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Islamic and Indian Art

23 May 2023 | starting at 11:00 BST

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222 lots available

A Qur'an leaf written in kufic script on vellum Near East or North Africa, 9th-10th Century

Three lines in muhaqqaq script from a large Ilkhanid manuscript of the Qur'an Iraq, early 14th Century

A large and finely illuminated frontispiece from a manuscript of the Qur'an Mamluk Egypt or Syria, 14th Century

Sultan Muhammad, known as La'li, Diwan, copied by Muhammad (Mehmed) Muhyi, and bearing the seal of Sultan Bayezid II (reg. 1481-1512) Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 880/AD 1475-76

An illuminated Qur'an Safavid Persia, Shiraz, second half of the 16th Century

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama depicting Rustam, his horse impaled in a pit of spikes, killing Shaghad Persia, perhaps Isfahan, 17th Century

A court scene in an interior, with a young prince being served wine by attendants Persia, probably Mashhad, late 16th Century

A large illuminated album page with verses from Sa'di's Bustan, written in nasta'liq script Persia, late 16th Century

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of the Barzu-nameh of Shams al-Din Muhammad Kawsaj, depicting Faramarz lassooing Barzu Persia, perhaps Qazwin, circa 1550-70

A double-page, consisting of the first and last leaves from an illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry, with an attribution to, or possible signature of Mir 'Imad al-Hasani Persia, late 16th/early 17th century

A maiden, perhaps Shirin, kneeling and combing her hair by a stream in a landscape, attributed to the artist Abu'l Hasan Ghaffari al-Mustawfi Kashani Zand or Afsharid Persia, circa 1780

A maiden washing by a stream, attributed to the artist Abu'l Hasan Ghaffari al-Mustawfi Kashani Zand or Afsharid Persia, circa 1780

A Tartar warrior, holding a musical instrument, a spear and a bottle Persia, 18th-19th Century

A youth reading a poem in a garden Qajar Persia, 19th Century

Munajat Amir al-Mu'minin, prayers of the Imam 'Ali, an album of découpage calligraphy North India, 20th Century

Majnun brought to Layla's camp in chains by a beggar woman, after an illustration in Shah Tahmasp's manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa, by a follower of Haj Mirza Aqa Imami (1880-1955) Iran, 20th Century

A rare and early felt backed kilim mat Central Asia, 1st-3rd Century

A figural bronze sprinkler possibly Umayyad Syria or Palestine, 8th Century

A Khorasan niello bronze dish Persia, 12th/ 13th Century

A fine Seljuk niello gold gem-set bangle and gem-set gold ring Persia, 12th Century(2)

Three Kashan monochrome pottery bowls Persia, 12th Century(3)

Two Kashan lustre pottery bowls Persia, 12th/ 13th Century(2)

A mould-blown glass bottle Persia, 12th/ 13th Century

A calligraphic mould-blown glass bottle Persia, 12th/ 13th Century

Two woven silk fragments Middle East, 11th/ 12th Century(2)

A large Fars gold and silver-inlaid brass bowl Persia, 13th/ 14th Century

An Ayyubid brass magic bowl or 'poison cup' Egypt or Syria, 13th/ 14th Century

A Raqqa calligraphic pottery tile Syria, 12th/ 13th Century

A Timurid moulded pottery mihrab tile Central Asia, second half of the 14th Century

A Timurid cuerda seca pottery tile spandrel Samarkand, 1420-30 AD

A Mamluk tinned-copper dish with Hebrew inscription Egypt or Syria, 15th Century

A Mamluk brass bowl Egypt or Syria, 14th/ 15th Century

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