Auction Location: London, UK
The sales include sculpture, bronzes, metalwork, textiles and paintings representative of the richly varied styles seen across the Indian subcontinent, from early Buddhist and Jain art to Mughal and European-influenced works of art of the colonial era.
Works of art from all parts of the Islamic world, from Morocco in the west, through the Middle East, Persia and Central Asia to muslim China and South East Asia in the East are included in the sale. Objects range in date from the early centuries of Islam to the early 20th century at a wide range of price levels.
The sales also include Khmer, Thai and Javanese sculpture and bronzes, textiles from the Indonesian islands, Thai ceramics, Burmese lacquer and Buddhist manuscripts. Works of art range from the early Indian-influenced styles from 9th century Java to the elaborate carved and lacquered woodwork from Colonial Burma.
For full details of bibliographic references, see pages 192-193 of the page turning and printed versions of the catalogue.
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Lot 1 - HUSAYN WA-IZ AL-KASHAFI (D.1504-5), QUR'ANIC COMMENTARY, PERSIA OR INDIA, 16TH/17TH CENTURY
Lot 2 - ALI AL-QARI AL-HARAWI (D. 1605-06), AL-HIZB AL-A'ZAM, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1723-4 A.D.
Lot 5 - KHWAJA 'ABDULLAH ANSARI (D.1088), MUNAJAT, PROBABLY AFGHANISTAN, DATED 1883
Lot 7 - FARUD KILLS RIVNIZ, BUT BAHRAM SAVES HIS CROWN, SAFAVID PERSIA, QAZVIN
Lot 8 - THE IRANIAN WARRIOR QARIN KILLS THE TURANIAN SHAMASAS, SAFAVID PERSIA, QAZVIN
Lot 9 - SOHRAB ASKING HOJIR TO IDENTIFY THE IRANIAN MILITARY LEADERS, SAFAVID PERSIA, QAZVIN
Lot 10 - A QAJAR DRAWING OF A TURBANNED MAN, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 11 - A PAIR OF QAJAR BOOK COVERS IN A SAFAVID STYLE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 12 - A LARGE LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE DECORATED BOOK COVER, PERSIA OR INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Lot 13 - A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE BOX AND COVER, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 14 - A PAIR OF QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE BOOK COVERS, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 15 - A PAIR OF OTTOMAN BOOK COVERS, TURKEY, DATED 1757-8, SIGNED EL-SEYYID MUSTAFA EDIRNI
Lot 16 - THE TRIAL BY FIRE OF SIYAVUSH, SUB-IMPERIAL MUGHAL, INDIA, CIRCA 1630
Lot 17 - AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA, BHAIRAVA RAGA, MANKOT, INDIA, CIRCA 1720-30
Lot 21 - TWO DRAWINGS OF PRINCELY FIGURES, BIKANER, NORTHERN INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 22 - A PAGE FROM A POLIER ALBUM, NORTHERN INDIA, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY AND LUCKNOW, CIRCA 1775
Lot 23 - A DEPICTION OF A LADY HOLDING A MAN'S SEVERED HEAD, MUGHAL, INDIA, 18TH CENTURY
Lot 24 - AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA: TODI RAGINI, JAIPUR, NORTHERN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 25 - A DEPICTION OF A PRINCESS SEATED ON A TERRACE, HYDERABAD, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1830
Lot 26 - A DEPICTION OF SIXTEEN COURTLY FIGURES, MANDI, CIRCA 1780-90
Lot 27 - A PORTRAIT OF RAJA PRATAP SINGH OF JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 28 - A DEPICTION OF A SEATED LADY PERFORMING PUJA, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 1800
Lot 29 - EIGHT NOBLEMEN RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FROM VALLABHACHARYA, NATHDWARA, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 30 - A SCHEMATISED DEPICTION OF A JAIN COSMIC MAN, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GUJARAT, WESTERN INDIA
Lot 31 - A REPRESENTATION OF JAIN COSMOLOGY, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GUJARAT, WESTERN INDIA
Lot 32 - A TANTRIC DURGA YANTRA, PROBABLY RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 34 - A DEPICTION OF THE CHILD KRISHNA LYING ON A BANYAN LEAF, TAMIL NADU, CIRCA 1830
Lot 35 - A SCENE FROM THE RAMAYANA, WESTERN INDIA, GUJARAT, MID-18TH CENTURY
Lot 37 - AN ELABORATELY PAINTED WOOD PANEL, PROBABLY BIKANER, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1750-70
Lot 38 - ◉ A PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJAH UDIT NARAYAN SINGH (R.1795-1835), BENARES, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 39 - A DEPICTION OF A FAKIR (BENAVA), LUCKNOW, INDIA, CIRCA 1815-20
Lot 40 - A MINIATURE PAINTING OF A LARGE TROUPE OF ACROBATS, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Lot 42 - SIX PAINTINGS OF FIGURES AND SCENES, TRICHINOPOLY, SOUTH INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Lot 44 - BAILLIE, WILLIAM (1752/3-1799), THREE PRINTS FROM 'VIEWS OF CALCUTTA', CALCUTTA, 1794
Lot 45 - A ROMAN BLUE GLASS SPHERICAL BODIED CINERARY URN, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Lot 47 - FOUR ROMAN PALE GREEN GLASS VESSELS, CIRCA 1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
Lot 50 - SIX CYPRIOT POTTERY VESSELS, IRON AGE, CIRCA 1000-650 B.C.
