We are excited to present our Islamic and Indian Art Auction.
The sale brings together a remarkable collection of rare textiles, lacquerwear, woodwork, manuscripts and more. Featuring a 13th century bronze Ayyubid candlestick (lot 29), a monumental Indian silver-overlaid wooden footstool (lot 140) and an Ottoman calligraphic silk lampas panel from the inner covering of the Ka’ba (lot 166).
One further unmissable highlight is the beautifully enamelled 18 carat gold pocket watch by Breguet et Fils, produced for the Ottoman market (lot 148). We are delighted also to present further pieces from the collection of Mr Georges Antaki in this auction, which promises something of interest for all collectors interested in Islamic and Indian art.
Sale date(s) & Start time:
22 Apr 2026 12:00 BST
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21 Apr 2026 10:00 - 16:00
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Lot 1
A ABBASID POTTERY BOWL WITH STYLISED KUFIC CALLIGRAPHY Abbasid Iraq, 9th-10th century
Lot 2
TWO RARE ABBASID POTTERY BOWLS Abbasid Iraq, 9th-10th century
Lot 3
A NISHAPUR POTTERY BOWL WITH KUFIC CALLIGRAPHY Samanid North East Persia, 10th century
Lot 5
A SMALL SAMANID POTTERY JUG WITH KUFIC CALLIGRAPHY Central Asia, 10th-11th century
Lot 6
A COLLECTION OF FOUR PERSIAN SELJUK GLAZED POTTERY OIL LAMPS Seljuk Iran, 12th century
Lot 7
A LARGE KASHAN SILHOUETTE-WARE TURQUOISE GLAZED POTTERY BOWL Kashan, Iran, 12-13th century
Lot 9
TWO AFGHAN BAMIYAN GLAZED POTTERY BOWLS Afghanistan, 12-13th century
Lot 10
A KASHAN COPPER LUSTRE AND COBALT-BLUE GLAZED POTTERY BOWL Kashan Iran, 13th century
Lot 11
THREE HEXAGONAL LAJVARDINA GILDED TILES Ilkhanid Iran, second half 13th - early 14th century
Lot 12
A LAJVARDINA GILDED POTTERY BOWL Ilkhanid Iran, late 13th - early 14th century
Lot 13
A PERSIAN SULTANABAD POTTERY INKWELL Iran, 14th century
Lot 14
A SAFAVID BLUE AND WHITE CHINESE INSPIRED POTTERY BOTTLE Safavid Iran, 17th century
Lot 16
A CHINESE INSPIRED BLUE AND WHITE GLAZED POTTERY KENDI Safavid Iran, 17th century
Lot 19
A LARGE PANEL OF DAMASCUS POTTERY TILES Ottoman Syria, 19th century or early 20th century
Lot 20
A QAJAR POTTERY TILE OF A FALCONER ON HORSEBACK Qajar Iran, 19th century
Lot 21
A LARGE SAFAVID-STYLE POTTERY TILES PANEL Qajar Iran, 19th century
Lot 22
AN IZNIK-STYLE POTTERY BORDER TILE Turkey or France, 20th century
Lot 23
A RARE FATIMID BRONZE PERFUME OR EYELINER FLASK Fatimid Egypt, 9th-10th century
Lot 24
A MEDIEVAL BRONZE SURGICAL INSTRUMENT Most possibly Fatimid Egypt, 10th-11th century
Lot 26
A SELJUK BRONZE OIL LAMP STAND Eastern Iran, Khorasan, 12th-13th century
Lot 27
A SELJUK KHORASAN BRONZE DISH Seljuk Iran, 12-13th century
Lot 29
AN AYYUBID BRONZE CANDLESTICK Mosul, Iraq, 13th century
Lot 30
AN ANDALUSIAN SPANISH BRONZE MORTAR Andalusia, Spain, 13th-14th century
Lot 31
