A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) depicting the Holy Family Persia, 19th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt with a central cartouche containing the Holy Family to the top, all on a ground of floral interlace, the sides with floral interlace, the base and sides of inner tray with floral sprays 23. cm. longFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Two leaves from a manuscript of poetry, with illustrations depicting the Mir'aj, and a scene of pupils with a scholar Qajar Persia, late 19th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, one leaf with two lines of shikasteh written in black ink in three columns (text not identified), the paintings in watercolour leaves 160 x 100 mm.(2)Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An album in concertina form, comprising fourteen pages from a manuscript of the Divan of Hafiz written in fine shikasteh, in the manner of Darvish 'Abd al-Majid Persia, 18th/19th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper laid down on card album pages, 14 leaves on 8 pages, 14 lines to the page written in fine shikasteh in black ink in two columns within cloudbands on a gold ground, headings in red ink, laid down on variously coloured album pages with paper onlay inner borders, later velvet covers text area 104 x 55 mm. and slightly smaller; album 270 x 180 mm.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.A label on the front cover attributes the hand to that of the 18th Century shikasteh calligrapher Darvish 'Abd al-Majid, considered the master of the style, though his work was often copied during his lifetime and later.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • R• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fars silver-inlaid brass bowl Persia, 14th Centurywith rounded base, inverted sides and flattened rim, engraved with a series or roundels of alternating inscription-filled cartouches and roundels containing scenes of enthroned rulers with attendants, the interstices with geometric motifs, the base with a repeat design of interlinked palmette cartouches filled with floral motifs, the interior with a central roundel surrounded by fish, herons and other animals 18 cm. diam. Footnotes:Inscriptions: al-'izz li-mawlana al-sultan/ al-a'zam malik riqab al-umam/al-sultan al-saltin al-/'arab wa al-'ajam al-ghazi al-'adil, 'Glory to our Master, the greatest sultan, the one who curbs the necks of nations, the Sultan of the sultans of the 'Arabs and the Persians, the conqueror, the just'.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Qajar style lacquer penbox (qalamdan) Persia, 20th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt with floral sprays, perching birds and butterflies, spurious date and signature to top, with fitted woven wool case 22.7 cm. longFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Inscriptions: 'Lutf'ali', 1267.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Maqbool Fida Husain (Indian, 1913-2011)Horse acrylic on canvas, framedsigned and dated 84 upper left and dated 84 verso90.5 x 90cm (35 5/8 x 35 7/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceAcquired by the present owner in 2003 from a private Indian collectionBorn in Maharashtra, India in 1915, Maqbool Fida Husain's initial interest in art was piqued through his study of calligraphy at a Madrasa and his interest was further developed during his studies at the Sir J J School of Art. He honed his skills in the 1930s painting posters for the Bollywood industry whilst also painting landscapes in Gujrat. As a founding member of the 1947 Progressive Artists Group, formed after the partition of India and Pakistan, he sought to create a new movement in art that was in direct opposition to the nationalistic rhetoric espoused by the Bengal School. He held numerous exhibitions over his career, some notable ones being his first solo exhibition held in Zurich in 1952, his exhibit at India House in New York in 1964 and the São Paulo Biennale in Brazil in 1971. Over a career that straddled multiple decades, he employed his modified Cubist style to depict themes and topics that include the Ramayana, Mother Teresa, the Mahabharata, the British Raj and motifs of Indian urban and rural life. Consequently, he was the recipient of multiple awards, some of which include honorary doctorates from the universities of Benares, Mysore and Jamia Millia, the Padma Shri in 1955, the Padma Bhushan in 1973, the Padma Vishushan in 1989 and the Aditya Vikram Birla Kala Shikhar Award for lifetime achievement in 1997. The horse has been one of the key elements in the artist's oeuvre over the course of his career, and is here portrayed with a gaping mouth and wide staring eyes. The crazed animal has been executed in bold colours which demonstrates its dynamism and energy. 'Like his bulls, spiders and lamps on women's thighs, boastful snakes and blackly passionate suns, Husain's horses are subterranean creatures. Their nature is not intellectualized; it is rendered as sensation or as abstract movement, with a capacity to stir up vague premonitions and passions, in a mixture of ritualistic fear and exultant anguish.' (R. Bartholomew and S. Kapur, Husain, Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1972, p. 42)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Qajar turquoise-set enamelled gold amulet case Persia, 19th Centuryof octagonal form with suspension loops to each side, decorated in repoussé with floral and foliate motifs, set with turquoise beads and paste, the sides with turquoise enamel, fragmentary printed Qur'an within 7.2 cm. diam. max.; 27.3 g.