BELLMANS ANTIQUES & INTERIORS AUCTIONS

Two Qur'an leaves, North West Africa or Islamic Spain, 12th-14th century, in Maghribi script on parchment, 16. 5cm. by 14.5cm. each, framed, (2). ...

Hilali: Sifat al-Ashiqin ( Persian poetry), Iran or Central Asia, 16th century, illuminated manuscript in nasta 'liq script on gold-sprinkled pape...

Qanuncha ( on medicine/pharmacopia, a commentary based on Avicenna), Arabic manuscript on paper, colophon naming scribe as Abdallah al- Harawi, Ir...

Ibn Kamal al-Din Husayn Abdallah al-Tabib: Kitab Tuhfat al-Bayan fi Hifz Sihhat al-Abdan ( parts 1 and 2, on medicine), Arabic manuscript on paper...

Five Qur'an leaves, North West Africa or Islamic Spain, 12th- 14th century, in Maghribi script on parchment, each 20.4cm. by 20.8cm., (2).

Two Islamic religious manuscripts: Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi, Zad al-Mad, Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, copied by Ibn Muhammad Ha...

A concertina album of six pages of Persian couplets in nasta'liq calligraphy on gold-sprinkled paper, dated 1297/1880, 23.2cm. by 14cm., red leath...

One volume of the Sahih (Hadith) of Al-Bukhari, illuminated Arabic manuscript on Italian paper watermarked with tré lune, 21cm. by 15.8cm., red le...

Firdawsi: Shahnama ( part), a large illustrated Persian manuscript on paper with seven miniatures, Kashmir, 19th century, ( possibly dated 1295/18...

A Qur'an, illuminated Arabic manuscript in naskhi script on gold-sprinkled paper, copied by Ibn Nur al-Din Sultan Muhammad, Iran, Safavid, dated 1...

Ibn Babawayh (Abu Ja' far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi): a work on Hadith and jurisprudence, probably Kitab Man La Yahduruhu al- Faqih,...

Qur'an, illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper, colophon stating copied by Husayn al-Hili, a pupil of Zuhdi, Turkey, Ottoman, dated 1219/1804, 17c...

Tafsir al-Quran, large profusely illuminated Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper with five fully illuminated double pages, India, circa 15th-16...

Qur'an section ( Juz' 25), illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper, Egypt or Levant, Mamluk, circa 1468-95, 24.8cm. by 16.5cm. contemporary leather...

The adventures and battles of Sam: tales based on the Shanama, Kashmir, 19th century, large illustrated and illuminated Persian manuscript on pape...

Four Islamic manuscripts, comprising; two Qur'an manuscripts and two manuscripts of prayers, Kashmir and Turkey, circa 19th century, average size ...

Five Islamic manuscripts on paper, mostly on religious subjects, Near East, Turkey, Iran and India, circa 19th century, sizes 16.4cm. by 10.9cm. t...

Qur'an, illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper with gold-sprinkled margins, penultimate leaf with commission statement of Sha Sulayman Safavi ( re...

Three illuminated Persian manuscripts of poetry, various dates, largest 17.3cm. by 10.6cm. Provenance: one formerly in the collection of Hagop Kev...

A colour printed facsimile copy of the famous 16th century Qur'an manuscript copied by Ruzbihan Muhammad, in the collection of the Chester Beatty ...

Four Indian paintings depicting scenes from the life of Krishna, Rajasthan, 19th century, opaque pigments on paper, and two text leaves, 25cm. by ...

An Ottoman firman bearing the tughra of Sultan Mahmud I ( r. 1730-54), eight lines of Diwani script in black ink on paper, dated 1144/1731-32, 53c...

A finely illuminated unfinished manuscript, Qajar, 19th century, seven leaves with silver and gold text areas left blank, each leaf 28.5cm. by 17....

A nasta'liq quatrain signed Bimiqdar Husaini, Persia, 18th century, album page, manuscript on paper, four lines of diagonal text in black nasta'li...

Portrait of a European child, with attribution to the artist Abu'l Hasan, Iran, Qajar, dated 1281/1864-65, gouache on paper, portrait 22.2cm. by 1...

A rare collection of poetry , Arabic manuscript in verse and prose on paper, 13th century, mainly from the jahiliyya, 187ff. plus 2 fly leaves, ea...

Ibn Sina: Al-Qanun fi'l- Tibb ( Avicenna's Canon of Medicine ), parts of Book III, Near East, circa 12th-14th century, with later additions: Arabi...

Ottoman manuscript dated AH/877/30March 1472-73 AD, on Islamic moral and ethical principles, Arabic manuscript on paper, 361 ff. plus 6 fly leaves...

