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LOT 1

A COLLECTION OF OTTOMAN MANUSCRIPTS

TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

£2,540

LOT 2

AN OTTOMAN AN'AM-I SHERIF (PRAYER MANUAL)

TURKEY, DATED AH 1210/ AD 1795

£12,065

LOT 3

AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE DECORATED WITH 'SAZ' LEAVES

TURKEY, SECOND HALF OF 16TH CENTURY

£8,890

LOT 4

AN IZNIK BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY TILE

OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1530-40

Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000

LOT 5

AN OTTOMAN VOIDED SILK VELVET AND METAL-THREAD (ÇATMA) PANEL

TURKEY, BURSA, 17TH CENTURY

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

LOT 6

AN OTTOMAN VOIDED SILK VELVET AND METAL-THREAD (ÇATMA) CUSHION COVER

TURKEY, BURSA, EARLY 17TH CENTURY

Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000

LOT 7

AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE DECORATED WITH TULIPS, CARNATIONS AND LOTUS FLOWERS

TURKEY, CIRCA 1575

£4,500

LOT 8

AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH DECORATED WITH A DEER

TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY

£17,780

LOT 9

AN OTTOMAN QUR'AN WITH SILVER TRAVELLING CASE

TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

£635

LOT 10

AN OTTOMAN GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL YATAGAN

TURKEY, DATED AH 1239/ AD 1823

£1,270

LOT 11

AN OTTOMAN SILVER AND METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED LEATHER WALLET

TURKEY, DATED 1777

£1,524

LOT 12

A SILVER-GILT AND FILIGREE BELT BUCKLE

RUSSIA, CAUCASUS, LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

LOT 13

A RARE OTTOMAN SILVER GILT AND ENAMEL EWER MADE FOR THE RUSSIAN MARKET

OTTOMAN TURKEY, ISTANBUL, PALACE WORKSHOP, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000

LOT 14

A SMALL KASHAN LUSTRE POTTERY EWER

PERSIA, 12TH/ 13TH CENTURY

Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000

LOT 15

A SAFAVID ILLUSTRATION OF A BATTLE SCENE FROM A PERSIAN EPIC

PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY

£1,524

LOT 16

A QAJAR ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT OF IBN HUSAM KHUSFI'S 'KHAVAR-NAMA' ('THE BOOK OF THE EAST')

PERSIA, DATED AH 1259/ AD 1833-4

£13,970

LOT 17

A QAJAR LACQUER PAPIER-MACHE MIRROR CASE

PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate: £700 - £900

LOT 18

PORTRAITS OF THE PERSIAN POETS FIRDAUSI, HAFIZ, KHAYYAM AND SAADI

BY HUSAYN TAHER-ZADEH BEHZAD (IRAN, 1887-1962)

£508

LOT 19

A PAIR OF QAJAR UNDERGLAZE PAINTED POTTERY TULIP VASES

PERSIA, LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Estimate: £600 - £800

LOT 20

A QAJAR UNDERGLAZE PAINTED POTTERY BOTTLE VASE

PERSIA, LATE 19TH/ EARLY 20TH CENTURY

£381

LOT 21

A MAMLUK REVIVAL SILVER AND COPPER INLAY BRASS CASKET WITH DEDICATIONS TO SULTAN AL-NASIR

EGYPT OR SYRIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500

LOT 22

A MAMLUK REVIVAL COPPER AND SILVER INLAY BRASS LAMP STAND

EGYPT OR SYRIA, CIRCA 1930s

£1,905

LOT 23

A MAMLUK MANUSCRIPT OF IBN AKHI HIZAM'S 'KITAB AL-BAYTARAH' ('BOOK OF HIPPIATRICS' OR HORSE MEDICINE)

