Our specialist auction Arts of India and the Islamic Lands is now online for you to browse, peruse and fall in love with your next antique.
Among the highlights, this sale vaunts a remarkable selection of Rajput Schools paintings and an illustrated loose folio from a Timurid Haft Paykar series, all part of a private Canadian collection; several gem-studded Indian necklaces, treasured heirlooms of a local family; a notable group of Islamic manuscripts, including a geomantic tome attributed to the Nubian alchemist Dhul-Nun al-Misri; and several lots of Persian Qajar lacquer belonging to the heir of a British diplomatic family in office under Sir Denis Wright in Tehran between 1971 - 1973.
Our selected lots preview starts next week, on Tuesday 3rd June, and the full view is going to take place from Friday 13th June until the sale day.
Mark your calendars and come to see us!
Lot 13
AN ILLUSTRATED LOOSE FOLIO: THE VISIT Possibly late Safavid Iran, early 18th century
Unsold
Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 35
A NAYIKA SMOKING HUQQA ON A TERRACE Jodhpur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century
Unsold
Estimated at £500 - £700
Lot 56
AN OTTOMAN THULUTH CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (LEVHA) Ottoman Turkey, dated 1322 AH (1904 AD)
Unsold
Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 60
A FINELY ILLUMINATED QAJAR SHI'A PRAYER SCROLL: DU'A KUMAYL Qajar Iran, 19th century
Unsold
Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 69
AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN MANUSCRIPT SECTION OF CALLIGRAPHY PRACTICE Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
Unsold
Estimated at £300 - £400