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Islamic, Indian & Ancient Art

ISLAMIC, INDIAN & ANCIENT ART
Lot 1:A LARGE CALLIGRAPHIC OTTOMAN DOCUMENT SIGNED AND DATED 981 HIJRI

Sold for:

£800
Lot 2:A LARGE SIX QURAN PAGES WRITTEN BY YAQUT BIN ABDULLAH AL MOSLY, ATABEG ERA, 7TH CENTURY HIJRI

Sold for:

£1,900
Lot 3:A LARGE EIGHT FATIMID QURAN PAGES WRITTEN BY MURSHEED BIN ALI IBN MUNQITH ALKINANI, , 510 CE

Sold for:

£4,000
Lot 4:A LARGE FIVE SELJUK QURAN PAGES, 5TH - 6TH CENTURY HIJRI

Sold for:

£2,000
Lot 5:ISLAMIC HISTORY BOOK – HISTORY OF DAMASCUS VOL. 2 – ANNOTATED BY ABDULQADIR BIN AHMAD AL-MAQDISI

Estimated price:

£1,000 - £2,000
Lot 6:ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT – AL-SHAFIYAH BY IBN AL-HAJIB – ARABIC GRAMMAR, RHETORIC & SUFISM

Sold for:

£3,400
Lot 7:AN ILLUMINATED AND ILLUSTRATED THE DALIL AL KHAYRAT BOOK BY OTHMAN(QAISH), OTTOMAN, 1385 HIJRI

Estimated price:

£800 - £1,200
Lot 8:KITAB AL-MUKHTAR BY AL-MAWSILI – RARE HANAFI FIQH WORK, 988 AH MECCAN MANUSCRIPT

Sold for:

£1,900
Lot 9:AL-SHIFA BI TAʿRIF HUQUQ AL-MUSTAFA", BY QADI IYAD, 1345 AH MECCAN MANUSCRIPT

Estimated price:

£2,000 - £4,000
Lot 10:RARE 1852 ARABIC CHRISTIAN BOOK – SALWAT AL-SWAI (PRAYERS OF SEEKERS) – CHOUIR MONASTERY, LEBANON

Estimated price:

£600 - £800
Lot 11:A RARE 1866 ARABIC CHRISTIAN BOOK – GOSPEL HYMNS & CHANTS, LEBANON

Estimated price:

£600 - £800
Lot 12:ARABIC CHRISTIAN PRAYER BOOK – SPIRITUAL PRAYERS & VIRTUES – ST. MAR MAROON, DATED 1700 A.D.

Sold for:

£850
Lot 13:THE ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR: MASTERING TIME THROUGH THE ASTROLABE STAR METHOD BY WAFAI AL-FALAKI

Estimated price:

£1,000 - £2,000
Lot 14:THE BOOK OF THE RADIANT SECRET AND THE RED SULFUR: LIGHT OF LIGHTS & SECRET OF SECRETS BY DHUL-NUN UTHMAN BIN SUWAYD AL-AKHIMI

Sold for:

£2,400
Lot 15:A PERSIAN QURANIC PRAYER SCROLL, POSSIBLY SAFAVID PERIOD

Estimated price:

£800 - £1,200
Lot 16:AN ILLUMINATED HAJJ CERTIFICATE SCROLL, DATED 1244 HIJRI

Sold for:

£1,100
Lot 17:AN ILLUSTRATED ETHIOPIAN PRAYER SCROLL ON VELLUM, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY

Estimated price:

£200 - £400
Lot 18:AN ILLUMINATED COMPLETE QURAN SCROLL, WRITTEN BY MARYAM BINT ALSHAIKH IBRAHIM ALHASANI, 20TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£950
Lot 19:AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE QAJAR QURAN BY MIRZA SULTAN HASSAN KHAN AND DATED 1226 HIJRI

Sold for:

£900
Lot 20:A HEXAGONAL MINIATURE OTTOMAN QURAN IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON BLUE PAPER, 20TH CENTURY

Estimated price:

£2,000 - £4,000
Lot 21:THE BOOK OF HAJJ (PILGRIMAGE) AND RITES DATED 1213 AH BY SAYYED ABD AL-QADIR BIN ABD AL-JALIL AL-DIMASHQI