A PAIR OF LION SHAPED MAMLUK BRONZE FITTINGS Egypt or Syria, 13th - early 15th century
Lot 32
A RARE MAMLUK VENETO SARACENIC ENGRAVED BRASS CANDLESTICK Egypt or Syria, 15-16th century
Lot 34
A MONUMENTAL TINNED COPPER MAMLUK BASIN Egypt or Syria, late 15th century
Lot 35
A MAMLUK ENGRAVED TINNED COPPER POURING VESSEL Egypt or Syria, 15th-16th century
Lot 38
AN INDIAN LARGE BRONZE RITUAL BELL (GHANTI) WITH NANDI India, 18th century
Lot 39
AN OTTOMAN ARMENIAN TINNED COPPER EWER AND DISH Ottoman Turkey, 18th century
Lot 41
A GROUP OF THREE METAL BEGGING BOWLS (KASHKULS) Iran and Central Asia, 19th-20th century
Lot 45
A LARGE DAMASCUS SILVER INLAID BRASS LIDDED VASE Syria, 19th century
Lot 47
AN INDO-PERSIAN ENGRAVED TINNED COPPER KASHKUL Iran, 18th century
Lot 48
A BRASS DISH WITH POETIC INSCRIPTION North India, Uttar Pradesh, Muradabad, 19th century
Lot 50
AN INDIAN KOFTAGARI IRON LIDDED CASKET India, late 19th century
Lot 51
AN INDIAN KOFTGARI SILVER AND GOLD INLAID STEEL PEN BOX India, 19th century
Lot 53
A GILT COPPER TEAPOT AND COFFEE SET IN THE OTTOMAN TASTE Bosnia, 20th century
Lot 54
AN ISLAMIC-STYLE VICTORIAN ELECTROPLATED LARGE FOOTED BOWL England, late 19th century
Lot 58
A LATE SAFAVID ILLUSTRATED BIFOLIO Safavid Iran, 16-17th century
Lot 61
AN INDIAN MINIATURE DEPICTING A MUGHAL PRINCE WITH HIS CONSORT Oudh, India, late 18th century
Lot 63
A QAJAR MINIATURE DEPICTING A DERVISH WATCHING A STAMP MAKER Qajar Iran, 1235 AH (1820 AD)
Lot 65
TWO MAMLUK QURAN HIZBS (SECTIONS) Egypt or Syria, 13th century
Lot 66
A MAGHRIBI QUR'AN LEAF North Africa or Al-Andalus, 13th-14th century
Lot 67
A MAGHRIBI QUR'AN LEAF North Africa or Al-Andalus, 13th-14th century
Lot 68
A THULUTH QUR'AN LEAF Mamluk Syria or Egypt, early 14th century
Lot 71
A LATE MAMLUK OR EARLY OTTOMAN QUR'AN JUZ Egypt, Syria or Turkey, 15th - 16th century
Lot 72
A LATE MAMLUK OR EARLY OTTOMAN QUR'AN JUZ Egypt, Syria or Turkey, probably 16th century
Lot 73
A SAMANID AND TIMURID QUR'AN LEAF Iran, 15th-16th century and 17th-18th century
Lot 74
TWO BAHARI QUR'AN LEAVES India, Delhi Sultanate, 15th-16th century
Lot 78
A MAGHRIBI QUR'AN JUZ North Africa, late 18th-19th century
Lot 82
AN EARLY MANUSCRIPT OF A PART OF SAHIH AL-BUKHARI Ownership note dated 711 AH (1311 AD)
Lot 84
AL-QAMUS AL-MUHIT WA’L QABAS AL-WASIT: ARABIC DICTIONARY Possibly Iran, 16th century
Lot 86
TREATISE ON THE ART OF DISPUTATION AND DIALECTIC Ottoman Lands, dated 1076 AH (1665 AD)
Lot 88
A TREATISE ON ARABIC LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR Ottoman Lands, possibly Syria, 17th century
Lot 90
A GRAMMATICAL COMMENTARY ON IBN AJARRUM'S AJURRUMIYYA Ottoman Syria, dated 1119 AH (1707 AD)
Lot 91
A MANUSCRIPT ON RITUAL PRAYER Ottoman Lands, dated 1122 AH (1710 AD)
Lot 94
A KARSHUNI MANUSCRIPT ON CHRISTIAN SUBJECTS Probably Aleppo, Syria, 1730
Lot 96
MARGINALIA ON SHAYKH AL-DARDIRI'S AL-SHARH AL-KABIR Ottoman Provinces, dated 1154 AH (1741 AD)