PAST AUCTION

12 June 2024 from 10:00 BST

Islamic & Indian Art

Featuring Indian Paintings from the Collection of William & Mildred Archer | 12345

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Indian Paintings from the Collection of William & Mildred Archer

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Islamic & Indian Art

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LOT 1

A SINGLE LEAF FROM A DISPERSED SELJUK MANUSCRIPT OF THE QUR’AN

PERSIA, 12TH CENTURY

£400 - £600

LOT 2

A BI-FOLIUM FROM A DISPERSED ILKHANID MANUSCRIPT OF THE QUR’AN

PERSIA, 14th CENTURY

£800 - £1,000

LOT 3

A BI-FOLIUM FROM A DISPERSED ILKHANID MANUSCRIPT OF THE QUR’AN

PERSIA, 14th CENTURY

£800 - £1,000

LOT 4

A BI-FOLIUM FROM A DISPERSED MANUSCRIPT OF THE QUR’AN WRITTEN IN BIHARI SCRIPT

SULTANATE INDIA, BIHAR, CIRCA 1425

£500 - £700

LOT 5

BI-FOLIUM FROM A DISPERSED SAFAVID MANUSCRIPT OF THE QUR’AN

PERSIA, HERAT, CIRCA 1590

£500 - £700

LOT 6

A SINGLE FOLIO FROM AN OTTOMAN MANUSCRIPT OF THE QUR’AN

TURKEY, 18th CENTURY

£500 - £700

LOT 7

AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QUR’AN COPIED BY ‘UMAR AL-ZUHDI

TURKEY, AH 1252 AH/ AD 1836/7

SOLD FOR £2,268

LOT 8

AN OTTOMAN QUR’AN

TURKEY, CIRCA 1850

SOLD FOR £580

LOT 9

AL-JAZULI, 'DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT WA SHAWRIQ AL-ANWAR', TWO COLOURED DIAGRAMS OF THE TOMB OF THE PROPHET AND THE MIHRAB IN THE MOSQUE OF THE PROPHET AT MEDINA

NORTH AFRICA, MOROCCO, 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £756

LOT 10

A KASHMIRI QUR’AN SECTION WITH DOUBLE ILLUMINATED FRONTISPIECE

INDIA, CIRCA 1830

SOLD FOR £693

LOT 11

AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A SAFAVID MANUSCRIPT OF FIRDAUSI’S SHAHNAMA DEPICTING THE MURDER OF SIYAVASH

PERSIA, CIRCA 1580-1600

£3,000 - £5,000

LOT 12

AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A SAFAVID MANUSCRIPT OF FIRDAUSI’S SHAHNAMA DEPICTING BAHRAM GUR WINNING THE THRONE BY DEFEATING TWO LIONS

PERSIA, DATED AH 975/ AD 1567

£3,000 - £5,000

LOT 13

A SINGLE FOLIO FROM A SAFAVID MANUSCRIPT OF SA’DI’S GULISTAN

PERSIA, 16TH/ 17TH CENTURY

£1,200 - £1,500

LOT 14

A SINGLE FOLIO FROM A SAFAVID MANUSCRIPT OF SA’DI’S GULISTAN

PERSIA, 16TH/ 17TH CENTURY

£1,200 - £1,500

LOT 15

A DIVAN OF TURKISH POETRY

OTTOMAN TURKEY, LATE 16th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £1,512

LOT 16

AN AUDIENCE WITH A RULER WITHIN A PALACE COURTYARD

PERSIA, 17th/18th CENTURY

£4,000 - £6,000

LOT 17

AN ABBASID BLUE ON WHITE POTTERY BOWL

MESOPOTAMIA, 9th / 10th CENTURY

£1,000 - £1,500

LOT 18

A SAMANID SLIP-PAINTED POTTERY BI-CHROME CALLIGRAPHIC BOWL

NISHAPUR, PERSIA, 10th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £1,223