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Shakerine Collection.Sotheby's Islamic Works of Art, 30 April 1998, lot 71.The Benyaminoff Collection, New York. ExhibitedOn loan to the L.A. Mayer Memorial Museum, Jerusalem, from 1987-1998.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An album of calligraphy in concertina form, copied by 'Ali Reza Persia, dated AH 982/AD 1574-75Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper laid down on card, 14 leaves, 5 lines to the page written in fine nasta'liq script in black ink, some words in gold, inner borders of blue paper with inner margin rules in colours and gold, outer borders with stencilled floral motifs, one illuminated headpiece, probably excised from another manuscript, one further illuminated panel on last leaf, small depictions of birds interspersed throughout the text added at a later date, perhaps in India, beginnings of lines slightly trimmed, brown leather binding, doublures of red leather with central stamped medallions text area 132 x 68 mm.; album 270 x 180 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceChristie's, Islamic Art and Manuscripts, 10th October 2000, lot 74.The estate of a distinguished Iranian academic, California, USA.'Ali Reza 'Abbasi is recorded as a calligrapher at the court of Shah 'Abbas and is one of the most famous calligraphers of the Safavid period. For album pages signed by him see S. R. Canby, Shah 'Abbas: The Remaking of Iran, London 2009, pp.42-44, nos. 5 and 6). He was responsible for the inscriptions on famous monuments including the Shrine of Imam Rida in Mashhad and the Sheikh Lutfullah Mosque in Isfahan. See also Mehdi Bayani, ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol. II, Tehran 1346 sh., pp.456-61.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • R• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) depicting the Madonna and Child after Sassoferrato, by Abbas Shirazi Persia, dated AH 1278/AD 1861-62with rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt with a cartouche containing Madonna and Child flanked by portrait medallions containing a date and signature, the sides with nudes flanked by portrait medallions, further cartouches with floral sprays, the base and sides of the inner tray with scrolling vines 22.3 cm. long. Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Inscriptions: kamtarin 'abbas shirazi, 'The most humble 'Abbas Shirazi', 'the year 1278 (AD 1861-2)'.The depiction of the Madonna and Child is after a composition by the 17th Century Italian painter, Giovanni Battista Salvi, il Sassoferrato, of which a number of versions exist, one in the St. Louis Art Museum, USA.Nothing is known about 'Abbas's life, other than his recorded work and that he was a painter of portraits, flowers and illuminations. His recorded works include lacquered pen boxes and a watercolour painting dated between 1277 (AD 1860-1) and 1292 (AD 1875-6). (See M. A. Karimzadeh Tabrizi, The Lives & Art of Old Painters of Iran, vol. 1, London, 1985, pp. 293-5 and Khalili, Robinson and Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic Lands, Part Two, 1997, cat. nos. 343-8, and p. 262, nos. 343-8 for examples of his different signatures.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) Persia, second half of the 19th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt with a shaykh, lion and his followers to the top and further figural scenes to the sides depicting musicians and warriors, the sides of the inner and base with an interlace of vines 23.2 cm. longFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Safavid walrus ivory-hilted dagger (kard) Persia, 17th/ 18th Centurythe single-edged watered steel blade of tapering form with flattened spine, decorated in gold inlay to both sides near the forte with cartouches containing floral interlace, the handle with floral vines, the spine chiselled with palmette motifs, walrus ivory grips, the wood scabbard clad entirely in leather with bone finial 33.5.cm. longFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y RY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Nishapur slip-painted pottery bowl Persia, 10th Centuryof rounded form on a short foot, decorated in manganese, cream and tomato red with a band of pseudo-inscription flanked by two fish surrounded by circle motifs 19.7 cm. diam.Footnotes:Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Four Qajar lacquer penboxes (qalamdan) Persia, 19th Centurycomprising three of typical form with rounded ends and sliding trays, decorated in polychrome and gilt; the first with raised cartouches and 'engine-turning' design; the second with a prince visiting a hermit to the top and further figural scenes to the sides; the third with birds perching on rose branches; the fourth of rectangular form with lifting lid decorated with a depiction of the young Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar with maidens flanked by European style pastoral scenes, the edges with further similar scenes, the inside of the lid with a European wedding the largest 24.7 cm. long(4)Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate Spanish collection.The first is very similar in style to a penbox in the Nasser D. Khalili Collection signed by 'Abu Talib al-Mudarris (see N. D. Khalili, B. W. Robinson & T. Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic Lands: Part One, London 1996, pp. 228-229, no. 185.)Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of the Sharaf-nameh, the fifth book of Nizami's Khamsa, depicting Dara in battle with Iskandar's army Persia, 16th Centurygouache and gold on paper, recto four lines of text written in nasta'liq script in black ink in four columns, outer border decorated with scrolling stylised floral motifs in gold, verso 23 lines of text, inner margins ruled in colours and gold leaf 250 x 147 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceDr Thomas Ewart Marston (1905-1984), curator of Mediaeval and Renaissance Literature art at Yale University Library.Minna Marston, his wife, and thence by descent.Dr. Marston was elected trustee of the Yale University Library Association in 1933 and was the curator of Mediaeval and Renaissance literature at the library until his retirement in 1972. He had a BA from Yale and and MA and PhD from Harvard University. He was the author of Britain's Imperial Role in the Red Sea Area: 1800-1878 and co-author of The Vineland Map and the Tartar Relation.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * R* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Qajar lacquer box containing a set of portable merchant's weights and scales Persia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form with hinged lid, containing a set of steel balances and brass pans and nine weights of various sizes, the box decorated in polychrome and gilt with floral sprays and perching birds, the border of the lid with a series of inscription-filled cartouches 13 x 18.3 x 2.8 cm.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Inscriptions: 'After having put together the letter of our sins They took it and weighed it against [our] deeds'.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) by Muhammad Husain Persia, circa 1850-70with rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in monochrome and gilt with floral sprays with perching birds and butterflies, the base and sides of inner tray with floral interlace, signed to top 22.6 cm. longFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection. Inscriptions: 'Muhammad Husayn'.This is likely to be Muhammad Husayn Shirazi whose teacher was Lutf'ali Shirazi. His recorded works, which are mainly pen boxes, are dated between 1270 (1853-4) and 1289 (1872-3). (See M. A. Karimzadeh Tabrizi, The Lives & Art of Old Painters of Iran, vol. 2, London, 1990, pp. 561-8 and Khalili, Robinson and Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic Lands, Part One, 1996, pp. 202-3.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Mughal gold koftgari steel hilted sword (tulwar) with Safavid steel blade North India and Persia, 17th - 19th Centurythe singled edged watered-steel blade of curved form with yelman, engraved and inlaid in gold with an inscription-filled cartouche and a roundel containing a lion to one side, the watered steel hilt of typical form, the knuckle guard surmounted by a lion head with hinged tongue, decorated in gold overlay with vegetal motifs and chevron bands, the wood scabbard clad entirely in red velvet with gold koftgari watered-steel mounts en-suite 92 cm. longFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Inscriptions: bandeh-ye shah-e velayat 'abbas, 'The servant of the King of trusteeship (i.e Imam 'Ali), 'Abbas'.For a sword dated to the 16th century with a roundel containing a lion on the blade see Sheila R. Canby, Shah 'Abbas, The Remaking of Iran, London, 2009, p. 40, no. 3.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A small illuminated Qur'an, commissioned for Hasan 'Ali Beg and copied by Muhammad Sadiq Qajar Persia, dated AH 1217/ AD 1802-03Arabic manuscript on paper, 234 leaves, 17 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, gold dots between verses, inner margins ruled in red and gold, catchwords, sura headings written in thuluth script in red ink, one double page of illumination in colours and gold at beginning, preceded by opening prayers incorporated within illuminated central medallions, and illuminated tables incorporating the index in colours and gold, outer borders decorated with intertwining floral motifs in gold and some colour, last sura followed by concluding prayers at end, floral lacquer binding, covers decorated with nightingales amidst roses in red and gold, rebacked, edges frayed, discoloration, some crude repairs 111 x 72 mm.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate Spanish collection.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • R• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Amir Mu'izzi (d. circa 1127), Divan, poetry Persia, 19th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, 88 leaves, 16 lines to the page written in nasta'liq script in black ink in two columns, inner margins ruled in gold, blue, red, green and black, one illuminated headpiece in colours and gold, seal impressions and library labels of previous owners, brown leather gilt with central floral medallions and cornerpieces 208 x 145 mm.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.A note on the front flyleaf dated AH 1335/AD 1916-17 gives the name Ziya' Lashkar Taqi Danesh, the head of the Cabinet of the Province of Fars. There is also an oval seal impression of Mustashar A'zam dated AH 1339[?]