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 104
A LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) WITH A QAJAR PRINCE Qajar Iran, 19th century
Unsold
Estimated at £600 - £800
Lot 129
A PERSIAN CELADON-STYLE MONOCHROME GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY VASE Iran, mid to late 19th century
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Estimated at £300 - £400
Lot 135
AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH WITH SAZ LEAF AND FLORAL TRIUMPH Ottoman Turkey, ca. 1570 - 1600
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Estimated at £1,500 - £2,000
Lot 136
AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH WITH SAZ LEAVES AND RED ROSETTES Ottoman Turkey, ca. 1570 - 1580
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Estimated at £1,200 - £1,600
Lot 139
A SAFAVID CELADON POTTERY DISH WITH LOTUS AND CLOUD MOTIFS Safavid Iran, 17th century
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Estimated at £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 140
A QAJAR INSCRIBED BEEHIVE POTTERY COVER Kashan, Iran, dated 1324 - 1326 AH (1906 - 1908 AD)
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Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 142
AN IZNIK POTTERTY TILE WITH FLORAL MOTIFS Ottoman Turkey, ca. 1700
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Estimated at £250 - £300
Lot 148
A POLYCHROME CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILE FRAGMENT Timurid Central Asia, 15th century
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Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 151
TWO ILKHANID-REVIVAL COPPER LUSTRE-PAINTED STAR-SHAPED POTTERY TILES Qajar Iran, 19th century
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Estimated at £200 - £300
Lot 153
TWO MODERN ‘DOME OF THE ROCK’ STYLE KUTAHYA POTTERY TILES Kutahya, Turkey, 20th century
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Estimated at £400 - £600
Lot 156
A TALL INDIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED WOODEN QUR’AN STAND India, first half 20th century
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Estimated at £500 - £700
Lot 158
λ A QAJAR KHATAMKARI MANUSCRIPT CASE WITH CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS Iran, 19th century
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Estimated at £500 - £700
Lot 174
FOUR INDIAN BRASS BETEL NUT CRACKERS Southern India, 20th century
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Estimated at £200 - £400
Lot 175
A LARGE INDIAN ZOOMORPHIC BRASS BETEL NUT CRACKER Southern India, 20th century
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Estimated at £150 - £300
Lot 178
AN INDIAN EROTIC BRASS NUTCRACKER Possibly Tamil Nadu, Southern India, early 19th century
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Estimated at £300 - £500
Lot 184
A MUGHAL-STYLE INDIAN BRASS EWER Northern India, late 18th - 19th century
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Estimated at £600 - £800
Lot 188
AN OTTOMAN BRASS COMPASS WITH LEATHER CASE Ottoman Turkey, late 19th century
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Estimated at £600 - £800