LOT 19

AN ABBASID TIN-GLAZED POTTERY BOWL

MESOPOTAMIA OR PERSIA, 9th CENTURY

£6,000 - £8,000

LOT 20

A MINIATURE SAMANID SLIP-PAINTED POTTERY CALLIGRAPHIC BOWL

EAST PERSIA OR TRANSOXIANA, 11th CENTURY

£600 - £800

LOT 21

A SAMANID SLIP-PAINTED POTTERY CALLIGRAPHIC BOWL

EAST PERSIA OR TRANSOXIANA, 10th/ 11th CENTURY

£800 - £1,200

LOT 22

A SAMANID SLIP-PAINTED POTTERY BOWL

EAST PERSIA OR TRANSOXIANA, 10TH CENTURY

£1,500 - £2,000

LOT 23

A MINIATURE SAMANID SLIP-PAINTED POTTERY DISH WITH INTERLACE DESIGN

EAST PERSIA OR TRANSOXIANA, 10th CENTURY

£1,000 - £1,500

LOT 24

A FINE MINAI POTTERY BOWL DECORATED WITH COURT PLEASURES

PERSIA, CIRCA 1200

£6,000 - £8,000

LOT 25

A KHORASAN SILVER INLAID BRONZE INCENSE BURNER

PERSIA, 13th CENTURY

£3,000 - £5,000

LOT 26

A GARRUS-WARE POTTERY BOWL WITH LIONESS

PERSIA, 12th/ 13th CENTURY

£2,000 - £3,000

LOT 27

A RARE TIMURID OR EARLY SAFAVID CUERDA SECA POTTERY KUFIC TILE

PERSIA, 15th/ 16th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £8,820

LOT 28

A RARE TIMURID TINNED-COPPER DISH WITH THE TWELVE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC

PERSIA, 15th CENTURY

£8,000 - £12,000

LOT 29

AN IMPORTANT SET OF ILKHANID REPOUSSÉ SILVER-GILT HORSE TRAPPINGS

CENTRAL ASIA OR PERSIA, 14th CENTURY

£8,000 - £12,000

LOT 30

A RARE AND IMPORTANT MATCHING BRIDLE AND BREASTPLATE MOUNTED IN GOLD AND SILVER

PERSIA OR CENTRAL ASIA, 17th/ EARLY 18th CENTURY

£30,000 - £50,000

LOT 31

A MAMLUK ENGRAVED BRASS BOWL

EGYPT OR SYRIA 15th CENTURY

£1,500 - £2,000

LOT 32

A MAMLUK ENGRAVED BRASS BOWL

SYRIA OR EGYPT, 15TH CENTURY

£1,500 - £2,000

LOT 33

A MAMLUK ENGRAVED COPPER BOWL WITH VERSES FROM THE POET JUBAN AL-QAWWAS

SYRIA, 14th/ 15TH CENTURY

£1,000 - £1,500

LOT 34

A TIMURID OR MAMLUK TINNED-COPPER BASIN

WESTERN PERSIA OR SYRIA, 14TH/ 15TH CENTURY

£3,000 - £4,000

LOT 35

A LARGE TIMURID BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY DISH

PERSIA, 15th CENTURY

£1,000 - £1,500

LOT 36

A PAIR OF SAFAVID KUBACHI POTTERY TILES

PERSIA, 17th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £1,008

LOT 37

A MONUMENTAL SAFAVID BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY DISH

PERSIA, KIRMAN, 17th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £18,900

LOT 38

AN IZNIK ‘CINILI HAMAM’ HEXAGONAL BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY TILE

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1530-40

SOLD FOR £6,300

LOT 39

A STRIKING AND INTACT IZNIK POTTERY JUG DECORATED WITH CARNATIONS, POMEGRANATES & CINTEMANIS

TURKEY, CIRCA 1580

SOLD FOR £26,451

LOT 40

AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH WITH ‘KALEIDOSCOPE’ DESIGN

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580

£5,000 - £7,000

LOT 41

AN INTACT IZNIK POTTERY BORDER TILE

TURKEY, LAST QUARTER OF THE 16th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £8,190

LOT 42

A RARE OTTOMAN GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) PILGRIM FLASK (MATARA)

TURKEY, 17th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £30,000

LOT 43

A FINE OTTOMAN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED FLINTLOCK RIFLE

TURKEY, 18th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £8,820

LOT 44

A STEEL ARMGUARD WITH THE MARK OF THE OTTOMAN COURT ARSENAL

TURKEY, 16th CENTURY

£8,000 - £12,000

LOT 45

A RARE PAIR OF PORTRAITS DEPICTING AN OTTOMAN SULTAN AND SULTANA

CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 17th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £5,796

LOT 46

A SMALL OTTOMAN YATAGHAN

TURKEY, LATE 18th/ EARLY 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £1,386

LOT 47

AN OTTOMAN SILVER AND METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED LEATHER WALLET

TURKEY, DATED 1766

£4,000 - £6,000

LOT 48

AN OTTOMAN SILVER DISH WITH THE TUGHRA OF SULTAN ABDULHAMID II (R. 1876-1908)

