/AD 1633-34 Qajar Persia, dated AH 1230/AD 1814-15

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) depicting Europeans in 17th Century dress Persia, 18th Century

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) by Najaf 'Ali Isfahani Persia, dated AH 1265/ AD 1848-9

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) by Ibrahim Persia, late 19th/early 20th Century

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) depicting Christian scenes signed by Ahmad Persia, dated AH 1313/AD 1895-96

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) by Muhammad Husain Persia, circa 1850-70

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) depicting young dervishes, possibly by Sani' al-Mulk Persia, 19th Century

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) depicting the Madonna and Child after Sassoferrato, by Abbas Shirazi Persia, dated AH 1278/AD 1861-62

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan), signed by Ahmad ibn Mirza Hasan Persia, dated AH 126[0]/AD 1844-45

A Qajar lacquer calligraphic penbox (qalamdan), presented to Husayn Quli Khan Persia, late 19th Century

A fine Zand lacquer mirror case and tool box by Hasan Khodad Persia, dated AH 1192 (AD 1759-60)

A Zand or Qajar lacquer mirror case depicting the Holy Family possibly by Muhammad Sadiq Persia, 18th/ 19th Century

A Qajar lacquer box containing a set of portable merchant's weights and scales Persia, 19th Century

A Qajar lacquer box containing a set of portable merchant's weights and scales Persia, dated AH 1253/ AD 1837-38

A Qajar lacquer box by Ma'sum 'Ali Persia, dated AH 1325/AD 1907

A Safavid walrus ivory-hilted dagger (kard) Persia, 17th/ 18th Century

An Umayyad Gold Dinar from the reign of 'Abd al-Malik (AD 685-705) probably Damascus, dated AH 77/AD 696-697

An Umayyad carved marble panel Cordoba, probably Medinat al-Zahra', 10th Century

A Nishapur slip-painted pottery bowl Persia, 10th Century

A minai pottery bowl Persia, 12th/ 13th Century

A Raqqa pottery bowl Syria, 13th Century

A group of Timurid underglaze-painted pottery border tiles Persia, 15th Century(8)

A Khorasan bronze rosewater bottle Persia, 10th Century

A Khorasan silver and copper-inlaid bronze tray Persia, 13th Century

A Fars silver-inlaid brass bowl Persia, 14th Century

A Fars silver-inlaid brass bowl Persia, 14th Century

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