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Asian & Islamic Works of Art (197)
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Lot 1THREE ILLUMINATED QUR'AN SECTIONS, CHINA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Sold for £500
Lot 2TWO ILLUMINATED QUR'AN SECTIONS, CHINA, CIRCA 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Unsold
Lot 3PERSIAN VERSES INCLUDING A GHAZAL OF ANVARI, SIGNED MUHAMMAD ABRISHAMI, SAFAVID PERSIA, 16TH CENTURY
Sold for £400
Lot 4VARIATION ON VERSES BY SALMAN SAVAJI, ATTRIBUTED TO MIR 'ALI, SAFAVID PERSIA, 16TH CENTURY
Sold for £450
Lot 5PERSIAN VERSES, PROBABLY COPIED BY 'ABD AL-RAZZAQ, SAFAVID PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY
Sold for £420
Lot 6PERSIAN VERSES FROM A GHAZAL OF 'AMIR KHUSRAU, SIGNED 'ABD AL-JABBAR, DATED 1738-9 AD
Sold for £700
Lot 7PERSIAN VERSES, SIYAH MASHQ, BY MIRZA 'ABBAS NURI, PERSIA, DATED AH1227/1812-13
Sold for £6,000
Lot 8VERSES FROM 'ATTAR'S ASRAR-NAMA AND SADI'S BUSTAN, BY ASADULLAH SHIRAZI, DATED AH1264/1847-8 AD
Sold for £600
Lot 9A QAJAR CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE, SIYAH MASHQ, TABRIZ, PERSIA, DATED 1861-2 AD
Lot 10A QAJAR CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE, SIYAH MASHQ, BY ALI NAQI, PERSIA, DATED AH1284/1867-8 AD
Lot 11A QAJAR CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE, SIYAH MASHQ, BY MIR HUSAYN, PERSIA, DATED 1862-3 AD
Sold for £1,500
Lot 12A QAJAR CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE, SIYAH MASHQ, BY 'ABD AL-RAHIM AFSHAR, PERSIA, DATED AH1295/1878 AD
Sold for £1,100
Lot 13AN OTTOMAN HILYA, TURKEY, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Sold for £2,800
Lot 14AN OTTOMAN QUR'AN, COPIED BY MEHMED HAKKI YUZBASI-ZADE, TURKEY, DATED 1869/70
Lot 15A QAJAR PAINTING OF ENTANGLED LOVERS, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 16THE HOUGHTON SHAHNAMEH, HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1981, 2 VOLS.
Sold for £800
Lot 17THE ARYAMEHR QUR'AN, IRAN, PUBLISHED 1965
Lot 18A QAJAR MINIATURE COPY OF MIRZA MUHAMMAD SADIQ NAMI'S 'LAYLI U MAJNUN', PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 19A QAJAR QUR'AN, COPIED BY ZAYN AL-DIN B. MUHAMMAD SALIH AL-ISFAHANI QAHDARIJANI, PERSIA, DATED 1810
Sold for £1,800
Lot 20A LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHE PENCASE, PERSIA, BY MUHAMMAD QALAMDANSAZ, DATED 1901-1902
Sold for £320
Lot 21A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE PENCASE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £1,000
Lot 22AN UNUSUALLY LARGE QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE PENCASE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £1,300
Lot 23A LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHE PENCASE, PERSIA, LATER SIGNED 'ABBAS SHIRAZI', DATED 1901-2
Lot 24A LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHE PENCASE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £380
Lot 25AN OVAL LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHE MIRROR CASE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 26A LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHE HINGED CASKET AND MIRROR CASE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £1,200
Lot 27A LARGE LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHE SCRIBES BOX, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 28A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE PENCASE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £540
Lot 29A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE PENCASE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 30A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE PENCASE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 31A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE PENCASE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £160
Lot 32A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE PENCASE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £280
Lot 33A LACQUERED PAPIER-MACHE HINGED BOX, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £1,400
Lot 34A PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL NOBLEMAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1700
Sold for £2,400
Lot 35AN AMOROUS COUPLE ON A TERRACE, MUGHAL, 18TH CENTURY
Sold for £4,500
Lot 36A LADY IN EUROPEAN DRESS HOLDING AN FRUIT, MUGHAL, PROBABLY LUCKNOW, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 37A LADY RECLINING ON A THRONE, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Sold for £750
Lot 38A NOBLEWOMAN WITH ATTENDANTS ON A TERRACE, MURSHIDABAD. CIRCA 1760-70
Sold for £3,000