SYRIA OR EGYPT, 15TH CENTURY, WITH LATER ADDITIONS

£189,200

LOT 24

A RARE MAMLUK COMB MADE FOR AN EMIR

EGYPT, CAIRO, 13TH/ 14TH CENTURY

Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000

LOT 25

THREE FINE SELJUK GOLD AND NIELLO RINGS

PERSIA OR CENTRAL ASIA, 12TH/ 13TH CENTURY

Estimate: £15,000 - £20,000

LOT 26

A SELJUK COMPOSITE NECKLACE WITH NATURAL PEARLS

CENTRAL ASIA, 11TH/ 12TH CENTURY

Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000

LOT 27

TWO FINE TIMURID GOLD RINGS

CENTRAL ASIA, 15TH/ EARLY 16TH CENTURY

Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000

LOT 28

AN IMPORTANT MOSUL SILVER-INLAID BRASS CANDLESTICK

MOSUL, FIRST HALF OF 13TH CENTURY

Estimate: £30,000 - £50,000

LOT 29

SCHMORANZ, Gustav.

OLD ORIENTAL GILT AND ENAMELLED GLASS VESSEL EXTANT IN PUBLIC MUSEUMS AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

£6,985

LOT 30

MIGEON, Gaston.

EXPOSITION DES ARTS MUSULMANS AU MUSEE DES ARTS DECORATIFS

£6,096

LOT 31

MARTIN, F.R.

THE MINIATURE PAINTING AND PAINTERS OF PERSIA, INDIA AND TURKEY FROM THE 8TH TO THE 18TH CENTURY

Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000

LOT 32

COOMARASWAMY, Ananda.

RAJPUT PAINTING

£3,302

LOT 33

GLÜCK, Heinrich.

DIE INDISCHEN MINIATUREN DES HAEMZAE-ROMANES IM ÖSTERREISCHEN MUSEUM FÜR KUNST UND INDUSTRIE IN WIEN UND IN ANDEREN SAMMLUNGEN

Estimate: £5,000 - £7,000

LOT 34

GRIGGS, William [publisher].

INDIA. PHOTOGRAPHS AND DRAWINGS OF HISTORICAL BUILDINGS, FROM THE COLLECTION IN THE LATE OFFICE OF CURATOR OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS IN INDIA

Estimate: £5,500 - £6,500

LOT 35

SMITH, Edmund W.

MOGHUL COLOUR DECORATION OF AGRA

Estimate: £2,500 - £3,500

LOT 36

LA ROCHE, Emanuel et al.

INDISCHE BAUKUNST

Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000

LOT 37

A PORTRAIT OF MIRZA-MUHAMMAD, SON OF KHWAJA QABAHAT, BY ABD AL-AZIZ

PERSIA, TABRIZ, CIRCA 1540-45

Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000

LOT 38

A PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJA GAJ SINGH I (R. 1619-1638)

MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1620

£8,890

LOT 39

A VERY FINE PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL PRINCE, POSSIBLY PRINCE BIDAR BAKHT

MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1670

£20,320

LOT 40

A PORTRAIT OF A NOBLEMAN, POSSIBLY RAJA MAN SINGH OF AMBER

MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1610

£5,080

LOT 41

A PORTRAIT OF A PRINCE

MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1660

£4,064

LOT 42

A PORTRAIT OF MUGHAL EMPEROR SHAH JAHAN (R. 1628-1658)

MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1740

£4,064

LOT 43

A PORTRAIT OF AN EUROPEAN NOBLE LADY

MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1750

£1,270

LOT 44

LAYLA VISITING MAJNUN IN THE WILDERNESS

INDIA, AWADH, LUCKNOW, CIRCA 1770

£7,620

LOT 45

A DETACHED FOLIO FROM THE POLIER ALBUM: NAWAB AMIR SAYEED HUSAIN ALI KHAN

CIRCLE OF MIHR CHAND, INDIA, LUCKNOW OR FAIZABAD, MID-18TH CENTURY

£36,740

LOT 46

A DETACHED ALBUM PAGE: EMPEROR JAHANGIR AT A JHAROKHA WINDOW

INDIA, FAIZABAD OR LUCKNOW, LATE 18TH CENTURY

£5,842

LOT 47

A DETACHED ALBUM PAGE: MUHAMMAD TAQI KHAN, ONE OF THE EMIRS OF THE EMPEROR JAHANGIR

INDIA, FAIZABAD OR LUCKNOW, CIRCA 1770

£4,826

LOT 48

AN ILLUSTRATED FOLIO FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: POSSIBLY KAMOD RAGINI

INDIA, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, CIRCA 1760

£2,794

LOT 49

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: BILAVAL RAGINI

INDIA, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, CIRCA 1780

£1,651

LOT 50

THE WOMEN OF THE ZENANA CELEBRATING HOLI

INDIA, AWADH, LUCKNOW, CIRCA 1780-1800

£6,985

LOT 51

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: LIFE STORIES OF KRISHNA

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, BIKANER, CIRCA 1790

£1,207

LOT 52

MATSYA AVATAR: THE FISH INCARNATION OF VISHNU SLAYING THE DEMON HAYAGRIVA

INDIA, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, LATE 18TH CENTURY

£508

LOT 53

SOHNI SWIMMING AROSS THE RIVER TO MEET MAHIVAL

INDIA, PROVINCIAL MUGHAL, SECOND HALF OF 18TH CENTURY

£1,143

LOT 54

A PORTRAIT OF THE NIZAM OF HYDERABAD, ASAF JAH II

INDIA, HYDERABAD, LATE 18TH CENTURY

£6,350

LOT 55

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: DEEPAK RAGINI

INDIA, DECCAN, HYDERABAD, CIRCA 1760

£4,064

LOT 56

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: MALSRI RAGINI

INDIA, HYDERABAD, CIRCA 1770

£8,890

LOT 57

KRISHNA TENDING TO A CALF WITH THE GOPIS NEARBY

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, POSSIBLY BIKANER, 18TH CENTURY

£5,334

LOT 58

KRISHNA PLAYING THE FLUTE

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, BIKANER, CIRCA 1760

£1,397

LOT 59

KRISHNA PLAYING THE FLUTE TO THE GOPIES UNDER A TREE

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR, CIRCA 1790

£3,810

LOT 60

THREE ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: MALKOS RAGINI, KHAMBHAVATI RAGINI AND MALKOS RAGA

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR, CIRCA 1820

£3,302

LOT 61

A PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJA SAWAI MADHO SINGH

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR, CIRCA 1830

£635

LOT 62

THE HOLY FAMILY ON MOUNT KAILASA

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR, CIRCA 1860

£2,032

LOT 63

SIVA WORSHIPPED BY DEITIES

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, JAIPUR, CIRCA 1840

£953

LOT 64

HANUMAN BOWING BEFORE RAMA AND LAXMA

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

£889

LOT 65

A PORTRAIT OF PRINCE GOPAL SINGH OF NAGORE

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, KISHANGARH, CIRCA 1750

£2,540

LOT 66

A PORTRAIT OF THE MEWAR COURTIER RAWAT CHUNDA OF SALUMBAR

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, MEWAR, CIRCA 1700

£3,302

LOT 67

AN RAJPUT EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, MEWAR, CIRCA 1850

£1,778

LOT 68

A RAJPUT EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 1850

£826

LOT 69

A RULER ON A TERRACE RECEIVING A COURTIER

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, KOTAH, CIRCA 1800

£889

LOT 70

A RAJPUT PORTRAIT OF A NOBLEMAN OR PRINCE

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 1800

£826

LOT 71

THE DURGA SLAYS MASHISHA

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, MEWAR, CIRCA 1780

£10,160

LOT 72

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: SORATH RAGINI, WIFE OF MEGH RAGA

INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, BILASPUR, CIRCA 1690-1700

Estimate: £15,000 - £20,000

LOT 73

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A NAYIKA SERIES: WAITING FOR HER LOVER

INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, KANGRA, CIRCA 1820

£15,240

LOT 74

AN ASCETIC SEATED ON A TERRACE

INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, MANDI, CIRCA 1775

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

LOT 75

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: KRISHNA AND THE GOPIS BY THE YAMUNA RIVER

INDIA, MALWA, RAJGARH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY IN THE STYLE OF 17TH CENTURY

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

LOT 76

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: DESI RAGINI

INDIA, UTTAR PRADESH, LUCKNOW, CIRCA 1760

£2,540

LOT 77

A RARE SILVER ROSEWATER SPRINKLER WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF THE ROYAL STATE OF NAMUDAG

INDIA, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000

LOT 78

A SUPERB BIDRI SILVER INLAY BASIN AND LID DECORATED WITH POPPY SPRAYS

INDIA, DECCAN, LATE 17TH CENTURY/ EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000

