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