Lot 39SHAYKH IBRAHIM ADHAM OF BALKH VISITED BY ANGELS, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 40A FOLIO PROBABLY FROM A SAT SAI SERIES, MEWAR, INDIA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Lot 41THREE FOLIOS FROM A DISPERSED RAMAYANA MANUSCRIPT, PAHARI, PERHAPS KASHMIR ARTIST, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 42A JAIN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO. GUJARAT, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £260
Lot 43A PAGE FROM A DISPERSED RAGAMALA SERIES, MARWAR, RAJASTHAN, FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Lot 44A LADY ON SEATED ON A TERRACE, KISHANGARH, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 45A MOONLIT TRYST, BUNDI, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Sold for £3,200
Lot 46AFTER WILLIAM HODGES 'THE GATEWAY AT RAJE MAHAL' AND 'A MOSQUE AT GAZIPOOR', 1785 AND 1787
Lot 47A BRASS GAMING PIECE IN THE FORM OF A SEPOY IN EUROPEAN UNIFORM, VIZAGAPATAM, CIRCA 1795
Sold for £4,200
Lot 48GENERAL SIR JAMES LILYMAN CALDWELL (1770-1863), TIPU'S FORT AT SAVENDROOG, CIRCA 1790-1795
Lot 49GENERAL SIR JAMES LILYMAN CALDWELL (1770-1863), TEMPLE AT AMBARSUNDRUM, TAMIL NADU, DATED 1808
Lot 50A DEPICTION OF THE MOTI MASJID, DELHI, CIRCA 1820
Lot 51A DETAIL OF THE PIETRA DURA DECORATION ON THE TAJ MAHAL, DELHI OR AGRA1820-30
Lot 52'TOWN AND PORT OF CALCUTTA', LONDON, 1848, AFTER CHARLES D'OYLY (BRITISH 1781-1845)
Sold for £650
Lot 53A STUDY OF A HUQQA BEARER, IN THE MANNER OF SHAIKH MUHAMMAD AMIR OF KARRAYA, CALCUTTA, CIRCA 1845
Lot 54FOUR TANJORE PAINTINGS OF COUPLES, SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1820-30
Sold for £2,000
Lot 55FIVE DEPICTIONS OF ASCETICS AND MENDICANTS, PATNA, CIRCA 1820-30
Lot 56A PARAKEET PERCHED ON A BRANCH, PATNA, CIRCA 1850-60
Lot 57A REVERSE GLASS PAINTING OF A DANCING GIRL, CHINESE ARTIST IN WESTERN INDIA, MID-19TH CENTURY
Sold for £1,900
Lot 58A DEPICTION OF A MARKET SCENE, AMRITSAR OR LAHORE, CIRCA 1860-70, IN THE MANNER OF BISHAN SINGH
Sold for £60,000
Lot 59TWO INDIAN CHAIRS FROM THE ELVEDEN ESTATE, BOMBAY, CIRCA 1850
Sold for £8,000
Lot 60A LARGE DEPICTION OF A BATTLE BETWEEN BURMESE AND SIAMESE ARMIES, THAI, CIRCA 1900
Lot 61A KALIGHAT PAINTING DEPICTING KRISHNA AND BALARAMA, BENGAL, INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Sold for £480
Lot 62FIVE LITHOGRAPHS OF HINDU DEITIES BY THE RAVI VARMA PRESS, MALAVLI, INDIA
Lot 63CHITTAPROSAD BHATTACHARYA (INDIAN 1915-1978)
Lot 64NIRODE MAZUMDAR (INDIA 1916-1982)
Lot 65SUNIL DAS (INDIA 1939-2015)
Lot 66SARBARI ROY CHOUDHURY (INDIA 1933-2012)
Sold for £3,800
Lot 67A KASHAN 'MINA'I' POTTERY BOWL, PERSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Sold for £5,500
Lot 68A NISHAPUR SLIP PAINTED BOWL, PERSIA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
Lot 69TWO NISHAPUR SLIP PAINTED BOWLS, PERSIA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
Lot 70A LARGE KASHAN LUSTRE BOWL, PERSIA, CIRCA 1200
Lot 71THREE SAFAVID POTTERY VESSELS, CIRCA 1700
Lot 72THREE KASHAN BOWLS, PERSIA, 13TH CENTURY
Lot 73THREE PERSIAN POTTERY BOWLS, 10TH-13TH CENTURIES
Lot 74A KASHAN LUSTRE BOWL, PERSIA, CIRCA 1200
Lot 75TWO SMALL SLIP PAINTED NISHAPUR BOWLS, PERSIA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
Sold for £350
Lot 76A LARGE UNGLAZED POTTERY FLASK, NORTH-EASTERN PERSIA, 14TH-15TH CENTURY
Lot 77A KASHAN TURQUOISE GLAZE POTTERY FIGURE OF A LION, PERSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Lot 78TWO SMALL KASHAN MONOCHROME GLAZED EWERS, PERSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Lot 79A KASHAN COBALT BLUE GLAZED BOTTLE, PERSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Lot 80A KASHAN SILHOUETTE-WARE EWER, PERSIA, CIRCA 1200
Sold for £300
Lot 81THREE PERSIAN POTTERY VESSELS, 15TH-19TH CENTURIES
Lot 82TWO KASHAN COBALT BLUE GLAZED BOWLS, PERSIA, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY
Lot 83AN IZNIK DISH, OTTOMAN ANATOLIA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Sold for £1,600
Lot 84THREE PERSIAN POTTERY VESSELS, 10TH-13TH CENTURIES
Lot 85A SMALL NISHAPUR BOWL, PERSIA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
Lot 86A NISHAPUR SLIP PAINTED BOWL, PERSIA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
Lot 87A LAJVARDINA CROSS TILE, PERSIA, 13TH/14TH CENTURY
Lot 88A KASHAN LUSTRE ZOOMORPHIC EWER, PERSIA, 12TH/13TH CENTURY
Sold for £900
Lot 89A SAFAVID BLUE AND WHITE BATH RASP, PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY
Lot 90A KASHAN BOWL, PERSIA, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY
Lot 91A NISHAPUR SPLASHWARE BOWL, PERSIA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY
Lot 92A NISHAPUR SLIP PAINTED BOWL, PERSIA, CIRCA 10TH CENTURY
Lot 93TWO SMALL RAQQA TURQUOISE GLAZE BOWLS, NORTHERN SYRIA, 13TH CENTURY
Lot 94A MAMLUK COBALT-BLUE GLASS COSMETIC FLASK, EGYPT OR SYRIA, CIRCA 13TH/14TH CENTURY
Lot 95AN ILKHANID STAR TILE, PERSIA, 14TH CENTURY
Lot 96A TIMURID TURQUOISE GLAZED BOWL, PERSIA, 15TH CENTURY