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Click here to subscribeLAND MAAS & WAAL -- "EXTRAORDINAIRE SIERING over de dijken en daarmede in verband staande wegen, in den polder van Maas en Waal, over 1828". (14) lvs. Ms. on paper in a legible hand, r° only. Fol. Budget for water management works in the Land of Maas and Waal, listed by municipality. -- Added: 7 o. documents, incl. 2 letters, from roughly the same period concerning water management in the vicinity of Nijmegen. -- (8).
PRAYERBOOK. (Maastricht area?), late 15th c. Ms. in Middle-Dutch on paper and vellum. (315) lvs. (later pencil foliation). Littera hybrida, black, blue and red ink, 14-20 lines to the page, measuring 64 x 95 mm. W. 20 fine coloured and partly gold heightened initials, of which 3 historiated (i.a. depicting Mary and Child). Bound in 19th c. cf. bind. w. 1 central clasp with catch, all edges painted red. (Sides detached, but in fine and clean interior condition). NOTE: Collection of religious texts and prayers in various hands, comprising Prayers on the Passion of Christ, Prayer to St. Servatius, Prayer to St. Augustine, Prayer to the Holy Trinity, a.m.o. Lacks at least 2 leaves after f. 53 and possibly also 1 beween f. 72 and 73. Owner's entry on r° first blank: "Suster Anna Maria van Cortenbach" above the following device: "Sterven om te leven/ Derven om te ghebruyken/ Arbaijden om te rusten". The Van Cortenbach family is an old noble family who lived at Cortenbach Castle in the Dutch municipality of Voerendaal. The family has produced lords of various lordships, knights and generals, and a commander of the Teutonic Order in Alden Biesen.
SCRAPBOOK. (1700-1800). C. 200 lvs. W. numerous cut-outs, scraps, drawings, for a large part in colour, in equal parts mounted and loosely inserted on c. half of the lvs., mostly on r°-sides, including two thin folders inserted in the book w. many loose cut-outs. Fol. Cont. h. red mor. w. marbled boards, binding tight, high quality 18th c. French paper. (Spine dam., corners & sides chafed & bumped, endpapers w. some spots, some waterstaining and glue stains in places, autograph entry on last free endpaper "Canga (?) boek"). NOTE: Contains several drawings by talented amateurs & illustrations from 18th c. children's books, e.g. animals, scenes of everyday life, pastoral, moralistic, biblical, political and historical scenes. Also, several prints from Martin Engelbrecht of Augsburg's Ausscheinebogen and Theatre-series. The latter were little scenes that could be made into a peepshow; most of the scenes in this scrapbook where pasted down but 5 leaves where loosely inserted. The earliest date we could find on either drawing or print is 1722; the most recent is 1787.
WORLD WAR II -- "OVERZICHT VAN DE WERKZAAMHEDEN, verricht door de afdeeling voor de Geheime Berichtenwisseling, gedurende de bezettingstijd". (Amsterdam, "Mei 1945"). (4), 36 lvs. (r° only). Typescript survey of the activities of the '[Illegale] Code-dienst', falling under the organisation 'Bureau Inlichtingen'. W. 8 caricature drawings in colour, signed in pencil, presumably by Cor ter Brugge, 17 tipped in or. photographs, and 6 tipped in documents (1 being a cotton cloth flag 'Oranje'). 4°. Cont. clothbacked brds. w. drawing by hand by C. ter Brugge on front side. NOTE: Account written by an unidentified 'I' who describes his work at the 'Code-dienst' between October 1944 and May 1945 which was located in a factory (part of an old bakery (the 'MBF Bakkerij) on the Vijzelgracht). Unveiling how he and his colleagues worked there under harsh conditions and in complete secrecy. Names occurring: M. Oortman, J.C. Beck, J.H. Schoorel, S. van Straten, L. Vié, K. Zimmer, Bloos, Deys, Van Kempen. Illustrated with original photographs of the 'office' and its location and with tipped in examples of the sort of messages that were conveyed. With autograph dedication on upper endpaper, signed by M. Oortman, to 'Jhr. P[ieter] J[acob] Six' who was a high official within the Dutch resistance ('Ordedienst' (OD)).
EUSEBIUS CAESARIENSIS. Chronicon id est temporum breviarium incipit foeliciter. (Venice, E. Ratdolt, 1483). 179 lvs. 18th c. cf., spine w. raised bands, gold ruling & red label, sides ruled in gold, a.e.r. (Spine slightly cracked, joints skillfully repaired, annots. in an old hand in margins on n3 v°, n4 r°, r5 v°, parts paginated in manuscript on r°: e1-e8, k8-r8, s8-t1, water stain in upper margin around e1-e8, some smudges but generally clean & fresh). NOTE: This edition is notable for the crisp printing in red and black, with ruled lines for the columns. Translation by Hieronimus of Eusebius' lost Greek original, with additions by (a.o.) Matthias Palmerius Pisanus (up to the year 1481). Contains the third mention of Gutenbergs invention of print in print (see year 1457). Collation: §11, a2-8, b-v8, x9. Lacks the blanks: §12, a1 and x10. - ISTC ie0017000; Hain-C. 6717; Hoffmann II, 108; GW 9433; Goff E117.