Lot 51 - A ROMAN PALE BLUE GLASS BEAKER, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Lot 54 - A ROMAN MOSS GREEN GLASS OVAL DISH, CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
Lot 57 - TWO ROMAN AMBER GLASS VESSELS, CIRCA 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
Lot 59 - FIVE PALE BLUE AND GREEN GLASS VESSELS, CIRCA 2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
Lot 61 - A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF ROMAN GLASS OBJECTS, 1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
Lot 62 - A COLLECTION OF MOSTLY ISLAMIC GLASS AND POTTERY VESSELS AND FRAGMENTS, 4TH-14TH CENTURIES
Lot 63 - THREE BYZANTINE BRONZE SPOONS, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, 6TH-9TH CENTURY A.D.
Lot 64 - AN ATTIC SAINT VALENTIN CLASS RED-FIGURE KANTHAROS, CIRCA 450 B.C.
Lot 65 - A MINIATURE APULIAN RED-FIGURE BELL CRATER, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
Lot 66 - A ROMAN PALE GREEN GLASS SPRINKLER FLASK, CIRCA 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
Lot 67 - A ROMAN GREEN GLASS SPRINKLER FLASK, CIRCA 3RD/4TH CENTURY A.D.
Lot 68 - A ROMAN PURPLE GLASS SPRINKER FLASK, CIRCA 3RD/4TH CENTURY A.D.
Lot 69 - TWO ROMAN DARK GREEN GLASS UNGUENTARIA, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Lot 70 - A LATE ROMAN OR BYZANTINE COLOURLESS GLASS VESSEL, 4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D.
Lot 71 - TWO ROMAN GREEN GLASS DOUBLE BALSAMARIA, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D.
Lot 73 - THREE ROMAN PALE GLASS VESSELS, CIRCA 2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D.
Lot 74 - A ROMAN PALE GREEN ELONGATED GLASS FLASK, CIRCA 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
Lot 75 - THREE ROMAN CYLINDRICAL GLASS VESSELS, CIRCA 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D.
Lot 76 - A ROMAN MANGANESE PURPLE GLASS BEAKER, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Lot 79 - AN ATTIC BLACK FIGURE AMPHORA, MAINLAND GREECE, CIRCA 540-520 B.C.
Lot 80 - A ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT DEPICTING A DANCING SATYR, 2ND/3RD CENTURY A.D.
Lot 81 - A BAMIYAN TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY BOWL, PROBABLY AFGHANISTAN, CIRCA 1200
Lot 84 - FOUR KASHAN TURQUOISE GLAZED VESSELS, PERSIA, 13TH CENTURY
Lot 89 - A KHORASAN SILVER INLAID BRONZE INKWELL, CIRCA 13TH CENTURY
Lot 91 - TWO CARVED WOODEN CORBELS, SPAIN OR NORTH AFRICA, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY
Lot 92 - TWO MARINID MARBLE ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS, MOROCCO, CIRCA 14TH CENTURY
Lot 93 - A MAMLUK ENGRAVED BRASS BASIN, EGYPT OR SYRIA, 14TH CENTURY
Lot 94 - AN ENGRAVED BRASS EWER, PROBABLY DECCAN, SOUTHERN INDIA, CIRCA 1500
Lot 95 - AN OTTOMAN PARCEL GILT SILVER PENCASE (DIVIT), BY HASAN RIZA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Lot 96 - A QAJAR ENAMELLED SILVER NARGILEH BASE, PERSIA, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY