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11 June 2025 from 10:00 BST

Islamic & Indian Art

Sale Number: 850

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Kristina Sanne

Head of Sale

Islamic & Indian Art

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05 - 07 & 09 - 10 June 2025

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A SAMANID SLIP-PAINTED POTTERY BI-CHROME CALLIGRAPHIC BOWL

CENTRAL ASIA, 10TH CENTURY

A KUFIC QUR'AN BIFOLIO

NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH CENTURY

A SINGLE FOLIO IN EASTERN KUFIC SCRIPT FROM A DISPERSED MANUSCRIPT OF THE QUR'AN

PERSIA, 11TH/ 12TH CENTURY

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

A FATIMID BLUE-GLASS COMPOSITE NECKLACE

EGYPT OR SYRIA, 10TH CENTURY

A FATIMID ROCK CRYSTAL COMPOSITE NECKLACE

EGYPT OR SYRIA, 10TH CENTURY

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

A RARE AND EARLY ISLAMIC CARVED LAPIS LAZULI ELEPHANT CHESS PIECE

WESTERN ASIA, PROBABLY EASTERN KHORASAN, 10TH/ 11TH CENTURY

AN ABBASID OR FATIMID CARVED ROCK CRYSTAL CHESS PIECE

EGYPT OR NEAR EAST, 9TH/ 10TH CENTURY

AN EARLY ISLAMIC MINIATURE GLASS PERFUME BOTTLE

WESTERN ASIA, PROBABLY PERSIA, 9TH/ 10TH CENTURY

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

AN EARLY ISLAMIC FACETED MINIATURE PERFUME BOTTLE

WESTERN ASIA, PROBABLY PERSIA, 9TH - 11TH CENTURY

Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800

AN EARLY ISLAMIC MINIATURE GLASS PERFUME BOTTLE

WESTERN ASIA, 8TH/ 9TH CENTURY

Estimate: £600 - £800

AN ABBASID MINIATURE 'MILLEFIORI' GLASS COSMETIC DISH

MESOPOTAMIA, PROBABLY SAMARA, 9TH CENTURY

Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000

AN ABBASID MINIATURE 'MILLEFIORI' GLASS COSMETIC DISH

MESOPOTAMIA, PROBABLY SAMARA, 9TH CENTURY

Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000

A STRIKING KASHAN MONOCHROME MOULDED POTTERY JUG

PERSIA, 12TH/ 13TH CENTURY

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000

AN ISLAMIC MOULDED BLUE GLASS BOTTLE

CENTRAL ASIA, SAMARKAND, 12TH CENTURY

Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500

A MAMLUK ENGRAVED CANDLESTICK BASE

EGYPT OR SYRIA, 14TH CENTURY

A MAMLUK 'VENETO-SARACENIC' ENGRAVED BRASS DISH

EGYPT OR SYRIA, 15TH CENTURY

A LARGE AND FINELY ILLUMINATED FRONTISPIECE FROM A MANUSCRIPT OF THE QUR'AN

SYRIA OR EGYPT, 14TH CENTURY

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

A LARGE TIMURID ILLUMINATED QUR'AN COPIED BY SIBAWAYEH I-KUNJI

PERSIA, DATED AH 883/ AD 1478-9

A RARE ILKHANID OR GOLDEN HORDE SILVER CASKET

CENTRAL ASIA, 14TH/ 15TH CENTURY

Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000

A STRIKING TIMURID BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY DISH

PERSIA, TABRIZ, 15TH CENTURY

AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A DISPERSED MANUSCRIPT OF FIRDAUSI'S SHAHNAMEH: RUSTAM SAVES BIZHAN FROM A WELL

CENTRAL ASIA, BOKHARA, CIRCA 1670

A SAFAVID DRAWING WITH ILLUMINATED MOUNTS

PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

A NASTA'LIQ PANEL OR QIT'A

PERSIA, SIGNED MUHAMMAD ZAHID SAMARKANDI, DATED AH 1001/ AD 1592-3

Estimate: £800 - £1,200

A QAJAR GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL EWER AND BASIN

PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000

A RARE QAJAR GILT-COPPER HELMET DECORATED WITH HUNTING SCENES

PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

A STRIKING PAIR OF QAJAR CUERDA-SECA POTTERY TILES: COURTIERS IN A GARDEN AND POLO PLAYERS

PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000

A QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED AND ENGRAVED STEEL SHIELD

PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM FIRDAWSI'S SHAHNAMEH: THE BATTLE BETWEEN TUS, SON OF NAWZAR, AND HUMAN

QAJAR PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £400 - £600

ROSES AND A NIGHTINGALE OR GUL-O-BULBUL

QAJAR PERISIA, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000

A QAJAR PIERCED BRASS CASKET WITH MYTHICAL FIGURES

PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500

A QAJAR ENGRAVED BRASS CANDLESTICK

PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

A QAJAR GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL EWER

PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

A MUGHAL STYLE EWER MADE FOR THE QAJAR MARKET

INDIA AND PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

A LARGE QAJAR TINNED-COPPER ENGRAVED VASE

PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500

A QAJAR UNDERGLAZE PAINTED POTTERY JAR DEPICTING COURT PLEASURES

PERSIA, SIGNED BY 'USTAD SAFER ALI', 19TH CENTURY

A QAJAR UNDERGLAZE PAINTED POTTERY BLUE AND WHITE JAR

PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

A MAN CARRYING A WHITE SACK AND A SEATED LADY CRUSHING HERBS AND SPICES

PERSIA, MEHDI TAYEB, MID-20TH CENTURY

Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000

A SUITE OF BOHEMIAN GLASSWARE MADE FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET

FRANCE, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800

AN ILLUMINATED OPENING BI-FOLIUM OF AN OTTOMAN PRAYER BOOK (DALA'IL AL-KHAYRAT)

TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE

TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

A STRIKING OTTOMAN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHER'S DIPLOMA (IJAZEH OR ICAZETNAME)

TURKEY, AWARDED TO HASAN SAKIR AL-NAZMI, DATED AH 1266/ AD 1849-50

Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000

A RARE OTTOMAN WOOD PANEL WITH THE IMPERIAL COAT OF ARMS OF SULTAN ABDULHAMID II (R. 1876-1909)

TURKEY, CIRCA 1900

Estimate: £7,000 - £10,000

AN EXTREMELY RARE IZNIK POTTERY TILE FROM THE CINILI HAMAM

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1540

AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE FRAGMENT

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1570

AN IZNIK BLUE, TURQUOISE AND WHITE POTTERY TILE

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1650

AN OTTOMAN GOLD OVERLAID STEEL KNIFE

TURKEY, SIGNED AND DATED AH 1215/ AD 1800

AN OTTOMAN YATAGAN WITH MAKER'S NAME

TURKEY, DATED AH 1226/ AD 1811-12

A RARE AND EARLY OTTOMAN SILVER-GILT AND NIELLOED KNIFE SET WITH TUGHRA OF SULTAN AHMED III (R. 1703-1730)

TURKEY, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000

AN OTTOMAN SILK EMBROIDERED LINEN WRAPPING CLOTH (BOHCA)

TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

AN EXQUISITE OTTOMAN EMBROIDERED WOMAN'S PRAYER PANEL

WESTERN TURKEY, CIRCA 1800

Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000

A SUPERB PAIR OF OTTOMAN METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED SILK CEREMONIAL COVERS

TURKEY, LATE 18TH CENTURY/ EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000

AN ALBUM OF TWENTY-FOUR WATERCOLOURS OF HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS, COURTIERS AND OTHER FIGURES

OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

LADIES MINGLING IN THE GRAND BAZAAR

ATTRIBUTED TO AMADEO PREZIOSI (MALTA, 1816-1882)

Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000

AN OTTOMAN UNDERGLAZE PAINTED POTTERY TILE DECORATED WITH CINTENAMI

SYRIA, DAMASCUS, FIRST HALF OF 18TH CENTURY

A BOKHARA SILK EMBROIDERED LINEN SUSANI

CENTRAL ASIA, 20TH CENTURY

A 'LOBMEYER' IZNIK-STYLE ENAMELLED GLASS DOUBLE-HANDLED VASE

AUSTRIA, VIENNA, CIRCA 1878

Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000

A VIEW OF THE KA'BA AND THE MASJID AL HARAM

SAUDI ARABIA, MECCA, LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20th CENTURY

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000

MOHAMAD ZAKARIYA (AMERICAN, B. 1942)

KUFIC CALLIGRAPHIC EXERCISE: PART OF QUR'AN 17:44

Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000

A PAIR OF GOLD JAMBIYA DAGGERS WITH SAUDI ROYAL EMBLEM

SAUDI ARABIA, BY BADR AL-DIN AHMAD, 20TH CENTURY

Estimate: £25,000 - £35,000

A GREY SHIST RELIEF OF DIPANKARA JATAKA

NORTHERN INDIA, GANDHARA, 2ND OR 3RD CENTURY AD

A LARGE BRONZE TEMPLE BOWL OR URLI

SOUTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

A BRASS NANDI PUJA BELL OR GHANTA

SOUTH INDIA, 18TH CENTURY

A PAIR OF MUGHAL RED SANDSTONE ARCHITECTURAL FINIALS

INDIA, 17TH CENTURY

Estimate: £1,200 - £1,500

AN ELEGANT MUGHAL BRONZE BEGUM'S HOOKAH BOTTLE

NORTHERN INDIA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

A YOUNG LADY AND HER GOVERNESS

INDIA, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, LATE 18TH CENTURY

AN IMPRESSIVE SILVER BIDRI AND SILVER HOOKAH

INDIA, CIRCA 1860 AND LATER

Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000

A SEATED NOBLEMAN SMOKING A HOOKAH

INDIA, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL OR DECCAN, 18TH CENTURY