TURKEY, DATED 1863

£1,500 - £2,000

LOT 49

JEAN FRANCOIS PORTAELS (BELGIAN, 1818-1895)

UNE JEUNE TURQUE

SOLD FOR £4,788

LOT 50

A MAMLUK-REVIVAL GLASS MOSQUE LAMP

19th CENTURY

£8,000 - £12,000

LOT 51

A FINE CANTAGALLI POTTERY BOTTLE DECORATED IN WHITE TULIPS AND GREEN CINTEMANIS AFTER AN EARLY IZNIK MASTERPIECE

ITALY, 19th CENTURY

£8,000 - £12,000

LOT 52

A SUPERB HEMISPHERICAL SAMSON POTTERY FOOTED BOWL AFTER AN EARLY IZNIK ‘MASTER OF THE KNOTS’ MASTERPIECE

FRANCE, 19th CENTURY

£8,000 - £12,000

LOT 53

MUZAFFAR AL-DIN SHAH (R. 1896-1907)

QAJAR PERSIA, CIRCA 1900

£5,000 - £7,000

LOT 54

A QAJAR MOULDED POTTERY TILE

PERSIA, 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £5,292

LOT 55

A PORTRAIT OF NADIR SHAH (R. 1736-1747)

PERSIA, LATE 18th/ EARLY 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £1,890

LOT 56

A PAIR OF QAJAR MOULDED POTTERY TILES

PERSIA, 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £1,512

LOT 57

TWO QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE PENBOXES (QALAMDAN)

PERSIA, 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £2,016

LOT 58

TWO QAJAR LACQUERED LEATHER PAPIER MACHE BOOK COVERS

PERSIA, 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £530

LOT 59

A DAMASCUS POTTERY BORDER TILE AND OTHER TILES

SYRIA, 16TH CENTURY

SOLD FOR £605

LOT 60

A PAIR OF DAMASCUS POTTERY TILES

SYRIA, 18th CENTURY

£800 - £1,200

LOT 61

A BOXED OTTOMAN MECCA COMPASS AND QIBLA INDICATOR

TURKEY, CIRCA 1930s/40s

SOLD FOR £630

LOT 62

A COLLECTION OF PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS RELATING TO STATE VISITS TO SAUDI ARABIA

21 PHOTOGRAPHS AND 3 POSTCARDS

£1,500 - £2,000

LOT 63

A GREY SCHIST FIGURE OF A STANDING BUDDHA

NORTHWESTERN INDIA, GANDHARA, 2nd/ 3rd CENTURY

SOLD FOR £12,600

LOT 64

AN OVERLIFE SIZED FINE GREY SCHIST HEAD OF BUDDHA

NORTHWESTERN INDIA, GANDHARA, 2nd/ 3rd CENTURY

SOLD FOR £62,701

LOT 65

A GREY SCHIST FRAGMENTARY RELIEF

NORTHWESTERN INDIA, GANDHARA, 3rd/ 4th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £504

LOT 66

A THANGKA OF AVALOKITESVARA

TIBET, 18th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £555

LOT 67

A RUBY BIRD PENDANT OR HAIR ORNAMENT

SOUTH INDIA, TAMIL NADU, 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £1,260

LOT 68

A SILVER ROSEWATER SPRINKER

INDIA, 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £630

LOT 69

AN INCENSE BURNER IN THE FORM OF A POMEGRANATE

INDIA, 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £378

LOT 70

B. MAJUMBDAR (INDIA, 20th CENTURY)

RIVER SCENE WITH SANDALWOOD TREE

SOLD FOR £240

LOT 71

AN INDIAN BRASS LOW TABLE

CHAGANAL & VRAIJLAL TRIBHOVAN, INDIA, GUJARAT, VISNAGAR, CIRCA 1898-1905

£600 - £800

LOT 72

A SILVER REPOUSSÉ THREE-PIECE TEASET WITH MAKERS MARK ‘VK’

NORTHWEST INDIA, KUTCH OR BOMBAY, CIRCA 1890

SOLD FOR £3,276

LOT 73

A RARE MUGHAL SILVER REPOUSSÉ FLOWER FLASK (GULDAN) NORTHERN INDIA, 17th CENTURY OR LATER.

