Antiquities & Islamic Arts

Property from an Important Private CollectionA group of thirteen detached folios form a manuscript,India, late 18th/early 19th century,six forming...

Property of an Important Private CollectionA youth and his tutor,Safavid Iran, 17th century,kneeling under a tree, the youth dressed in the Safavi...

Property from a Private Collection, LondonTo Be Sold With No ReserveA group of Qajar paintingsIran, 19th centuryopaque pigments on paper, comprisi...

Property from An Important Private CollectionSix calligraphic panels,Qajar Iran, 19th century and later,Three on floral ground and a quatrain in b...

Property from An Important Private CollectionThree calligraphic panels,Iran, 19th century,Each in black ink on paper laid on card within polychrom...

Property from An Important Private CollectionA composite album page,Safavid Iran, 17th century and later,Black ink, gold and polychrome pigments o...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA gold damascened koftgari work steel book cover, North India, 19th century, inscribed to the spine i...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA group of five book covers,Safavid Iran, 16th-17th centuryeach a single cover ; four of leather, too...

Property from an Important Private CollectionThree lacquered papier mache bindingsQajar Iran, 19th centurythe first with each cover painted with a...

Property from an Important Private CollectionTwo polychrome studies of flowers : a lily and of a roseQajar Iran, signed Each on paper, laid on pap...

Property from An Important Private CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveEleven detached folios,Central Asia or Iran, 16th century and laterPossibly...

Property from An Important Private CollectionTo Be Sold with No ReserveThree detached folios with large polychrome and illuminated roundels (shams...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA Qajar lacquered papier mache Qu'ran box cover,Iran, early 19th century, With flap opening to top, d...

Property from an Important Private CollectionKitab fadail al-anam,Safavid Iran, 17th centuryArabic and Persian manuscript on gold sprinkled paper,...

Property from and Important Private CollectionA large lacquered papier mache bindingQajar Iran, 19th centurythe upper and lower cover's central pa...

Property from an Important Private CollectionTwo lacquered papier-mache bindings,Qajar Iran, 19th century,The first with gold-speckled lobed medal...

Property from an Important Private CollectionTwo lacquered papier mache bindings and five papier mache coversQajar Iran, 19th century,the first bi...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA firman giving a pension to the family of a deceased individual,Qajar Iran, seal impression of Mozaf...

Property from a Private Collection, LondonTo Be Sold Without ReserveFour small fragments of paintings and a woven calligraphic panelIndia, 18th-19...

A small Qajar coco-de-mer begging bowl (kashkul) and an engraved brass inkwellIran, 19th centurythe kashkul in the form of a nut with an opening a...

A silver mounted intaglio sealIran, dated 1829of rectangular form, two lines of nasta'liq script on scrolling floral ground, mounted on faceted ta...

A Qur'an section, Juz 26-30Copied by 'Abd Allah, North India, dated 1329AH/1911ADArabic manuscript on paper, 161ff., with 9ll. and 6ll. of bold bl...

An Ottoman manuscript on verse and prose in safineh formatOttoman Turkey, 17th centuryOttoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 107ff., one page with a...

Juz 14 from a 30-part Chinese Qur'an, China, 19h century or earlier,Arabic manuscript on paper, 52ff with 5ll. of black Sini script per page outli...

Juz 16 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an, China, circa 1546AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 45ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red ...

Three Chinese Qur'an juz, China, 18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, each with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, with...

Juz of an Ottoman 30-part Qur'an,Turkey 16th century,Arabic manuscript on paper, 28ff., written entirely in gold, with 7ll. of gold naskh script p...

Juz 29 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, 17th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 50ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red r...

Juz 19 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, 19th century or earlier, Arabic manuscript on paper, 53ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlin...

Juz 19 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, 19th century or earlier,Arabic manuscript on paper, 53ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outline...

Juz 11 of a Chinese Qur'an, China, 19th century or earlier, Arabic manuscript on paper, 48ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in r...

Juz 16 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, 16th-17th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 62ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in ...

Juz 25 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an, China, 16th-17th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 57ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in...

Juz 18 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, 19th century,Arabic manuscript on paper, 60ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red ru...

Juz 19 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an, China, 17th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 58ff., 2fl., with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined...

