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
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Lot 97
A QAJAR-REVIVAL COFFEE-HOUSE STYLE PORTRAIT OF A COURTLY MAIDEN Iran, first half 20th century
Lot 100
A QAJAR POLYCHROME-PAINTED LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE Iran, 19th century
Lot 104
A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH A QAJAR PRINCE Qajar Iran, 19th century
Lot 115
AN OTTOMAN CARVED GILT WOOD TURBAN STAND (SARIK) Ottoman Turkey, 18th - 19th century
Lot 118
A GREEN-SPLASHED WHITE-GLAZED CANAKKALE POTTERY EWER Çanakkale, Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
Lot 129
A PERSIAN CELADON-STYLE MONOCHROME GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY VASE Iran, mid to late 19th century
Lot 130
AN IRANIAN SAFAVID-STYLE CELADON POTTERY VASE WITH CROSS DESIGN Qajar Iran, 19th century
Lot 134
AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH WITH RED AND BLUE HYACINTHS Ottoman Turkey, 17th century
Lot 135
AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH WITH SAZ LEAF AND FLORAL TRIUMPH Ottoman Turkey, ca. 1570 - 1600
Lot 136
AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH WITH SAZ LEAVES AND RED ROSETTES Ottoman Turkey, ca. 1570 - 1580
Lot 138
AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH WITH TULIPS, ROSES AND PLUM BLOSSOMS Ottoman Turkey, late 16th century
Lot 139
A SAFAVID CELADON POTTERY DISH WITH LOTUS AND CLOUD MOTIFS Safavid Iran, 17th century
Lot 140
A QAJAR INSCRIBED BEEHIVE POTTERY COVER Kashan, Iran, dated 1324 - 1326 AH (1906 - 1908 AD)
Lot 141
A DUTCH DELFT ‘BLOEMPOT’ POTTERY TILE Delft, The Netherlands, 18th century
Lot 142
AN IZNIK POTTERTY TILE WITH FLORAL MOTIFS Ottoman Turkey, ca. 1700
Lot 143
AN OTTOMAN DAMASCUS POTTERY TILE WITH SPLIT PALMETTE SCROLLS Ottoman Syria, ca. 1580 - 1590
Lot 144
TWO IZNIK-STYLE KUTAHYA POTTERY TILES Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
Lot 147
AN IZNIK POTTERY TILE WITH A FLOWER VASE Ottoman Turkey, 17th century
Lot 148
A POLYCHROME CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILE FRAGMENT Timurid Central Asia, 15th century
Lot 149
A SAFAVID CUERDA SECA POTTERY BORDER TILE Iran, 17th century
Lot 150
THREE HEXAGONAL TURQUOISE MONOCHROME-GLAZED POTTERY TILES Kashan, Iran, 11th - 12th century
Lot 151
TWO ILKHANID-REVIVAL COPPER LUSTRE-PAINTED STAR-SHAPED POTTERY TILES Qajar Iran, 19th century
Lot 153
TWO MODERN ‘DOME OF THE ROCK’ STYLE KUTAHYA POTTERY TILES Kutahya, Turkey, 20th century
Lot 155
A SUFI DERVISH CARVED WOOD BACKSCRATCHER WITH SHI’A INSCRIPTION Turkey, early 20th century
Lot 156
A TALL INDIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED WOODEN QUR’AN STAND India, first half 20th century
Lot 158
λ A QAJAR KHATAMKARI MANUSCRIPT CASE WITH CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS Iran, 19th century
Lot 166
A CARVED IRANIAN FRUITWOOD BOX WITH NASIR AL-DIN SHAH’S PORTRAIT Qajar Iran, ca. 1880 - 1900
Lot 172
A THAI BRONZE SEATED BUDDHA FIGURINE Thailand, likely Chiang Saen style, 15th–16th century
Lot 174
FOUR INDIAN BRASS BETEL NUT CRACKERS Southern India, 20th century
Lot 175
A LARGE INDIAN ZOOMORPHIC BRASS BETEL NUT CRACKER Southern India, 20th century
Lot 177
TWO MINIATURE INDIAN BETEL NUT CRACKERS Northern India, late 19th and first half 20th century
Lot 178
AN INDIAN EROTIC BRASS NUTCRACKER Possibly Tamil Nadu, Southern India, early 19th century
Lot 179
A GOLD-DAMASCENED (KOFTEGARI) STEEL LIME PASTE CONTAINER Punjab, Northern India, 19th century
Lot 181
AN INDIAN OPENWORK BRASS ‘ALAM FINIAL Possibly Deccan, Central India, 18th century
Lot 183
A PAIR OF ZAND-STYLE QAJAR MONUMENTAL BRASS VASES Iran, second half 19th century
Lot 184
A MUGHAL-STYLE INDIAN BRASS EWER Northern India, late 18th - 19th century
Lot 188
AN OTTOMAN BRASS COMPASS WITH LEATHER CASE Ottoman Turkey, late 19th century
Lot 189
A BRASS QIBLA COMPASS CASE Possibly Iran or Iraq, late 19th – early 20th century
Lot 192
A SILVER-INLAID VENETO-SARACENIC BRASS BOWL Possibly Mamluk Syria, late 15th century