GROTIUS, H. Inleiding tot de Hollandsche rechts-geleertheid. 2e druck gecorrigeert en verbetert. Amst., 1631. (8), 104 numbered, (4) lfs. W. frontisp. portrait, engr. title-p & 5 (of 6) fold. tables. 4°. Cont. vellum. (Paste downs & endpapers replaced, several name entries in old hands on flyleafs, some yellowing, some foxing, clean & solid copy). -- W. SCHORER. Aanteekeningen over de inleidinge tot de Hollandsche rechts-geleerdheid. Uit het Lat. vert. d. J.E. Austen. Middelburg, P. Gilissen en Zn., 1784-86. 2 in 1 vol. 4°. Cont. cf., spine w. raised bands, gold dec. & red letterpiece. (Spine slightly cracked, textblock yellowed). -- (D. LULIUS, P. & R. v. SPAAN & J. v.d. LINDEN). Honderd rechtsgeleerde observatien, dienende tot opheldering van verscheide (…) passagien uyt de Inleidinge tot de Hollandsche Rechtsgel. van H. de Groot. 's-Grav., 1776. Mod. hcl. -- W. SCHORER & H. v. WYN. Dertig rechtsgeleerde vraagen, uit de Inleidinge tot de Hollandsche Regtsgel. van wylen Mr. Hugo de Groot, eerst aan het publicq ter beantwoording voorgestelt. (…). 's-Grav., 1777. 19th c. (?) wrps. (Binding sound). -- And 1 o. (5). NOTE: Ad 1: Ter Meulen/Diermanse 759; Dekkers 70; Roberts 141.
ARISTOPHANES. Comoediæ undecim, Graece et Latine, ut et fragmenta earum quae amissae sunt. Cum emend. J. Scaligeri & indice paroemiarum selectiorum. Access. notae & observ. ex variis aut. coll. 2 in 1 vol. Amst., J. Ravesteyn, 1670. (24), 1087; 60 pp. W. engr. ti. 12°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. -- ANTONINUS LIBERALIS. Transformationum congeries, interprete G. Xylandro. Th. Munckerus rec. & notas adj. (Graece & Lat.). Amst., Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1676. (36), 339, (33) pp. W. engr. ti. by C. Decker (pupil of R. de Hooghe). 12°. Cont. blind tooled vellum. (Previous owner stamp on free endpaper). -- (2). NOTE: Ad 1: Dibdin I, 299; Hoffmann II, 255. Ad 2: Willems 1894; Hoffmann I, 193.
BURY, (R.) de. Histoire de Philippe, et d'Alexandre le Grand, Rois de Macédoine. Dédiée au Roi de Danemarck. Par., 1760. xviii, 587, (1) pp. 4°. Cont. cf. w. raised bands, richly dec. gilt back & red label, mottled edges & marbled endpapers. (Sl. browned in places). NOTE: Good copy of this rare work by Richard de Bury (c.1730? – c.1794?), protégé of Count Bernstorf, ambassador of the Court of Denmark in Paris (hence the dedication of the work). He is more famous for the attacks he was subjected to by Voltaire, Grimm and La Beaumelle, than for his own writings. - Cioranescu, XVIII, 14192.
FLAVIUS JOSEPHUS. Des wijdt-vermaerden Joodschen Historie-schrijvers boeken (…) na op nieuws uyt de Grieksche & Latijnsche sprake vert. d. L. v. Bos. (&) Daer by gevoegt Egesippi boeken, van de Joodsche oorlogen, (…) mede op nieuws uyt het Hooghduyts d. S. de Vries. Amst., Wed. J.J. Schipper, 1682. 2 parts in 1 vol. (5), 280, (3), 281-414, (14); (1), 2-91, (3) lvs. W. engr. ti., woodcut ti-vign. & 249 text-engr. by P. Schut. Fol. Cont. blind tooled vellum w. raised bands. (Slight waterstains otherwise a bright & well-bound copy). -- J. BASNAGE. Vervolg op Flavius Josephus; of Algemene Historie der Joodsche Naatsie (...). Uit het Fransch vert. Amst., (etc.), G. onder de Linden & R. Boitet, 1726-7. 2 vols. (46), 1940 pp. W. 1 portr., 2 geneal. tables, 2 full-p. engr. (1 w. dedication) & 89 text-engr. Fol. Cont. blind tooled vellum w. raised bands. (Endpapers replaced, slight waterstains in places, slight yellowing, otherwise a very clean & bright set). -- (3).