/AD 1920-21.There is an ex libris printed label on the front doublure for the library of Ziya' Lashgar Taqi Danesh in Shiraz. Finally there is the same seal impression of Muhammad Taqi.Mirza Taqi Khan Mustashar A'zam (d. 1948), titled Ziya' Lashkar, was a poet with the pen name Danesh, and also Hakim Suri for his witty poetry. He was a calligrapher and collector of manuscripts, photographs and pen boxes. He worked as a secretary to Qajar high officials, was appointed Deputy Governor of Yazd and later that of Rasht. At the end of Qajar rule and under Reza Shah Pahlavi, he was the head of Justice Department and Mayor of Shiraz. The note dated AH 1335/AD 1916-17 must have been written when he was in Shiraz. (For more information on him see: http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/danes-taqi-b).Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • R• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A view of a palace, or of the house of a senior Qajar official, attributed to 'Abu Turab Ghaffari Qajar Persia, circa 1880soil on canvas, signed lower left 38.5 x 49.5 cm.Footnotes:Abu Turab is recorded as the eldest brother of Muhammad Ghaffari Kamal al-Mulk, and a nephew of Abu'l-Hasan Khan Sani' al-Mulk, the Chief Painter. He was born in Kashan in 1863, went to Tehran and studied at the College of Arts (Dar al-Funun). He illustrated portraits in the Sharaf Newspaper after it began publication in 1882 and he died in Jumadi II, 1307/December 1889-January 1890, apparently committing suicide by opium overdose.His twelve recorded works include portraits of Nasir al-Din Shah, officials and two depictions of buildings, as well as portraits of those featured in the Sharaf Newspaper. Only one of his twelve works is dated, AH 1302/AD 1885-86. See M. A. Karimzadeh Tabrizi, The Lives and Art of Old Painters of Iran and a selection of Masters from Ottoman and Indian Regions, vol. 1, London 1985, pp. 19-20.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Qajar lacquer calligraphic penbox (qalamdan), presented to Husayn Quli Khan Persia, late 19th Centuryof rectangular form with sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt, with four inscription-filled cartouches each with four lines of inscription in nasta'liq all on a ground of floral interlace, the top with a central cartouche containing floral sprays and perching birds, the sides of the inner tray and base with sprays of vines 24.3 cm. long. Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.PublishedM.T. Ehsany, Iranian painting, book binding and pencases, a commentary on the history of book binding and painting in Iran, Tehran 2003, p. 60.Inscriptions: Persian verses (poet unidentified, probably by the lacquer painter).The poem indicates that the pen box was a gift to Husayn Quli Khan, mentioning his father 'Ali Quli Khan Mukhbir al-Dawlah and praising them both with benedictory verses to Husayn Quli. Husayn Quli Khan (AH 1264-1335/AD 1847-1916) took up an office in the Ministry of Post and Telegraph in AH 1284 (AD 1867-8), was titled Mukhbir al-Mulk in AH 1301 (AD 1883-4) and was appointed Minister of Post and Telegraph when Muzaffar al-Din Shah came to power and received the title Mukhbir al-Dawlah after his father's death in AH 1315 (AD 1897). As the poem mentions his father with terms that indicate he is already dead, this pen box was likely to have been made after AH 1315 (AD 1897).Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Six calligraphic album pages in shikasteh, including two attributed to 'Abd al-Majid Taliqani, known as Darvish Persia, 18th-19th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, each composition written in shikasteh in black ink diagonally and horizontally within cloudbands on a gold ground, coloured paper borders, all mounted and framed together the largest 230 x 135 mm.; frame 37.5 x 120.5 cm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe estate of a distinguished Iranian academic, California, USA.The compositions are as follows (listed left to right as framed):1.Twelve lines of text written diagonally in fine shikasteh, no scribe or date. 215 x 155 mm. 2. Twelve lines of text written diagonally in fine shikasteh, with the inscription 'Copied on Sunday evening'. 222 x 135 mm.3. Three couplets on a blue ground, signed 'Abd al-Majid [Taliqani], known as Darvish. He was the most accomplished scribe of shikasteh, and a poet with the pen-names Khamush and Darvish. His recorded works are dated between AH 1170/AD 1756-57 and AH 1185/AD 1771-72, the year he died. (See Mehdi Bayani, ahval va Asar-e Khosh-Nevisan, vol. IV, Tehran 1348 sh., pp. 252-54). It is possible that this is a 19th Century copy of his work. 140 x 183 mm.4. Seven lines of text, written diagonally in fine shikasteh, copied for Aqa Muhammad Mahdi Bika by 'Abd al-Majid Taliqani, known as Darvish, in AH 1180/AD 1766-67. As noted above, there are 19th century copies of 'Abd al-Majid's writings sometimes with an 18th Century date: this one appears to be original. 197 x 140 mm.5. Twelve lines of text, written diagonally in fine shikasteh, with the inscription 'Copied on Thursday evening of the month of Jumadi II'. 227 x 130 mm.6. Fourteen lines of text, written diagonally in fine shikasteh in the style of 'Abd al-Majid Taliqani, with the inscription 'It was copied in the house of [...] in the month of dhi'l-hajjah'. 205 x 145 mm.