LOT 79

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: GAURI RAGINI

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, AMBER, CIRCA 1680

£9,525

LOT 80

LADIES BATHING IN A PALACE POOL FILLED WITH LOTUS FLOWERS

INDIA, RAJASTHAN, BIKANER, CIRCA 1780

£27,920

LOT 81

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE 'NADAUN' RAMAYANA: LAKSHMANA ATTENDING TO SITA IN A HILLY FOREST

INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, KANGRA, CIRCA 1800-20

£22,860

LOT 82

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: BHAIRAVI RAGINI

INDIA, PUNJAB HILLS, MANKOT, 18TH CENTURY

£3,810

LOT 83

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE BHAGAVATA PURANA: BRAHMA WORSHIPPED BY A RULER AND DEVOTEES ON A MOUNTAINSIDE

INDIA, MEWAR, CIRCA 1710-20

£483

LOT 84

AN ILLUSTRATED COPY OF MUHIT-I MA'RIFAT ('OCEAN OF KNOWLEDGE' OR YOGA)

INDIA, MAHARASHTRA AND RAJASTHAN, DATED 1832

£16,510

LOT 85

A SANDSTONE RELIEF OF BRAHMA AND HIS FEMALE CONSORTS

CENTRAL INDIA, 12TH CENTURY

£1,207

LOT 86

A JAIN SHRINE DEDICATED TO THE GODDESS MAHAVIRA

INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

£1,080

LOT 87

A LARGE BRONZE SEATED FIGURE OF SIVA

SOUTH INDIA, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

£2,540

LOT 88

SNAKE CHARMERS

INDIA, COMPANY SCHOOL, PATNA, CIRCA 1820

£1,397

LOT 89

TWO OFFICIALS

INDIA, COMPANY SCHOOL, PROBABLY PATNA, CIRCA 1815

£585

LOT 90

HILLMEN HUNTERS

SOUTH INDIA, COMPANY SCHOOL, MALABAR COAST, CIRCA 1837-40

£1,524

LOT 91

FOUR PAINTINGS OF RELIGIOUS FIGURES, CASTE AND TRADESMEN

SOUTH INDIA, TANJORE, CIRCA 1800-10

£6,985

LOT 92

THE RETAKING OF LUCKNOW FROM THE INDIAN REBELLION LED BY SIR COLIN CAMPBELL

INIDA, UTTAR PRADESH, LUCKNOW, CIRCA 1857

£1,905

LOT 93

THOMAS DANIELL R.A. (1749-1840) AND WILLIAM DANIELL R.A. (1769-1837)

PART OF THE INTERIOR OF THE ELEPHANTA

£3,810

LOT 94

THOMAS DANIELL R.A. (1749-1840) AND WILLIAM DANIELL R.A. (1769-1837)

DOOMAR LEYNA

£2,286

LOT 95

THOMAS DANIELL R.A. (1749-1840) AND WILLIAM DANIELL R.A. (1769-1837)

ENTRANCE OF INDRA SABHA

£2,794

LOT 96

THOMAS DANIELL R.A. (1749-1840) AND WILLIAM DANIELL R.A. (1769-1837)

THE UPPER PART OF KAILASA

£4,826

LOT 97

THOMAS DANIELL R.A. (1749-1840) AND WILLIAM DANIELL R.A. (1769-1837)

RUINS AT CANNOUGE

£2,413

LOT 98

THREE RAGAMALA ILLUSTRATIONS

INDIA, DELHI SCHOOL, CIRCA 1900

Estimate: £500 - £700

LOT 99

A PAIR OF HOSHIARPUR IVORY INLAY OCTAGONAL COFFEE TABLES

INDIA, PUNJAB, HOSHIARPUR, CIRCA 1880

£2,794

LOT 100

A LARGE AND FINELY CARVED ANGLO-INDIAN ARCHITECTURAL WOOD OVERMANTEL

INDIA, PUNJAB, CHINIOT OR LAHORE, CIRCA 1880-1910

£21,590

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