GROTIUS, H. Verantwoordingh v.d. wettelijcke regieringh van Hollandt ende West-Vrieslant. Midtsgaders eenigher nabuyrighe provincien, sulcx die was voor de veranderingh (…) met wederleggingh v.d. proceduren ende sententien, jegens den selven de Groot ende anderen ghehouden ende ghewesen. Par., (1623?). (16), 287 pp. 4°. Cont. vellum. (Upper hinge broken, sl. browned/foxed). -- Id. Inleydinge tot de Hollandsche regts-geleertheyt. Bevestight met placcaten, (etc.), d. S. v. Groenewegen v.d. Made. - Followed by: R. HOOGERBEETS. Van het aen-legghen ende volvoeren der processen voor de respective Hoven van Iustitie in Holland. Mitsg. het Hollantsche versterf-regt, (...). - Delft, A. Bon, 1652. 3 parts in 1 vol. (8), 381, (13); (30); 12 pp. 4°. Cont. vellum w. overl. sides. (Paste downs detached, lower hinge weak). -- (2). NOTE: Ad 1: Grotius defended the legality of the Dutch government before the 'coup d'état' of Prince Maurice. - Ter Meulen & Diermanse 878; Knuttel, Verb. boeken, 160. Ad 2: Ter Meulen/Diermanse 769; Dekkers 71; Roberts 141.
HOMERUS. Ilias (&) Odysseia. Glasgow, In Aedibus Academicis, Excud. R. & A. Foulis, 1756-58. 2 in 4 vols. xi, 312; (4), 336; (8), 297, (4), 336 pp. Fol. Cont. blind tooled vellum w. raised bands. (Tiny stamp in lower blank margin of ti-pp. (blank margin of 1 ti-p. cut off), some foxing (mainly to endpapers), else a fine and clean set on large paper). NOTE: Dibdin II, 58: "One of the most splendid editions of Homer ever delivered to the world." - Printed in beautiful Greek type. Hoffmann II, 319; Schweiger I, 158.
(WOOD, R.). The Ruins of Palmyra, otherwise Tedmore, in the Desert. Lond., (n.p.), 1753. (3), 50. 57 engr. plates & plans, (plate 1 on 3 sheets, fold.), 3 engr. illustr. of inscr. Lge-fol. Cont cf. (Spine w. raised bands, spine ends dam., upper hinge broken, lower hinge (partly) split, sides chafed, some dam. at extremities, some smudges, a few wormholes, plate 1 w. large tear into the image, pieces of the image lacking & delicate at the folds, the rest of the plates clean, neat & well-preserved). NOTE: This work and its companion volume 'Ruins of Balbec' were the result of Wood's travels to the Middle East in 1750-52, accompanied by the draughtsman G.B. Borra. - Sotheby's the Blackmer Collection 1112; Fowler 345.
A yellow and white metal diamond three-stone crossover ring, having three graduated Old European cut diamonds in illusion settings, diamond dimensions between approx 2.3 x 1.4, and 3 x 1.85mm, total weight estimated as 0.18 carats, assessed mounted collectively colour H to I and clarity SI2 to I1, size R, gross weight 2.2g, stamped and tested as 18ct gold and platinum
An Edwardian 18ct gold diamond signet style ring, featuring an old cushion cut diamond in a star setting, diamond dimensions approx 3.9 x 3.4 x 2.6mm, weight estimated as 0.22 carats, assessed mounted colour J to K and clarity VS1 to VS2, size R, gross weight 6.5g, partial hallmark, tested as 18ct gold
A yellow metal, garnet and pearl half-hoop ring, having three graduated garnets and four 2mm seed pearls in scalloped claw settings, garnet dimensions between approx 4.25 x 2.75mm and 7 x 5.5 x 2.6mm, total weight estimated as 1.6 carats, size R, gross weight 3.6g, hallmark worn, tested as 9ct gold
A 9ct yellow and white gold, sapphire and diamond triple cluster ring, featuring three graduated oval sapphires within a border of 20 single cut diamonds, all in claw settings, sapphire dimensions between approx 4.15 x 3.1 x 2.65mm and 4.95 x 4.15 x 2.55mm, total weight estimated as 1.10 carats, diamond diameters each approx 1.25mm, total weight estimated as 0.15 carats, size R, gross weight 3g, hallmarked 9ct, London, sponsor GG
An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Abu al-Qasim al-'Abidin al-Khawansari Qajar Persia, dated 1277 AH/1860-61 ADArabic manuscript on paper, 221 leaves, 20 lines to the page written in naskhi in black ink within cloudbands on a gold ground, inner margins ruled in black and gold, verse-endings marked by gold and polychrome rosettes, sura headings written in riqa' script in red on a gold ground within cartouches, illuminated marginal devices, double-page illuminated frontispiece, preceded by a double page with prayers written within stylised gold-outlined cypress trees, f.3b and f.4a, succeeding opening illumination, with illuminated floral borders, floral lacquer binding 118 x 78 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Shakerine Collection.LiteratureN. Safwat, A Collector's Eye: Islamic calligraphy in Qur'ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, pp. 76-77, no. 15.The last leaf bears the seal impression of al-Raji ila Allah 'Ali Akbar, dated AH 1285/AD 1868-69.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 Damascus underglaze-painted pottery tile Syria, last quarter of the 16th Centuryof square form, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise, green, manganese and black outline with a design of lobed medallions filled with an interlace of split-palmettes on a ground of scrolling floral vines 29.1 x 29 cm.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate Belgian collection acquired at Harris Lindsay Works of Art, London, on the 4th of May 2004, and thence by descent.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 large Kashan monochrome pottery jar Persia, 12th Centuryof globular form on a splayed foot with cylindrical neck, everted rim and four strap handles, incised and moulded with an undulating band to the lower body, the shoulder with bosses interspersed by vegetal motifs, the neck with panels containing vegetal motifs 37 cm. highFootnotes: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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 Mamluk silver-inlaid brass candlestick base Egypt or Syria, 14th Centuryof truncated conical form with flaring foot, a raised rib above the foot and below the upper edge, engraved and decorated in silver inlay, the body with inscriptions in thuluth script interspersed by foliate roundels containing a central rosette, all on a ground of foliate interlace, above and below bands of vegetal designs 11 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection acquired at Sotheby's, 12 October 1981, lot 143.Inscriptions: al-janab al-'ali al-mawlawi al-'alim (sic) [al-'alimi]/ al-'amili al-'adili al-maliki a, 'His Excellency, the High, the Lordly, the Learned, the Diligent, the Just, the Possessor a'.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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