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * R* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Qajar lacquer mirror case depicting the Holy Family Persia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form with lifting cover, decorated in polychrome and gilt with the Holy Family to the cover and reverse within a pavilion, the interior of the cover with a bathing scene, with signature and date to reverse 21.6 x 14.3 cm.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Inscriptions: sadiq al-wa'd!, 'O You who are true to Your promise! 1211' (AD 1796-7)Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Kashmir lacquer tray Srinagar, 20th Centuryof rectangular form, decorated in polychrome and gilt with floral and foliate motifs, inscribed 'Srinagar Kashmir' to reverse 29.4 x 19.7 cm.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A calligraphic composition written in nasta'liq script, comprising two couplets from a ghazal of Amir Khusraw Dehlavi, signed by 'Imad al-Hasani Persia, late 16th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, four lines of text written diagonally in nasta'liq script in black ink within cloudbands on a ground of floral motifs in colours and gold (perhaps later), laid down on an album page with gilt-decorated inner borders and a sky blue outer border composition 160 x 80 mm.; album page 300 x 195 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe estate of a distinguished Iranian academic, California, USA.'Imad al-Hasani known as Mir 'Imad, is the most famous nasta'liq calligraphers of the Safavid period, whose hand has since been a model for nasta'liq scribes. He was born in Qazvin, spent some time in Tabriz, travelled to the Ottoman lands as far as the Hijaz, visited Baghdad, Damascus and Aleppo and on his return settled in Isfahan, where he entered the court of Shah 'Abbas I. It is recorded that his fame and the Shah's particular fondness for Mir 'Imad, caused jealousy among other calligraphers and resulted in the rumour that he was a Sunni and his murder by the order of the Shah in AH 1024?AD 1615. Karimzadeh, in his book on Mir 'Imad, questions the above account and concludes that the widespread rumour of him being murdered by the order of the Shah was Ottoman propaganda against the Shia rulers of Persia. Numerous examples of his hand are recorded and are dated between AH 972/AD 1564-65 and AH 1024/AD 1615. See Mehdi Bayani, ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol. II, Teheran, 1346 sh., pp. 518-38; M. A. Karimzadeh Tabrizi, The Life and Art of Mir Imad al-Hasani, London, 2001.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.A number of examples of his work have been sold in these rooms: see Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 15th April 2010, lot 20; 14th June 2012, lot 115; 18th October 2016, lot 15.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * R* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Qajar lacquer box by Ma'sum 'Ali Persia, dated AH 1325/AD 1907of rectangular form with lifting lid, decorated in polychrome and gilt with a central cartouche containing flowers surrounded by a series of foliate tendrils forming cartouches filled with floral interlace, the border of the top with a series of inscription-filled cartouches, later velvet lining to interior 38.3 x 25.5 x 11.7 cm.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Inscriptions: Persian verses, in the corners, 'The work of Ma'sum'ali', and dated in a mixture of Arabic and Persian, 'In the month of rabi' al-awwal, one thousand and twenty five of hijra, 1325 (April-May 1907)'.A Ma'sum'ali is recorded by Karimzadeh as an obscure illuminator of the Muzaffar al-Din Shah period who illuminated Qur'an sura headings and produced calligraphic exercises. His only recorded work is an illuminated marriage contract dated 1330 (1911-2). See M. A. Karimzadeh Tabrizi, The Lives & Art of Old Painters of Iran, vol. 3, London, 1991, p. 1173.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A leaf from an illustrated manuscript, depicting a hunting scene with wild beasts Persia, 16th Centurygouache and gold on paper, five lines of text written in nasta'liq text in two columns, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, outer border with stylised clouds and foliage in gold leaf 226 x 141 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceDr Thomas Ewart Marston (1905-1984), curator of Mediaeval and Renaissance Literature art at Yale University Library.Minna Marston, his wife, and thence by descent.Dr. Marston was elected trustee of the Yale University Library Association in 1933 and was the curator of Mediaeval and Renaissance literature at the library until his retirement in 1972. He had a BA from Yale and and MA and PhD from Harvard University. He was the author of Britain's Imperial Role in the Red Sea Area: 1800-1878 and co-author of The Vineland Map and the Tartar Relation.The text has not been identified, but the leaf appears to come from the same manuscript as lots 4 and 5. It may be from one of the interpolated parts of the Shahnama.