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Lot 1
A FOLIO FROM A TIMURID COPY OF THE SHAHNAMA, PERSIA, SECOND HALF 15TH CENTURY
Lot 3
AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM A SIGNED MASNAVI, PERSIAN OR OTTOMAN, CIRCA 1570-90
Lot 4
A CALLIGRAPHIC FOLIO ATTRIBUTED TO 'ABDULLAH AL-MURWARID, PERSIA, LATE 15TH CENTURY
Lot 5
A QUATRAIN FROM SADI'S GULISTAN, SIGNED MUHAMMAD HUSAYN AL-KASHMIR, PERSIA, DATED 1591-92
Lot 7
A FINE ILLUMINATED QUR'AN COPIED BY MUHAMMAD AL-ISFAHANI, PERSIA, DATED 1878-9
Lot 8
A QAJAR ILLUMINATED COPY OF THE QUR'AN, PERSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Lot 9
A CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE IN SHIKASTA, SIGNED 'ABD AL-MAJID, PERSIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Lot 10
A QUR'ANIC ILLUMINATED FOLIO, SIGNED GHULAM RIZA, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 12
A RARE QAJAR MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE, PERSIA , DATED 1ST AUGUST 1919
Lot 14
AN ILLUMINATED HAJJ CERTIFICATE, HYDERABAD, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 15
A SAFAVID DRAWING OF TWO FIGURES, IN THE STYLE OF RIZA-I ABBASI, PERSIA, CIRCA 1620
Lot 16
THE GATHERING OF THE FEAST OF SHAH ABBAS, PERSIA, DATED 1860-1
Lot 17
A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHE MIRROR CASE WITH A ROYAL PORTRAIT, PERSIA, DATED 1854-5
Lot 18
A MUGHAL MINIATURE OF A PRINCE VISITING A MYSTIC, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1590-1595
Lot 19
THE TRIAL BY FIRE OF SIYAVUSH, SUB-IMPERIAL MUGHAL, INDIA, CIRCA 1630
Lot 21
A COURT SCENE ON A TERRACE, DECCAN, HYDERABAD, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Lot 23
‡ A MUGHAL PRINCELY FIGURE, POSSIBLY DARA SHIKOH, INDIA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Lot 24
A SEATED LADY, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, PROBABLY AWADH, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1760
Lot 26
A PRINCELY FIGURE ON A PAVILIONED TERRACE, DELHI, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 27
A PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJA ARI SINGH, MEWAR, UDAIPUR, CIRCA 1765
Lot 29
A PORTRAIT OF MAHARANA BHIM SINGH OF UDAIPUR, MEWAR, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 34
A DEPICTION OF A COBBLER AND HIS WIFE, TANJORE, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820
Lot 35
A DEPICTION OF A HOOKAH BEARER AND HIS WIFE, TANJORE, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820
Lot 36
A DEPICTION OF A PRIEST AND HIS WIFE, TANJORE, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820
Lot 37
A DEPICTION OF THE FORT OF KOPPAL FORT, KARNATAKA, INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 38
A RARE SMALL PALA BRONZE FIGURE OF MARICI, BIHAR OR BENGAL, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
Lot 39
A SMALL JAIN BRONZE FIGURE OF RISHABHANATHA, TAMIL NADU, CIRCA 11TH/12TH CENTURY
Lot 40
AN ILLUMINATED FOLIO FROM JAMI'S HULYAT AL-HULAL, WESTERN PERSIA, LATE 15TH CENTURY
Lot 41
A SAFAVID DRAWING OF A HORSEMEN, IN THE STYLE OF REZA-I-ABBASI, PERSIA, CIRCA 1600
Lot 42
A 'KOFTGARI' PEN BOX, PROBABLY SIALKOT, PAKISTAN, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 44
A MUGHAL BRASS HUQQA BOTTLE, NORTHERN INDIA, PROBABLY LAHORE (NOW PAKISTAN), 18TH CENTURY
Lot 45
A MUGHAL CUERDA SECA TILE, FROM THE TOMB OF MADANI, SRINAGAR, MID-17TH CENTURY
Lot 46
A MUGHAL PORTRAIT OF A EUROPEAN BEAUTY, NORTH INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 47
A STANDING LADY, DECCAN, PROBABLY HYDERABAD, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 50
A MUGHAL CARVED BLACK JADE DAGGER HILT, INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 55
A SMALL SILVER-GILT BOX WITH THEWA WORK, PRATAPGARH, RAJASTHAN, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 56
A PORTRAIT OF PRITHVIRAJ RAJA CHAUHAN, MEWAR, PROBABLY UDAIPUR, CIRCA 1810
Lot 59
A PAITHAN PAINTING OF A KARALINGU SADDHUS, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 60
◉ AN EBONY AND EBONISED ROSEWOOD 'BATAVIAN' CHAIR, INDONESIA, CIRCA 1700
Lot 61
◉ A VIZAGAPATAM TABLE TOP DESK, SOUTH-EASTERN INDIA, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Lot 64
'GATE OF THE TOMB OF THE EMPEROR AKBAR, AT SECUNDRA, NEAR AGRA', 1795, AFTER THOMAS DANIELL
Lot 65
A POTTERY WITH THE VARIOUS UTENSILS IN GENERAL USE, AFTER A. W. DEVIS
Lot 80
‡ A NISHAPUR POTTERY BOWL, NORTH-EASTERN IRAN OR CENTRAL ASIA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
Lot 81
‡ A MAMLUK OR OTTOMAN IRON WINDOW GRILLE, LEVANT, 15TH/16TH CENTURY
Lot 85
A KHORASAN SILVER INLAID BRONZE CANDLESTICK SECTION, PERSIA, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY
Lot 86
A MONUMENTAL PAIR OF INLAID DOORS, EGYPT, 19TH CENTURY WITH 15TH CENTURY ELEMENTS
Lot 88
A TIMURID OCTAGONAL CUERDA SECA TILE, UZBEKISTAN, CENTRAL ASIA, 15TH CENTURY
Lot 90
‡ A TIMURID LUSTRE TILE, IRAN, DATED A.H.860/1455-56 A.D.
Lot 96
AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC TILE PROBABLY FROM THE DOME OF THE ROCK, JERUSALEM, MID-16TH CENTURY