N. R. Sardesai (Indian, 1885-1954) Study of a womancharcoal on paper, signed twice, lower left and lower right, and dated 8/3/[19]09 lower left 29 x 22 cm.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate collection, Switzerland.Sardesai was a pupil at the Ratnagiri School of Industry, and graduated as a carpenter. He then worked as a drawing teacher in the Fort and Proprietary High School, Fort Bombay, between 1920 and 1930. In 1914 he was awarded the Mayo Medal from the Sir JJ School of Art, Bombay, for his skill in watercolours.For three watercolours by Sardesai dated 1934 and 1935, see Christie's, Twentieth Century Indian Art, 5th October 1999, lot 52; and Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art including Modern and Contemporary Paintings from the Indian Subcontinent, 17th October 2002, lot 566.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
D. Ross, The Land of the Five Rivers and Sindh: Sketches Historical and Descriptive London, Chapman & Hall, 1883pp. 309, blue cloth gilt, 230 x 150 mm.; and E. B. Eastwick, Murray's Handbook of the Panjab, Western Rajputana, Kashmir and Upper Sindh, London, John Murray, 1883, pp. 327, one folding map (of Sindh), red cloth, 52 pages of contemporary advertisements, 178 x 125 mm.; and R. C. Temple, A Dissertation on the Proper Names of Panjabis, with special reference to the Proper Names of Villagers in the eastern Panjab, Bombay 1883, pp. 176, inscribed With the author's compliments, black morocco, 220 x 145 mm.; and C. U. Aitchison, A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads, relating to India and Neighbouring Countries, vol. I (relating to the Punjab, the Punjab States and Delhi), Calcutta 1931, pp. 359, brown cloth 260 x 185 mm.(4)Footnotes:Ross, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, writes in his preface: 'My object in publishing these 'Sketches' is to furnish travellers passing through Sindh and the Punjab with a short historical and descriptive account of the country and places of interest between Karachi, Multan, Lahore, Peshawar and Delhi'.The first section of Murray's Handbook begins with advice on dress for travellers, as well as diet and health, passing on to tables of British Governors, rulers of the Punjab and principal events in its history, the Sikh Gurus, Ranjit Singh and his family, and the rulers of Kashmir. After this it deals with 'objects of interest' in the Punjab, its tribes, the Sindhi and Punjabi languages, and ends with long lists of Punjabi and Sindhi vocabulary, and exemplary dialogues (sample: 'I want a palanquin'; 'Torch-bearer, run a little before me'). Section II deals lists itineraries and points of interest along the way.Captain R. C. Temple was an officer of the Bengal Staff Corps, as well as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and was also Cantonment Magistrate of Ambala, Punjab.C. U. Aitchison was Under-Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department. The books lists the terms of treaties and agreements between the British and the states of the Punjab, ranging from the very earliest examples with Ranjit Singh at Lahore in the early 19th Century, through hill states such as Hindur and Baghal later in the 19th Century; then long sections relating to e.g. Patiala, Bahawalpur, Jind, Nabha, Kapurthala, and Hindu states such as Chamba and Suket, ending, remarkably, with treaties between the Company and the Mughal Emperor in the 1760s.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Safavid lavender-glazed moulded pottery bottle Persia, 17th Centurythe body of globular form with conical terminus, surmounted by a tall neck with flaring rim, the body moulded and decorated with almond-shaped protrusions to the shoulder 24 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection. Safavid monochrome glazed wares were derived from Chinese celadon and are one of the most characteristic productions of the Safavid period. For examples of lavender glazed Safavid pottery sold at Christie's, see Art of the Islamic & Indian Worlds, 7 April 2011, lot 138 & Islamic, 11 April 2000, lot 344. For further examples of Safavid monochrome wares, see Arthur Lane, Later Islamic Pottery, London 1957, pls. 93-95. The almond-shaped moulded decoration and form of the present lot is comparable to glass examples of the 18th/ 19th century in the Khalili Collection (see S. Goldstein, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art: Glass, Vol. XV, London, 2005, pp. 299-301, nos. 320 & 321).