ASIAN AND ISLAMIC ART HAMMER AUCTION 28 MARCH 2023

Of drop-shape form in two sections, each side with an openwork cut calligraphic band with scrollwork and an exterior band of scrolling palmettes, ...

Section of a kiswa or textile that was made to cover the Kaaba, Of rectangular form. The design consists of invocations to God and the Professio...

Of fan shape, composed of three rows, pierced with a large thuluth inscription amongst interlacing spiraling vines in the centre, between two rows...

Persian text, two lines elegant black nasta'liq script within clouds on gold and polychrome ground, the outer border heavily gilt and decorated wi...

A gilt bronze magic bowl of shallow rounded form engraved to the interior with central roundel enclosing two seated royals, the cavetto with a ban...

A gilt bronze magic bowl of shallow rounded form engraved to the exterior with a figure mounted on a mythological beast, the cavetto with a band o...

The Tariqa (the way) or the Qaderis are members of the Qadiri tariqa (Sufi order). The tariqa got its name from Abdul Qadir Gilani (1077–1166, als...

A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, each page with 15 lines written in black naskh script within gold and black rules, gold rounde...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 2ff. with 5 lines to each page, written in elegant black naskh script, gold verse markers enclosing the word "Ayat" ou...

A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 302 leaves with 2 fly-leaves, each page with 15 lines written in black naskh script, tajwid i...

Of circular form with short raised sides, with incised and formerly inlaid decoration composed of a central roundel featuring the prophet Solomon ...

Of rounded form on short straight foot, with flat rim, the decoration with green splashes, with black pseudo-kufic inscription in its center. D...

Gouache colour heightened with gold on paper, depicting three courtiers portrayed, ruled in a border with gilt and striking blue decoration contai...

An Ottoman shirt made from the inner kiswa, with an inscribed weave in cream color over a deep red silk ground. Embellished with a prominent inscr...

The cartouche of rectangular form with cusped ends and small arch at the centre of each horizontal edge, the body with extremely elegant and bold ...

A French translation of the book Morouj Al-Dhahab wa Maden al-Jawhar. It is a book on history by Masoudi, which begins with creation and ends w...

4 volumes , An-Nihaya Fi GarIb AL-Hadith Wa al-athar by the Imam Majd Al-Din Abi Al-Saadat Al-Mubarak bin Muhammad Al-Jazari, known as Ibn Al-A...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 9 leaves with 4 fly-leaves, each folio with 13 lines. The first and last line in strong large thultuh gold script on ...

In the form of a lobed cartouche, engraved with a central medallion containing inscriptions in tawqi', the border with a floral vine with perching...

Of cusped form engraved with a central cartouche containing four lines of inscriptions in tawqi'. Width 6.4 cm. Inscriptions: Quran, chapters LX...

Ink, gouache and gold on paper pasted on a cardboard page, four in Persian, in Nastaliq, in reserve in clouds on a gold background garnished with ...

Ink on paper with the use of gold, inner borders decorated with animals and vegetation in colors and gold, outer border with illuminated panels cu...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 71 leaves with 31 lines to each page, written in black naskh script. Catchwords and titles in red ink, the upper p...

Wood, bone, brass, lac. Of rectangular form with hinged cover, inlaid with bands of micro-mosaic bone, metal, wood and lac in a geometric comp...

Watercolor heightened with gold on wood, depicting al-Masjid al-Haram central in Mecca with another mosque in the background. Ruled by an openwork...

Watercolor on paper. Gouache heightened with gold on paper, mounted in a bespoke perspex frame. In red morocco binding decorated with gold painte...

Of tapering rectangular form, decorated to the top and the sides with elegant inscriptions in thuluth script of Surah Al-Al-Muzzammil v.1-v.7 amon...

A Levantine bone and carved hardwood cabinet. Each piece was hand-cut and hand engraved. Decorated with arabesque pattern, bone inlays and an Ar...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, comprising 16 folding panels, written in red, blue and black naskh and decorated in polychrome heightened with gold...

Of characteristic form with a pear shaped body tapering upwards and supported on a small foot, the waisted neck joined to the neck by s-shaped han...

A brass basin with compressed body, decorated around the body with silver inlaid poly lobed medallion enclosing elegant inscriptions in large thul...

Embroidered in black wool with two bands of stiff leaves enclosing Quran inscriptions in large thuluth script. The inscriptions: "???? ????? ??...

The text to the centre in naskh script describes the physical appearance of the Prophet Muhammad, inlaid with mother of pearl on a tortoise shell ...

The sphere is apparently cast in one piece and has a thickly scored equator. With no constellations or stars, only the lines for the Equator, the ...

A turquoise Mihraab shaped seal, carved to the centre with surah al-Kawthar, surrounded band a carved band of surah al-Fatiha. 12 by 8.5 cm.

Wood, bone, steel, lac. Of rectangular form with hinged cover, inlaid with bands of micro-mosaic bone, metal, wood and lac in a geometric comp...

The ovoid body moulded with arched bands of beading, the neck with three small handles. Height 54 cm.CATALOGUE NOTE This type of alkaline-glaze...

Pottery bowl, Nishapur, painted in black/brown on a cream ground, with Kufic script as band, black/brown rim. 7 by 21 cm.

The leaf-shaped blade tapering to a sharp tip, engraved with a central panel enclosing Kalimat al-Tawhid in Kufic script surrounded by Quran verse...

A Fatimid crystal pendant carved in low relief with floral motifs. 4.6 cm.

A rounded gilt mounted crystal pendant carved in low relief with a figure holding a cup flanked by two musicians. 2 by 3 cm.

Of domed form, the skull profusely decorated with engraved seated figures amongst flowering vines, the rim with a narrow band comprising inscripti...

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, a young man wearing a sky-blue robe with elaborate turban, a young woman wearing a gilt splashed red robe, ...

The feline is shown seated facing forward, with mouth closed, large ears pricked, tail curled over the right rear haunch, with a bell-hung collar....

Black basalt, of square form, the sides and edges carved with chinoiserie arabesques, the central panel with a pseudo-Kufic design. 32 by 29 by 6...

The tile of rectangular form with cusped ends and small arch at the centre of each horizontal edge, comprising elements in cobalt-blue, turquoise,...

With flaring sides, decorated in manganese-brown and red on a cream ground with a band of Kufic inscription around the sides, one side with a furt...

Standing on a small foot with conical sides and everted rim, decorated in cobalt- blue to the interior with birds amongst flowers and floral motif...

The silver with an Ottoman silver mark, decorated with flowers. 49.5 cm.

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, with sumptuously dressed prince with green halo accompanied by attendants and courtiers, facing a white rob...

Rising from flat base to oval shaped body with slightly flaring rim, open slightly curved spout also with flaring rim, the body decorated with car...

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicting two seated imams ‘Jilani and Chichti’ in Al-Haram Al-Nabawi in the medina, ruled in gold ...

A Seljuk bronze flask of pear form with raised base and narrow neck with flared mouth, with rows of tear-drop bosses to body and rim, with a heigh...

Of rectangular shape, brightly embroidered in gilt and silver threads with a mihrab to the centre, a hanging mosque lamp and floral sprays growing...

522 by 315 cm.