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * R* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Sa'di, Kulliyat, with eight miniatures Persia, late 16th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, 418 leaves, 11 lines to the page written in nasta'liq script in black ink, and further text of Bustan written diagonally in the area between the text panel and the outer margins, some words in gold, inner margins ruled in colours and gold, headings in gold and blue, occasional illuminated panels beside headings, one double-page illuminated frontispiece (the opening to the preface), one further illuminated headpiece (the opening to the Gulistan), eight miniatures in gouache and gold, colophon defaced, Qajar lacquer binding in the style of Najaf 'Ali, covers depicting the Virgin Mary with Joseph and with the Christ Child, inner covers depicting scholars in disputation 270 x 175 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe estate of a distinguished Iranian academic, California, USA.The illustrations, which are in the style of Tabriz or Qazvin, are as follows:1. A sufi before a ruler, present proof in reply to accusations against his people (from the section on the manners of Kings).2. The hermit who was seduced by the King's offerings (from the section on the manners of Dervishes). There is the same oval seal impression of a certain Lutfallah dated AH 1211/AD 1796-97.3. The sailor comes to the rescue of the youth (from the section on contentment).4. The judge who was found drunk (from the section on love and youth).5. Youths seated in a landscape: a reference to a ghazal of Sa'di (the scribe says he found it in an old manuscript, not included in his contemporary copies), which states that there is nothing better than when a friend becomes the candle of a gathering. This comes after the end of Gulistan. Oval seal impression of Lutfallah dated AH 1211/AD 1796-97.6. An illustration of the opening couplets from one of Sa'di's ghazals, referring to the coming of spring, blossoming trees, nightingales singing and the world becoming young and friends joyful.7. A group of sages visiting an older sage to consult him: from the hazliyyat. The story refers to a sage who runs wild and makes love to a girl contrary to his promise not to, and to compensate, gives her lots of gold. He then passes her on to his friends who afterwards feel uncomfortable and go to the head sage telling him of what had happened, asking for his advice. He gives them a reply, that this is the way of the world and all sides benefit.8. A scene about a man who has been married off to the unattractive and bad-tempered daughter of a rich man. He discovers what she is like on the wedding night, complains and the divorce is eventually agreed (from the hazliyyat (jests, pleasantries), one of the sections censored in modern publications. With a circular seal impression, an invocation to God, probably 17th Century: ya khafi al-altaf najna mimma nakhaf, 'O the One who knows what is hidden, protect us from what we fear'.In short, the manuscript depicts four episodes from the Gulistan, two from the hazliyyats (censored in modern editions) and two from his ghazals.The double-page illuminated frontispiece is the beginning of the preface to the Kulliyyat of Sa'di by 'Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr Bistun (composed in AH 734/1333-4).The illuminated opening to Sa'di's Gulistan has an oval seal impression of a certain Lutfallah dated AH 1211/AD 1796-97.The covers of the binding depict the Virgin Mary, Joseph and maidens, and the Adoration of Mary and the Christ Child). For a similar depiction, attributed to Najaf 'Ali and dated to the early 19th century see N. D. Khalili, B. W. Robinson and T. Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic Lands: Part Two, Oxford 1997, pp. 36-37, no. 233. The inside covers show a a group of scholars in discourse, and an Indian prince before a sage: for this last scene see a very similar example in Khalili, Robinson and Stanley, Lacquer of the Islamic Lands: Part One, Oxford 1996, p. 143, no. 106).Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • R• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large illuminated Qur'an leaf, framed together with a small painting of Imam 'Ali Qajar Persia, mid/late 19th CenturyArabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 11 lines to the page written in large, fine naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black and red, within cloudbands on a gold ground, gold flower-shaped roundels marking the verse-endings, interlinear Persian translation written in fine nasta'liq in red ink, inner margins ruled in gold, green and blue, profuse commentaries in nasta'liq script in wide outer margins, comprising sayings of the Prophet and the Shia Imams, leaf slightly trimmed, framed together with a small painting of Imam 'Ali before a terrace archway, gouache and gold on paper leaf 440 x 283 mm.; painting 103 x 63 mm.; framed dimensions 66.5 x 46.5 cm.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Mirza Rafi' al-Din Muhammad Qazvini, known as al-Va'iz (d. AH 1089/AD 1678-89), Abvab al-Jinan, vol. I (of 8), an ethical work based on the Qur'an and the moral precepts of the Imams, copied by Aqa Ahmad, commissioned by Aqa Muhammad Masih, son of the deceased Aqa Ashraf Qajar Persia, dated Shawwal 1230/September-October 1815Persian manuscript on polished paper, 258 leaves, 23 lines to the page written in fine naskhi script in black ink, significant words in red, inner margins ruled in black and gold, one double-page illuminated frontispiece, lacquer binding decorated with floral sprays 267 x 183 mm.