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

AN INEBRIATED PRINCESS BEING LED BY TWO FEMALE ATTENDANTS TO A BEDCHAMBER ON A PALACE TERRACE

INDIA, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, LATE 18TH CENTURY

THE MUGHAL EMPEROR JEHANGIR WRESTLING WITH A TIGER OUT ON A HUNT

INDIA, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, 19TH CENTURY

A KOFTGARI GOLD INLAID STEEL SURAHI

INDIA, 19TH CENTURY

AN IMPRESSIVE PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL PRINCE, POSSIBLY SULTAN MURAD MIRZA, SON OF MUGHAL EMPEROR AKBAR

INDIA, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: KAMOD RAGINI

INDIA, DECCAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY

Estimate: £600 - £800

AN EARLY PICCHAVAI FRAGMENT OF A GOPI HOLDING A GARLAND

INDIA, DECCAN, 18TH CENTURY

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: BANGAL RAGINI

INDIA, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, PROBABLY FAIZABAD, CIRCA 1770

Estimate: £1,500 - £1,800

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: KAMOD RAGINI

INDIA, DECCAN, HYDERABAD, CIRCA 1800

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000

A MUSICIAN PLAYING A TAMBUR

CENTRAL INDIA, BUNDELKHAND, CIRCA 1860

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: BAIRADA RAGINI

INDIA, DECCAN, HYDERABAD, CIRCA 1800

A PORTRAIT OF A NIZAM, POSSIBLY NIZAM ASAF JAH II OF HYDERABAD

INDIA, DECCAN, HYDERABAD, CIRCA 1800

AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A DISPERSED SHAHNAHMEH: RUSTAM SLEEPS WHILE RAKHS FIGHTS OFF A LION

INDIA, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, DECCAN, SECOND HALF OF 18TH CENTURY

A PRINCESS AND TWO ATTENDANTS KNEELING BY A WATERFALL IN A ROCKY LANDSCAPE

INDIA, DELHI, MID-19TH CENTURY

A MUGHAL BRONZE EWER

NORTHERN INDIA, LATE 17TH/ EARLY 18TH CENTURY

A PERSIAN-STYLE MUGHAL BRASS EWER AND BASIN

NORTHERN INDIA, 16TH/ 17TH CENTURY

FOUR STUDIES FOR AN EMBRACE

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, 18TH CENTURY

Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000

A SILVER-INLAID ALLOY BIDRI SURAHI

INDIA, 18TH CENTURY

A PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG MAHARAJA

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, MARWAR, 18TH CENTURY

Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: TODI RAGINI

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, PROBABLY AMBER, CIRCA 1750

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: TODI RAGINI

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, AMBER, CIRCA 1740

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: MADHUMADHAVI RAGINI

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, AMBER, CIRCA 1700

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: DESAKH RAGINI

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, KOTAH, CIRCA 1760

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: TODI RAGINI

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, AMBER, CIRCA 1740

MAHARANA ARI SINGH HUNTING WILD BOAR BY THE MASTER ARTIST SHIVA

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, UDAIPUR, DATED 1764

A RAJPUT NOBLEMAN HOLDING A FLOWER

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, MEWAR, CIRCA 1760

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

A MAHARAJA ON HORSEBACK HUNTING A WILD BOAR

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, JODHPUR, CIRCA 1800

A GAZELLE HUNT LED BY EUROPEANS IN A ROCKY LANDSCAPE ATTRIBUTED TO CHOKHA (ACTIVE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY)

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, DEVGARH OR MEWAR, CIRCA 1800

Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000

A LARGE EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF JAWAN SINGH OF UDAIPUR (R. 1778-1828) ATTRIBUTED TO RAMA

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, MEWAR, CIRCA 1835

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT OF A RAJPUT NOBLEMAN

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, JODHPUR, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £700 - £900

A RAJPUT EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, JODPHUR, CIRCA 1810

THE MAHARAJA FATEH SINGH OF UDAIPUR AND MEWAR (R. 1884-1930) RIDING HIS GREY HORSE

INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY

THE ACHARYA JAIJAIRAM JI AND DEVOTEES LISTENING TO DEVOTIONAL CHANTS

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, UDAIPUR, CIRCA 1745

Estimate: £18,000 - £20,000

A TRIUMPHANT HANUMAN

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR, CIRCA 1850

Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800