A calligraphic panel, Iran, 17th century or later, painted with a bird between panels of script on a blue ground with gold flecks, overall size 32...

A concertina album of ten Chinese watercolour paintings on paper, 19th/20th century, each painting with figures in a landscape beside rows of call...

Chinese school, possibly Ming dynasty, a painting of a pheasant perched on rocks, watercolour on silk laid down on paper, signed and with red sea...

A Chinese sgraffito green-ground famille-rose bowl, blue Qianlong seal mark but later. enamelled on the exterior with flower sprays, 18.25cm. diam...

A Nishapur pottery bowl, North Eastern Iran, 12th century, painted on the interior with a border containing manganese abstract motifs, a bird in t...

A miniature jade vase, 19th/20th century, of pear shape with elephant mask and ring handles, 3cm. high, wood stand and box.

A set of eight Chinese school paintings, 19th/20th century, watercolour and gouache on silk laid down on paper, painted with figures engaged in va...

A Khorassan type brass ewer. modern, of cylindrical form with loop handle, the body engraved with a winged animal beneath script, 32.5cm. high.

Kemalpashazade's Daqaiq al-Haqaiq, Ottoman Empire, 16th century, an early copy of the dictionary, Ottoman manuscript on Italian paper, 86 leaves p...

A Chinese porcelain blue and white bowl, Wanli six character mark but later, painted with fruit and tendrils above a ruyi head border, 21.5cm. dia...

A Timurid miniature on paper, Iran, mid 15th century, painted with a king and attendants with rows of black script, overall size 22cm. by 15.5cm.,...

Japanese school, Meiji period, a large painted on silk of seven monkeys on branches beside a rocky outcrop, 127cm. by 54cm., framed and glazed.

Japanese school, Edo period, study of Hotei, ink on paper, stamped red censer, 52cm. by 28cm., framed and glazed; and a woodblock print of an acto...

A polychrome painted wood figure of Guanyin, probably Ming dynasty, carved standing on rockwork wearing loose red robes, (a.f), 43cm. high.

Ottoman school, 20th century; a half length portrait of Sultan Mehmed V Reshad ( r.1909-1918), oval oil on canvas laid down on card, 17.3cm. by 12...

A Chinese Dayazhai -type barrel shaped garden seat, late 19th century, painted with birds perched in branches of wisteria against a turquoise grou...

A Japanese wood netsuke of a sennin, 19th century, carved standing carrying a child across his right shoulder, unsigned,9.5cm. high.

A Japanese wood netsuke of a recumbent goat, 19th century, carved with head turned across its back, unsigned, 4.25cm. length.

A Canton carved wood card case, late 19th century, of rectangular form, profusely carved with figures amongst trees and pavilions, 11.75cm high.

A Japanese giltwood figure of Amida Buddha, probably 19th century, seated in vajrasana on a red painted lotus pedestal on a circular carved steppe...

A Chinese famille-verte punch bowl, Kangxi, painted on the exterior with deer and crane amongst bamboo and rocks, the interior painted with birds,...

A Japanese gold lacquer four-case inro, 19th century, the kinji ground decorated in relief on one side with a Sambaso dancer, the reverse with a m...

A Chinese pale celadon jade mounted spring hinged clip, Qing dynasty, the stone pierced and carved with chimes and fish, the silvered metal back p...

A Chinese stone head of Buddha, possibly Ming dynasty, carved wearing a serene expression, her crown carved with a small central figure of amitabh...

A Chinese white jade figure of Guanyin, Qing dynasty, the goddess seated before an oval mandorla, with legs crossed and left foot resting on a lot...

A Chinese cinnabar lacquer circular box and cover, Qing dynasty, each carved with three figures in a landscape inside floral borders, 13cm. diamet...

A large Japanese Imari `black ship' bowl, Meiji period, of octagonal form, painted on the interior and exterior with panels of Dutch ships alterna...

A Chinese ivory ring puzzle, 19th century, consisting of a long loop attached with nine rings, the top of the handle carved with a standing woman,...

A large painted and parcel giltwood head of Guanyin, carved with serene expression and wearing a foliate tiara, 52cm. high, with stand.

A small Gandhara sandstone bust of Buddha, 3rd/4th century, wearing a headress and with eyes closed in meditation, 20cm. high.

Two Chinese blanc-de-chine figures of `Adam and Eve', late 17th/18th century, each draped in a cloth and bare from the waist up, rockwork bases, (...

A Chinese export blue and white oval two-handled tureen and cover, Qianlong, painted with a river landscape with pavillions, willow trees and figu...