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.The manuscript was copied by the order of a certain Aqa Muhammad Masih, son of the deceased Aqa Ashraf, by the son of Ahmad. Neither the patron nor the scribe has been identified.Another copy of a section of the work is included in a compilation entitled Akhlaq-i Mansuri by Mir Ghiyas ud-Din Mansur, in the British Library. See C. Rieu, Catalogue of the Persian Manuscripts in the British Museum, vol. III, Oxford, first published 1883, photolithographic reprint 1966, p. 826, Add. 16,819,II.A collection of poems (Divan) by Va'iz is in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. See F. Richard, Catalogue des Manuscrits Persans, Tome II: Le Supplement Persan, Rome 2013, SP 729, 810 (XLII).Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • R• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad Hashem al-Isfahani, known as Zargar Persia, dated AH 1170/AD 1756-57Arabic manuscript on paper, 243 leaves, 17 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, roundels marking verse-endings, text written within cloudbands on a gold ground throughout, inner margins ruled in black and gold, illuminated marginal devices, sura headings written in red naskhi script on a gold ground within illuminated panels, one double-page frontispiece illuminated in colours and gold, preceded by the index and two further illuminated pages, double page of illumination at end, Qajar lacquer binding depicting roses and other flowers, doublures with flowering bushes, front cover detached 153 x 99 mm.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.The scribe, Muhammad Hashem al-Isfahani, is likely to be the one recorded as the son of Muhammad Salih and known as Zargar, one of the masters of naskhi script, and who was praised by his contemporary poets. His recorded works are dated between AH 1172/AD 1758-59 and AH 1212/AD 1797-98, which makes this Qur'an his earliest recorded work. See Mehdi Bayani, ahval va asar-e khosh-nevisan, vol. IV, Tehran 1358 sh., pp 192-194.The name of the scribe and the date are written in the two lower cartouches in the double page of illumination at the end of the manuscript.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • R• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Qajar gold and silver-damascened steel peacock Persia, 19th Centurystanding upright with long tail, the body decorated in gold, silver and copper inlay with cartouches containing feather motifs, the wings and body with further feather motifs 35 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate Spanish collection.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) Persia, 19th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, the top and sides painted with floral interlace on a brown ground, the sides and inner tray with floral interlace 24.2 cm. long. Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Three Qajar 'Kashan style' lustre pottery star tiles Persia, 19th Centuryeach with eight points, decorated in brownish gold lustre on cream grounds, the largest with a central flowerhead surrounded by further foliate motifs, the other two depicting deer amidst foliage, all with borders containing bands of inscriptions in naskhi the largest 30 cm. diam.(3)Footnotes:ProvenanceFormerly in a Private French collection and according to family tradition acquired from the Bardo National Museum, Tunisia in 1888, and from Samuel Siegfried Bing (1838-1905) in Paris in the late 19th Century. Inscriptions: to one, a prayer in Arabic; to the others, the basmalah followed by couplets in Persian.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Rare Australian Token Penny’s & Halfpenny, to include:- Hide & De Carle, Melbourne grocers & wine merchants 1857 & 1858. Iredale & Co, Sydney Iron merchants & general iron mongers, established 1820. Peace & Plenty, Melbourne 1858. R. Parker, Moorabool Street, Geelong, Ironmonger. Halfpenny, Holloway’s Pills & Ointment 1857. Smith . Peate & Co, 258 & 260 George Street Sydney, Grocers tea dealers & wine merchant.
Medieval Pilgrims Ampulla.Circa, AD 1300-1400. Lead, 26.39 grams, 44.71 mm. A nice example of a lead ampulla from the shrine of "Our Lady' at Walsingham. Recorded on the PAS database as: SF-5179F9. Ref: Mitchiner, 1986; p.141, no 403.PAS: A flask-shape with a rounded bowl and a flared trapezoidal neck; on one side of the neck there is a complete triangular loop, while on the opposite side there is the bent and detached frame of a similar loop. both faces of the bowl have cast decoration; on one face there is a crescent with a central open pouch, which has a circular opening and terminates with a reversed R. The crescent is decorated with a series of raised stroke; triangles with similar strokes are along the lower edge of the bowl. The other face depicts two raised circles with an outer rim of oblique raised strokes; two transverse raised lines link the base of the two loops and a raised long arrow runs along the longitudinal median axis of the ampulla, from the upper edge to the lower part of the bowl, terminating with a letter V as its tip. The latter face is slightly concave due post-depositional damage.As Mitchiner (1986, p. 141, no. 403); according to the author the arrow is associated with the Sanctuary in Walsingham along with the letters V and R , which should stand for "Richelde" and "Virgo". Richeldis/Richelde is a feminine given name occasionally given in refered to Richeldis de Faverches, a Saxon noblewoman who supposedly had a vision of the Virgin Mary that led her to establish a Marian shrine in 1061 in Walsingham.