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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 walrus ivory-hilted watered-steel sword (shamshir), signed Asadullah Persia, 17th/ 18th Centurythe single-edged watered-steel blade of curved form, engraved and inlaid in gold to the forte to one side with inscription-filled cartouches, the hilt of typical form with walrus ivory grips, the steel cross-guard and backstrap decorated in gold overlay with foliate vines and floral motifs, the steel pommel decorated in silver overlay with vegetal motifs 101 cm. longFootnotes:ExhibitedBirmingham Museum and Art Gallery (1936-2022), inv. no. 54-266.Inscriptions: badeh-ye shah-e velayat 'abbas, 'The servant of the King of trusteeship, 'Abbas'; and 'amal-e asadulla 1[0]71 (?), 'The work of Asadullah, 1[0]71 (?)'.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 UK, 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 Damascus underglaze-painted pottery tile Syria, 17th Centuryof square form, decorated in cobalt blue, green, turquoise and manganese with black outline on a white ground with a floral spray and partial lobed cartouche containing foliate motifs, two of the edges with a border of foliate scrollwork with flowerheads 24.2 x 23.2 cm.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 impressive Mughal ivory-inlaid wood cabinet depicting European figures Western India, early 17th centuryof rectangular form with fifteen drawers, a hinged brass handle to either side, profusely decorated with ivory and dyed-green ivory inlay, the drawer fronts with scenes of European and Indian figures hunting various animals including tigers, all on a foliate ground, the top and sides with central lobed cartouche containing flowerheads on a ground of split palmette interlace, surrounded by a border of foliate scrollwork with rosettes, the back with a cartouche containing foliate scrollwork interspersed by rosettes, surrounded by borders of further foliate scrollwork and rosettes, with later Persian white metal mounts engraved and decorated with pairs of seated figures on a foliate ground with perching birds 79.9 x 35.8 x 36.3 cm.Footnotes:ProvenanceDr. Caro Owen Minasian Collection, acquired in the 1940s, and thence by descent.The present lot is a large and outstanding example from a small group of ivory-inlaid cabinets depicting European figures. They can be identified by their western costumes, which stand out from those of their Indian counterparts, and are characterised by voluminous trousers and rounded caps. The figure on the present lot was identified in a hand written note by Dr. Caro Minasian as Sir Thomas Roe (1581-1644), the first English ambassador to the court of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627) between 1616 and 1619. Indeed, the clothes represented are comparable to those worn by Sir Thomas Roe in a Mughal painting in the British Museum, London, dated circa 1616, depicting him in attendance as Jahangir invests a courtier with a robe of honour (Museum Number 1933,0610,0.1). Furthermore, the style of the cabinet would point towards a date of production at around the time that Sir Thomas was in India. Today, his journal entries, notes and correspondence, compiled in The Embassy of Sir Thomas Roe, are considered valuable first hand accounts of the court of Emperor Jahangir. For further details and discussion of Sir Thomas Roe's time at the Mughal Court, see Colin Paul Mitchell, Sir Thomas Roe and the Mughal Empire, Karachi, 2000. This type of ivory-inlaid furniture is believed to have originated in Western India, more specifically in Gujarat and Sindh (see Amin Jaffer, Luxury Goods from India, The Art of the Indian Cabinet Maker, London, 2002). Intricately crafted chests and cabinets such as these appealed to both local and foreign tastes, with documents and miniatures recording Mughal rulers with European-style furniture, including a 17th century portrait of Rustam Khan in the Chester Beatty library (Jorge Flores and Nuno Vassallo e Silva (eds.), Goa and The Great Mughal, exhibition catalogue, Lisbon, 2004, pp. 111-115).An example of a box featuring European figures is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no 2000.301). A further ivory-inlaid cabinet, the top half of which is of very similar form to ours, in the Museu Nacional De Arte Antiga, features European figures hunting on horseback (inv. no. 1312 Mov). In these examples, as in ours, the figures are depicted hunting in scenes emulating those of Persian and Indian paintings. For a smaller ivory-inlaid cabinet featuring European figures sold at Sotheby's, see Art of the Islamic World, 20 April 2016, lot 139. The dense foliate ground on our cabinet is also a fine example of its type, and comparable to that found on a cabinet in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (IM 16-1931).Dr. Caro Owen Minasian (1897-1973) was an Armenian physician and collector. Having attended the English College in Isfahan, he went on to study medicine at the Universities of London, Edinburgh, and Lausanne. Throughout his lifetime Dr. Minasian amassed an extensive collection of Armenian, Persian, and Near Eastern books and manuscripts.The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10), reference no. NVKEC9P4.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large Sultanabad pottery dish Persia, 14th Centuryof shallow rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise and black on a cream ground with a central cusped medallion containing a bird on a ground of foliate motifs, the sides with three panels containing cusped medallions on a ground of vegetal interlace, the rim with a band of flowerheads, the exterior with a band of vegetal interlace, with fitted box 33 cm. diam. Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate Belgian collection, acquired at Mansour Gallery, London, on the 14th of July 2000, and thence by descent. Christie's, Arts of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Works from the Simon Digby Collection, 7 April 2011, lot 79.