Name: Auction: AN OTTOMAN QUR’AN TURKEY, CIRCA 1850
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 579 GBP
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Indian Art | Lots 67 to 83 | 12 June at 10am

Indian Paintings from the Collection of William & Mildred Archer | Lots 84 to 152 | 12 June at 10am

Islamic Art | Lots 1 to 66 | 12 June at 10am

Sale number: 12345We were delighted to present our inaugural auction of <a href="/departments/islamic-indian-art" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Islamic &amp; Indian Art</a> featuring Indian Paintings from the Collection of William &amp; Mildred Archer, led by Kristina Sanne on 12 June 2024.&nbsp; &nbsp;The sale was very well received and achieved a total of £950,000 (inclusive of premium).&nbsp; The auction included Indian Popular Paintings (Lots 84-109), some superb examples of paintings attributed to the Punjab Hills (Lots 121-131) and an exceptionally rare <a href="/auctions/islamic-and-indian-art-12345/lot/139" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">European and Chinese-inspired painting attributed to Surat, circa 1740</a> (Lot 139). Further highlights from other properties include an <a href="/auctions/islamic-and-indian-art-12345/lot/64" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">over life-size Gandharan grey schist Buddha Head</a> (Lot 64) formerly in the collection of Virginia Patton Moss (1925-2022), a monumental Safavid blue and <a href="/auctions/islamic-and-indian-art-12345/lot/37" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">white pottery dish</a> (Lot 37) that once formed the collection of the celebrated Islamic art academic, Arthur Lane (1909-1963), a selection of Iznik ceramics (Lots 38-41), and a rare and <a href="/auctions/islamic-and-indian-art-12345/lot/73" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">newly discovered Mughal repoussé silver flower flask or guldan</a> (Lot 73).&nbsp;Buyers Guide

Kate

Kristina Sanne | Islamic & Indian Art Specialist | Lyon & Turnbull Auctioneers

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comprising a selection of suras starting with Ya Sin and ending with al-Qadr, interspersed with glosses in Turkish, al-asma' al-husna (the 99 names of Allah), etc., Arabic manuscript on cream and pink laid paper, approx. 70 folios, 11 lines to the page written in black naskh script, opening bifolium and al-asma' al-husna each with polychromatic floral headpiece, opening bifolium with text written within gold cloud-bands, text framed within concentric gold and red borders, sura-headings in red with polychromatic arabesque vignettes either side, recitation markings and key words and phrases in red, roundel verse-markings in gilt, contemporary gilt leather filigree binding with envelope flap, neatly rebacked with cloth, corrosion of paper from pigments used in decorative borders causing numerous text-panels to detach. Together with an unidentified Persian manuscript, probably poetry, copied in India, 19th century, and a cutting from a medieval manuscript in Latin, possibly 13th century, 7.5 x 16cm, in a rounded bookhand, paraphs in red and blue, ruled in plummet

TURKEY, CIRCA 1850

AN OTTOMAN QUR’AN

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AN OTTOMAN QUR’AN

TURKEY, CIRCA 1850

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