Juz 10 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an, China, 17th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 54ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red ...

Juz 24 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, signed Shams al-adin bin Musa al-Sini, dated 953AH/1546AD,Arabic manuscript on paper, 46ff with 5ll. of ...

Juz 12 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, circa 1546AD,Arabic manuscript on paper, 44ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red ru...

Juz 23 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, circa 1546AD,Arabic manuscript on paper, 48ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red ru...

Five Qur'an folios and a bifolioAndalusia, 12th Century,Arabic manuscript on vellum, 5ll. of Andalusian maghribi script , vowels in red, other dia...

Qur'an juz XII (Surah Hud, v.6 surah Yusuf .52)China, 18th century,Arabic manuscript on paper, 61ff., each with 5ll. of bold black sini, punctuati...

Manuscripts from the Private Collection of Prof. W.M Ballantyne (1922-2021) Lots 164-168A Qur’ancopied by Ali Uthman al-Hilmi, Ottoman Turkey, dat...

A Qajar prayer book,Iran, 19th century,Arabic and Farsi manuscript on paper, 62ff. , 7ll. of bold black naskh script to the page, bifolio with pol...

A prayer book (Dalail al-Khayrat),Turkey, copied by Suleiman Muratib known as Ebul Balakci-zade pupil of Sheker zade, dated 1168AH/1755AD,Arabic m...

AMENDMENT Please note that this calligraphic exercise album is not Ottoman as stated in the catalogue but is from Ahmedabad, Sultanate India which...

A Qur’an,Kashmir, North India, late 18th-early 19th century,Arabic manuscript on paper with Persian interlinear translation, 323ff., with 14ll. of...

Various PropertiesA Qur'an, Kashmir, North India, 19th centuryArabic text on paper, 528ff., 4fl., 11ll. of back naskh script to the page within do...

A Qur'an, possibly Balkans, Western Ottoman provinces, dated AH 1267/1850-1 AD,Arabic text on paper, 301ff., 2fl., 15ll. of black naskh script to ...

A Kashmiri Qur’an, India, late18th/early 19th century,Arabic manuscript on paper with Persian interlinear translation, 360ff., with 14ll. of neat ...

Qur'an juz XIII (وَمَا أُبَرِّئُ )China, 19th centuryArabic manuscript on paper, 46ff., 2fl., 5ll. of black sini script to the page, the illuminat...

A collection of books, sales catalogues and loose black and white plates, the loose plates possibly separated from Migeon, G. L'Orient Musulman, P...

A Safavid Diwan of Hafez,Safavid Iran, signed and dated 1014AH/1605AD, Persian manuscript on paper, 271ff., with 13ll. of fine black nasta'liq per...

A Quran, Ottoman Turkeysigned Al-Sayyid Husein al-Hamdi, dated 1273AH/1856-57ADArabic manuscript on paper, 293ff. with 15ll. of black naskh to the...

An Ottoman prayerbookTurkey, 19th centuryArabic manuscript on paper, 6ff., with 13ll. of black naskh script to the page, gold roundel verse marker...

A collection of 45 reference books and auction houses catalogues, mostly concerned with Islamic and Indian artsComprising:Contadini, Anna, and Vic...

Shaykh Muhammad al-Muta bin al-Salih al-Sharqi: Dhakhira al-Muhtaj fi sala ala Sahib al-LiwaMorocco, dated 27 Dhu al-Hijja AH 1315/5 May 1898 AD o...

A Provincial Mamluk Qur'an Juz, Arabian coast, circa 14th century Juz' XXIV, Arabic manuscript on paper, 49ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio wit...

A bilingual Coptic-Arabic Psalter,Coptic Egypt, Eastern Desert Monastery of St. Anthony, dated 26th day of Bashans (the ninth month of the Coptic ...

Qur'an Juz' XXI (أُتْلُ مَاأُوْحِیَ )China, 19th century or earlier,Arabic manuscript on paper, 59ff., 1fl., with 5ll. of bold black sini script t...

Qur'an Juz' XXV (إِلَيْهِ يُرَدُّ )China, 19th century or earlier,Arabic manuscript on paper, 60ff., 2fl., with 5ll. of bold black sini script to ...