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 panel depicting an extensive nocturnal wedding scene Persia, 19th Centurypainted lacquer on papier-mache, framed panel 39.5 x 62 cm.; 47 x 71 cm. with frameFootnotes: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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 Mamluk silver-inlaid brass candlestick base bearing the name of Sultan al-Nasir Hasan (r. 1347-1351, 1354-1361) Egypt or Syria, 14th Centuryof flaring truncated conical form, a raised rib above the foot, engraved and decorated in silver inlay, the body with inscriptions in thuluth script interspersed by roundels containing floral motifs and a central rosette, all on a ground of foliate interlace, above and below bands of vegetal designs 13.9 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection acquired at Christie's, Islamic, Indian, South-East Asian Manuscripts, Miniatures and Works of Art, 23 November 1984, lot 567.Inscriptions: al-maqarr al-'ali al-mawlawi al-amiri al-kabiri al-ghaz/i al-mujahidi al-'alimi al-'amili al-maliki al-nasiri, 'The High authority, the Lord, the Great Commander, the Conqueror, the Holy Warrior, the Learned, the Diligent, (an officer of) al-Malik al-Nasir'.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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
An illustrated leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Shahnama, depicting Gudarz and Tus planning the night attack Injuid Shiraz, mid-14th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, 34 lines of text written in naskhi script in black ink in six columns, intercolumnar rules in larger naskhi script in red, illustration in gouache leaf 377 x 247 mm.Footnotes:The text relates to the Iranians' night attack on the Turanian army, and the painting probably depicts Gudarz and Tus preparing for the assault.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 ruby-set gold 'jasmine buds' necklace (malligai arumbu malai) Tamil Nadu, South India, early 20th Centurycomprising faceted conical elements each set with a single ruby below an engraved foliate element, alternating with further engraved foliate sections, attached to a flat chain, the engraved openwork clasp in the form of two hamsa birds, with securing pin 58.5 cm. long; 202 g.Footnotes:ProvenanceAcquired in Delhi in 1994.The distinctive design of the present lot derives from the culture of the Tamil Nadu and Kerala region, where such necklaces would have been worn by the bride during a traditional wedding. A comparable 19th Century example is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, bequested by Cynthia Hazen Polsky in 1991 (Accession No. 1991.32.2). For further examples, see Usha R. Bala Krishnan & Meera Sushil Kumar, Indian Jewellery: Dance of the Peacock, India, 2001, pp. 102-3, Cat. 145 & 146.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Mamluk Revival silver-inlaid brass vase with the cup-bearer's arms Egypt or Syria, 19th/ 20th Centuryof inverted piriform with flaring base and short neck with slightly everted rim, engraved and decorated in silver inlay with inscription-filled roundels to the body with central blazon, interspersed by further roundels and cartouches containing vegetal interlace, the shoulder with bands of vegetal and geometric interlace above and below a band of rosettes and cartouches containing inscriptions and vegetal designs 32.1 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection, acquired at Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 16 October 2003, lot 452.Inscriptions: to the roundels to the body, 'izz li-mawlana ... al-maliki al-'alimi al-mawlaw[i] al-sultan, 'Glory to our lord, ... the possessor, the learned, the lordly, the sultan', al-'alima (sic) ... al-sultan, al-maliki al-mawlaw[i] al-nasiri, 'The learned ... the sultan, the possessor, the lordly, [an official of] al-Nasir'; to the cartouches around the shoulder, 'izz li-mawlana al-sultan, al-'alim al-maliki al-nasirial', 'Glory to our lord, sultan, the learned, the possessor, [an official of] al-Nasir', and '... al-maliki al-'alim ... al-'alima (sic), '... the possessor, the learned ... the learned.'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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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
An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Abdullah bin Ali Naqi Ahmed Persia, dated Rabi' I 1239/November-December 1823Arabic manuscript on paper, 269 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink, Persian interlinear translation in shikasteh in red, inner margins ruled in black and gold, verse-endings marked by gold and polychrome rosettes, sura headings written in riqa' script in red on a gold ground within cartouches, gold and polychrome verse markers in the margins, opening double-page illuminated frontispiece, later Qajar marginal texts (on the benefits of reciting each sura) in shikasteh within gold cartouches, main text followed by invocations and prayers in riqa', in floral lacquer binding 225 x 150 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Shakerine Collection.LiteratureN. Safwat, A Collector's Eye: Islamic calligraphy in Qur'ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, no. 8, pp. 54-55.The date in the colophon has been changed from 1239 to 1139.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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