NORTHERN INDIA, 17th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £8,820

LOT 74

A PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL RULER

INDIA, JAIPUR, FIRST HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £630

LOT 75

SHAH ABBAS THE GREAT (R. 1588-1629)

INDIA, DELHI, FIRST HALF OF 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £378

LOT 76

MAHARAJA AJIT SINGH RATHORE OF MARWAR (1679-1724)

INDIA, CIRCA 1800

SOLD FOR £4,284

LOT 77

A EUROPEAN TRAVELLER ON HORSEBACK IN A MOUNTAINOUS AND ARCHITECTURAL LANDSCAPE

MUGHAL INDIA, 17th CENTURY

£5,000 - £7,000

LOT 78

A COPPER ALLOY PROCESSIONAL STANDARD (ALAM)

INDIA, DECCAN, 19th CENTURY

£2,000 - £3,000

LOT 79

A MUGHAL JADE ARCHER’S RING

INDIA, 19th CENTURY

£600 - £800

LOT 80

A GOLD-DAMASCENED INSCRIBED STEEL PUSH DAGGER (KATAR)

INDIA, DATED AH 1235/ AD 1819-20

SOLD FOR £2,520

LOT 81

AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A JAIN MANUSCRIPT

SOUTH INDIA, 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £1,008

LOT 82

HINDU WARRIORS

INDIA, PROBABLY TRICHONOPOLY, CIRCA 1850

SOLD FOR £1,008

LOT 83

A PAIR OF KALIGHAT PAINTINGS

INDIA, CALCUTTA, LATE 19th/ EARLY 20th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £1,512

LOT 84

TWO JAGANNATH TEMPLE PAINTINGS

INDIA, ORISSA, PURI, CIRCA 1900-20

SOLD FOR £2,016

LOT 85

THE JAGANNATH TRIO

INDIA, ORISSA, PURI, LATE 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £945

LOT 86

THE JAGANNATH TRIO

INDIA, ORISSA, PURI, LATE 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £1,890

LOT 87

TWO SMALL JAGANNATH TRIO PAINTINGS

INDIA, ORISSA, PURI, LATE 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £756

LOT 88

THE JAGANNATH TRIO

INDIA, ORISSA, PURI, LATE 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £1,260

LOT 89

FOUR SMALL JAGANNATH TRIO PAINTINGS

INDIA, ORISSA, PURI, 19th CENTURY

SOLD FOR £819

LOT 90

'VEILED BRIDE WITH FISH’ BY A MAITHIL KAYASTH WOMAN

INDIA, BIHAR, DARBHANGA DISTRICT, DAREMA VILLAGE, CIRCA 1920-30

SOLD FOR £1,638

LOT 91

‘BRIDE WITH PARROT’ BY A MAITHIL KAYASTH WOMAN

INDIA, BIHAR, DARBHANGA DISTRICT, CIRCA 1920-30

SOLD FOR £882

LOT 92

TWO WALL DESIGNS BY A MAITHIL KAYESTH WOMAN

INDIA, BIHAR, DARBHANGA DISTRICT, CIRCA 1920-40

SOLD FOR £3,024

LOT 93

‘VEILED BRIDE WITH PARROT’ BY A MAITHIL KAYASTH WOMAN

INDIA, BIHAR, DARBHANGA DISTRICT, DAREMA VILLAGE, CIRCA 1920-30

SOLD FOR £1,260

LOT 94

‘BRIDE WITH FISH’ BY A MAITHIL KAYASTH WOMAN

INDIA, BIHAR, DARBHANGA DISTRICT, CIRCA 1920-30

SOLD FOR £1,386

LOT 95

‘AUSPICIOUS DEITEIS’ BY A MAITHIL KAYASTH WOMAN

INDIA, BIHAR, DARBHANGA, CIRCA 1920-40

SOLD FOR £3,024

LOT 96

‘KRISHNA HOLDING HIS FLUTE’ BY A MAITHIL KAYASTH WOMAN

INDIA, BIHAR DARBHANGA DISTRICT, KEOTI VILLAGE, CIRCA 1920-30

SOLD FOR £2,520

LOT 97

‘BRIDE WITH FAN’ BY A MAITHIL KAYASTH WOMAN

INDIA, BIHAR, DARBHANGA DISTRICT, DAREMA VILLAGE, CIRCA 1920-30

SOLD FOR £1,071

LOT 98

FOUR CASKET SECTIONS BY BOGI LAL MALI

INDIA, BIHAR, PURNEA DISTRICT, 1938

SOLD FOR £2,520

LOT 99

FOUR LANTERN SECTIONS BY BOGI LAL MALI

INDIA, BIHAR, PURNEA DISTRICT

SOLD FOR £2,142

LOT 100

A MALI LANTERN SECTION

INDIA, BIHAR, PURNEA DISTRICT

SOLD FOR £530