Estimated price:

£1,000 - £2,000
Lot 22:AN ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY IN THE FORM OF A BIRD SIGNED MUSTAFA RAKIM, TURKEY

Estimated price:

£2,000 - £4,000
Lot 23:AN ISLAMIC HADITH CALLIGRAPHY PANEL SIGNED MUSTAFA (BANAALY), DATED 1311 HIJRI

Estimated price:

£800 - £1,200
Lot 24:A QAJAR GOLD INLAID CHISELLED STEEL HELMET AND SHIELD, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£3,000
Lot 25:A GILDED INDIAN SHIELD (DHAL), 19TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£380
Lot 26:AN INDIAN GOLD KOFTGARI WATERED STEEL PUSH DAGGER (KATAR), 18TH - 19TH CENTURY

Estimated price:

£600 - £800
Lot 27:AN ENGRAVED TRIPLE BLADE QAJAR DAGGER (KHANJAR ) WITH GOLD INLAID, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£650
Lot 28:A JADE HILTED DAGGER WITH GOLD INLAID AND WATERED STEEL BLADE, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£1,100
Lot 29:A MOROCCAN NIMCHMA DAGGER, 20TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£75
Lot 30:A PERSIAN SILVER INLAID HANDLE AND ENGRAVED BLADE DAGGER, QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY

Estimated price:

£400 - £600
Lot 31:A FINE GOLD INLAID INDIAN SWORD, 19TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£2,800
Lot 32:A GILT-STEEL ELEPHANT AXE (BHUJ), KUTCH, GUJARAT, 19TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£1,400
Lot 33:AN AFGHAN PULWAR OR SWORD, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£200
Lot 34:A PAIR OF PERSIAN SCISSORS, PROBABLY QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY

Estimated price:

£300 - £600
Lot 35:A PAIR OF SCISSORS AND A LOCK, QAJAR PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Estimated price:

£100 - £200
Lot 36:A BRASS GUNPOWDER FLASK/CONTAINER, INDIA, 18TH CENTURY

Estimated price:

£600 - £800
Lot 37:A PERSIAN SILVER PERFUM BOTTLE SIGNED JAAFAR, 19TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£650
Lot 38:AN ENAMELLED INDIAN SOLID SILVER BOTTLE FLASK "SURAHI", 19TH - 20TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£320
Lot 39:A FINE REPOUSSE SILVER VASE/CENTREPIECE, INDIA, 19TH - 20TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£400
Lot 40:AN ENGRAVED SILVER BOTTLE SURAHI, INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Estimated price:

£400 - £600
Lot 41:A SILVER ROSEWATER SPRINKLER IN THE FORM OF A BIRD, KUTCH INDIA, CIRCA 1890

Estimated price:

£300 - £600
Lot 42:AN ENGRAVED SILVER INDIAN EWER WITH TURQUOISE INLAY, MUGHAL, 18TH CENTURY

Estimated price:

£600 - £800
Lot 43:A FINELY ENGRAVED SILVER WATER FLASK, INDIA, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY

Estimated price:

£400 - £600
Lot 44:AN ENGRAVED OPEN-WORKED SILVER INCENSE BURNER, PERSIA, 20TH CENTURY

Estimated price:

£200 - £400
Lot 45:AN INDIAN SOLID SILVER SPICE BOX (PANDAN) WITH BIRDS MOTIFS, 19TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£550
Lot 46:A PERSIAN SILVER MOUNTED GLASS BOTTLE, ISFAHAN, 20TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£500
Lot 47:AN INDIAN SILVER BIRD SHAPED BOX, 19TH CENTURY

Estimated price:

£300 - £600
Lot 48:A MALAYSIAN STERLING SILVER BOX PRESENTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER, 20TH CENTURY

Estimated price:

£400 - £600
Lot 49:A PAIR OF INDIAN SILVER ROSEWATER SPRINKLERS, 19TH - 20TH CENTURY

Estimated price:

£800 - £1,200
Lot 50:TWO INDIAN SILVER BIRD TERMINAL LIDDED BOXES, LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Sold for:

£2,500