An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Ibn Muhammad Hashim Mahmud al-Musawi Qajar Persia, dated AH 1277 AH/AD 1860-61Arabic manuscript on paper, 306 leaves, 19 lines to the page written in neat naskhi script in black ink, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, verse-endings marked by gold and polychrome rhomboids, sura headings in written in riqa' script in red on a gold ground within cartouches, marginal devices marking nisf, juz and sajdahs, f.1b and f.2a with a double-page spread of illumination consisting of a central lobed panel with naskhi against a blue and gold ground, f.2b and f.4a with a double page of illumination, f.3 with a prayer written in nasta'liq script within a tree-shaped cartouche, floral lacquer binding decorated with flowers 143 x 88 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Shakerine Collection.LiteratureN. Safwat, A Collector's Eye: Islamic calligraphy in Qur'ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, pp. 73-75, no. 14.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 Kashan underglaze-painted pottery jug Persia, 12th Centuryof squat bulbous form on a short foot, the body rising to a slightly flaring cylindrical neck, with round handle and flat thumb knop, decorated in cobalt blue and black on a white ground with bands of inscription, the rim with foliate scrollwork and palmettes, with fitted box 12.2 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate Belgian collection, acquired at Mansour Gallery, London on the 1st of September 2000, and thence by descent.Inscriptions: around the neck, repeated in the band around the body, Arabic verses. In a band around the body, undeciphered Kufic inscription.For the same verses as found on the present lot, see the rim on a Kashan cup published in Oya Pancaroglu, Perpetual Glory. Medieval Islamic Ceramics from The Harvey B. Plotnick Collection, New Haven, 2007, p. 104, no. 61. For a jug of comparable form sold at Christie's, see Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 26 April 2012, lot 101. A further example is in the Khalili Collection (see Ernst J. Grube, Cobalt and Lustre, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, Oxford, 1994, p. 175, no. 169).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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 Mamluk enamelled glass beaker Syria, 13th Centuryof cylindrical form with flaring mouth, kick to base and applied base-ring, decorated in polychrome enamel and gilt with three seated figures on a ground of vegetal interlace to the body, above and below bands of palmettes, with traces of inscriptions 19.2 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenanceAcquired at Christopher Sheppard, Kensington Church Street, London, in 2006.The present lot is a remarkable survival from golden age of Islamic enamelled glass production. The technique was developed in Egypt and Syria between the 12th and 15th centuries, with the incorporation of human figures within the decoration of such glassware gradually disappearing from around the turn of the 13th and 14th Centuries. The decoration on our beaker is possibly that of a courtly scene, with two of the figures appearing to hold beakers similar to that which they adorn. This decorative element can also be found on other beakers from the period, including one in the Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury (inv. no. 5017). These beakers were themselves used in courtly settings, likely filled with wine (they are often depicted containing red liquid) or water, creating an overall coherence between decoration and function. Two further beakers are in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (Acc. Nos. 47.17 and 17.18). Some comparable examples sold at auction include a figural glass beaker sold at Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian World, 4 October 2012, lot 105; and a beaker sold at Sotheby's, Arts of the Islamic World & India Including Fine Rugs and Carpets, 31 March 2021, lot 70.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 set of Qajar gold and silver-damascened steel armour Persia, 19th Centurycomprising a helmet (khula-khud), a shield (sipar) and an arm-guard (bazuband), engraved and decorated in gold and silver overlay, the helmet with cartouches containing floral sprays, on a ground of dense foliate and floral interlace with a band of inscription-filled cartouches and roundels to the rim, the shield with cartouches containing quatrefoil floral motifs on a ground of dense foliate and floral interlace surrounded by a band of inscription-filled cartouches and roundels, the arm-guard with cartouches containing mounted horsemen and birds surrounded by floral tendrils, the helmet with noseguard flanked by plume holders, the camail with steel and brass rings forming horizontal bands, the shield mounted with four bosses, four suspension loops to reverse with straps the shield 46.6 cm. diam(3)Footnotes:Inscriptions: to the shield, Persian poems, not fully deciphered; to the helmet, Persian verses in praise of the helmet.Persian armour features only one arm-guard, as in the present lot, with the shield being used on the other arm as defence. A comparable set of armour with similar engraved decoration is illustrated in R. Hales, Islamic and Oriental Arms and Armour: A Lifetime's Passion, London, 2013, p. 316, no. 770.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 gold-damascened steel axe with repoussé silver shaft Persia, circa 1900the steel blade of crescent form chiselled and overlaid in gold with an inscription-filled lobed cartouche to each side and bands of vegetal motifs, the butt with a further inscription-filled lobed cartouche, the silver shaft engraved and decorated in repoussé with scrolling bands of figural scenes, the pommel with a band of openwork floral scrollwork and a further figure 71.5 cm. longFootnotes:Inscriptions: dar azal jebril gofta gofta (sic) az lesan-e kerdegar, 'In eternity Gabriel said through the tongue of the Omnipotent God'; la fata illa 'ali la sayf illa dhu'l-faqar, 'There is no youth (as brave as) 'Ali, There is no sword (as sharp as) Dhu'lfaqar'; signed 'amal-e 'ali, 'The work of 'Ali'.For a comparable axe sold at Christie's South Kensington, see Indian & Islamic Works of Art & Textiles, 3 April 2009, lot 72.