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.
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Viewing times
Viewing:
13th June - 10:00 - 17:00
14th June - 11:00 - 16:00
15th June - 11:00 - 16:00
16th June - 10:00 - 17:00
17th June - 10:00 - 17:00
18th June - 10:00 - 17:00
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Name: Beatrice Campi
Email: beatrice@azcaauctions.com
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Lot 13
AN ILLUSTRATED LOOSE FOLIO: THE VISIT Possibly late Safavid Iran, early 18th century
Lot 14
THREE LOOSE FOLIOS FROM A PERSIAN POETIC ANTHOLOGY WITH GHAZALS Safavid Iran, 16th century
Lot 19
AN ILLUSTRATED DOUBLE-SIDED FOLIO OF A NEPALESE MANUSCRIPT Nepal, second half 17th century
Lot 20
AN ILLUSTRATED LOOSE FOLIO FROM A JAIN KALPASUTRA MANUSCRIPT Gujarat, West India, 15th century
Lot 23
PERFORMING PUJA FOR A SRINATHJI MURTI Nathdwara, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century
Lot 32
TWO ILLUSTRATIONS FROM A BHAGAVATA PURANA SERIES Possibly Malwa, Central India, 19th century
Lot 35
A NAYIKA SMOKING HUQQA ON A TERRACE Jodhpur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century
Lot 53
HIKMET BARUTÇUGIL (TURKISH, B. 1952): ALLAH Turkey, signed and dated 1989
Lot 56
AN OTTOMAN THULUTH CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (LEVHA) Ottoman Turkey, dated 1322 AH (1904 AD)
Lot 57
AN OTTOMAN CARVED WOOD CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL (LEVHA) Ottoman Turkey, dated 1323 AH (1905 AD)
Lot 58
A TAWQI’ CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL Possibly Ottoman Turkey or Iran, dated 1321 AH (1903 - 1904)
Lot 60
A FINELY ILLUMINATED QAJAR SHI'A PRAYER SCROLL: DU'A KUMAYL Qajar Iran, 19th century
Lot 61
A KUFIC-STYLE GHUBARI SCROLL WITH ISLAMIC PRAYERS Possibly Northern India, 18th - 19th century
Lot 65
AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QUR’AN Ottoman Turkey, dated 1260 AH (1844 AD)
Lot 66
A QAJAR POLYCHROME-COTTON WOVEN QUR’AN BOX Iran, second half 19th century
Lot 68
THREE ISLAMIC BRASS PEN CASES WITH INKWELLS (DAWAT) Possibly Turkey or Egypt, 20th Century
Lot 69
AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN MANUSCRIPT SECTION OF CALLIGRAPHY PRACTICE Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
Lot 77
A SECTION OF THE GULISTAN BY SA'DI SHIRAZI (d. 1292) Safavid Iran, 17th - 18th century
Lot 79
A PERSIAN POETRY COMMENTARY Iran or Central Asia, 18th century
Lot 84
TWO ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPTS Possibly Lebanon or Tunisia, North Africa, 19th and 20th centuries
Lot 85
THREE ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPTS Mostly Kashmir and Northern India, 19th century
Lot 89
EIGHT WATERCOLOUR PORTRAITS OF OTTOMAN SULTANS Ottoman Turkey, ca. 1880s - 1900s