Philip II Bronze Of PisidiaAntiochia. A.D. 247-249. AE 27. Bronze, 11.63 grams. 27 mm. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG P M, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Philip II right. Reverse: CAES ANTIOCH C-OL, Philip driving quadriga right, holding eagle-topped scepter. S R in ex.Ref: SNG France 1280-1281. Ex Naville Numismatics, Auction 34; lot 185. 17/09/2017. Ex Essex Coins.
Henry Of Anjou Penny.Circa, 1139-48 AD. Silver, 0.9 grams. 18 mm. Obverse: Bust right with sceptre wearing round cap, +HENRICVS [R]EX. Reverse: Quadrilateral over cross fleury, +ROBERTVS ON WI [ ]. Moneyer Robertus at the Wallingford mint. This is the first coin recorded that names Robertus as a moneyer at Wallingford. Recorded with the Early Medieval Coin Corpus as: EMC 2020.0301. Ref: North 940/2. Excessively rare. Only 9 other examples of Henry's 'round cap' type are recorded on the EMC: two cut halfpennies, five incomplete coins and two full pennies. Of these, this is the only example where both mint and moneyer can be read from the coin.
Henry VIII Gold Halfcrown.Third coinage, 1544-47 AD. Gold, 1.52 grams. 20 mm. Obverse: Crowned rose, uncrowned H R. RUTILANS ROSA SINE SPINA. Mint mark, pellet in annulet. Reverse: Crowned royal shield, H R. HENRIC 8 DI GRA AGL FRA Z HIB REX. Mint mark pellet in annulet, Tower mint. Ref: North, 1837. Spink, 2311.
Anglo-Saxon PendantCirca 6th century AD. Gold, 2.14 grams. 21.04 x 14.68 mm. A lozenge-shape pendant set with a large dark red garnet. The frame of the pendant is decorated with a band of beaded filigree around an inner frame of plain gold that forms a clasp around stone. Above is a tubular ribbed suspension loop above that has become detached at one end, the reverse is plain. Ref: R. A. Smith, Guide to Anglo-Saxon Antiquities 1923. Plate IV. From a private collection, bought from a deceased estate 2011.
PAINTINGS AND PRINTS ETC, to include Bryan Conway, winter scene of horses in snow covered fields, oil on board, size approximately 60cm x 76cm, P. R. Long wild flowers in a garden setting oil on board, two vintage training posters relating to Dentistry both framed, glass broken to one, H.R.Hall prints together with other assorted paintings and prints (16)
DAVID MYNETT (1942-2013) 'ACROSS THE WATER', an impressionist view across the River Thames, signed bottom right, pastel on paper, mounted, framed and glazed, size approximately 28cm x 38cm, together with a Franchesca Stuart Sindili print 'Going to the Meet', engraved by R Wallace Hester and five other prints, all framed (7)
PAINTINGS AND PRINTS ETC, to include watercolours of buildings in rural settings by Dorothy Cross, watercolour of a rural scene by Frank R Hull, signed and dated 1977, watercolour of a Greenfinch, signed Brant, three prints, a mirror and two fire screens, both oak framed one with wool work panel, largest framed print size 54cm x 65cm (12)
A BOX AND LOOSE METALWARES, etc, to include a pair of Gunther Lambert Collection candlesticks, 'R Higgs & Sons Dairy Farmers' miniature milk churn, graduating copper grain measures, plated small bucket, height 12.5cm, a pewter charger, diameter 37.5cm, a novelty lead face with loose hat as lid, twin handled fruit bowl, plated oval platter.etc
A BOXED HORNBY 0 GAUGE CLOCKWORK GOODS SET, No50, locomotive and tender, No60199, B R lined black livery, correct rolling stock, track, key and guarantee leaflet, box complete with inner tray but damaged, with an unboxed tinplate Hornby No 1 goods platform, footbridge, level crossing, signal and quantity of track all in playworn condition (2) boxes
A QUANTITY OF BOXED AND UNBOXED 00 GAUGE PASSENGER COACHES, boxed items by Hornby, Mainline, unboxed items include Hornby Pullman coaches, Tri-ang Royal Mail coaches, Tri-ang Transcontinental, majority are Hornby, Hornby Dublo and Mainline B R MK1 and MK2 coaches in assorted liveries, some minor damage and wear (two boxes)
THREE BOXED HORNBY RAILWAYS 00 GAUGE TANK LOCOMOTIVES, two class D Industrial, No 4 (R2245), limited edition Hornby Collectors Club Membership Edition 2001 and class 0F Pug 'Smokey Joe' No 56025 (R782), all in B R black livery, Smokey Joe with instructions, two of the boxes have fading/damage and wear
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