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 maiden with an elderly sage, by Hossein Behzad (1894-1968) Iran, dated 1312sh/August-September 1933gouache and gold on paper, signed and dated centre left, two panels containing text in nasta'liq script within cloudbands on a gold ground, illuminated outer borders finely decorated with naturalistic wild animals in their natural habitat on a dark blue ground 435 x 310 mm.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection: presented by the artist to Dr Issa Sadiq (1894-1978), and thence by descent.The painting is signed: 'Miniature of Behzad Shahrivar 1312sh (August-September 1933)'. The text at lower left consists of two couplets from a ghazal of Hafiz. It also bears the note: 'In the name of the scholar Dr Sadiq A'lam'.Hossein Behzad was born in Tehran in 1894, the son of a qalamdan designer. He studied Safavid painting and his work is deeply influenced by that style, in particular the major painters of the 17th Century such as Reza Abbasi and Mu'in Mussavir. In 1935 he went to Paris to study European painting and as a result his work combines the miniature technique with perspective and naturalistic depiction. He was highly influenced by the great works of Persian literature, notably Firdausi's Shahnama and the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.'Issa Sadiq (1894-1978) was the Minister of Education and a senator under Mohamed Reza Pahlavi. He was a prominent university professor and taught in Tehran and at the Sorbonne, Paris.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 illuminated Qur'an section Persia, 16th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 14 leaves, 13 lines to the page, first and last lines on each page written in larger muhaqqaq script in blue, and the seventh line written in gold, the remainder of the text in smaller naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black, verse-endings marked with gold roundels, inner margins ruled in gold, blue and green, illuminated marginal devices, sura headings written in naskhi script in white within illuminated panels, modern binding with stamped central medallions 232 x 165 mm.Footnotes:The section comprises part of juz' XXVII, including: Qur'an, sura LI, al-Dharyiat, verses 8-to the end; sura LII, al-Tur (with an illuminated heading); sura LIII, al-Najm (with an illuminated heading); sura LIV, al-Qamar, verses 1-part of 4; [folio missing]; sura LIV, al-Qmar, parts of verse 34 to the end; sura LV, al-Rahman; sura LVI, al-Waqi'ah; sura LVII, al-Hadid, verses 1-the middle of verse 21.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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
Five Qajar lacquer pen boxes (qalamdans) Persia, late 19th Centuryeach with rounded ends and sliding tray, variously decorated in polychrome and gilt with figural scenes and portraits the largest 23 cm. long(5)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe first and second: Sotheby's, Islamic Works of Art, 30 April 1998, lot 612.The fourth: Sotheby's, Oriental Miniatures & Manuscripts, Antiquities, Islamic & Indian Art, 18 October 1996, lot 154.The fifth: Sotheby's, Islamic Works of Art, 30 April 1998, lot 611.The first decorated in polychrome and gilt with figural scenes, the base of outer case and sides of inner tray with landscapes on a black ground, 21.6 cm. long.The second decorated in polychrome and gilt with pastoral scenes, 23.1 cm. long.The third decorated in polychrome and gilt with cartouches containing scenes of Mother and Child, interspersed by roundels containing portraits of Europeans and Persians, the base of outer case and sides of inner tray with foliate interlace on a red ground, 22.2 cm. long.The fourth decorated in polychrome and gilt with cartouches containing figural scenes interspersed by roundels containing portraits, the base of outer case with floral scrollwork on a red ground, the sides of inner tray with floral sprays on a red ground, 22.9 cm. long.The fifth with cartouches containing scenes of bearded men and a youth, interspersed by roundels containing portraits of women, 22.6 cm. long.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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
Khazan Singh, History and Philosophy of the Sikh Religion, in two volumes Lahore, 19142 vols., 699 pp. in total, red cloth 213 x 135 mm.(2)Footnotes:The author was Extra Assistant Commissioner at Delhi. Volume I deals with the general principles of the Sikh religion, and discusses Guru Nanak and the other Gurus, before moving on to the Sikh misls and other states, followed by Maharajah Ranjit Singh and his successors. Volume II returns to religion, combining history and philosophical discussion (e.g. 'Actions, Duty and Morals'), then the Khalsa and other matters, ending with hymns in gurmukhi script.The front flyleaf of both volumes are inscribed by a G. S. C. Black [?], of the 32nd Lancers, 'from Jemadar Harnam Singh, A/R Squadron', Nasirabad, 2nd July 1919.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Rustam killing the white elephant Persia, Shiraz, circa 1450gouache and gold on paper, 9 lines of text recto above and below painting, written in nasta'liq script in black ink in four columns, intercolumnar rules in gold, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, catchword, verso with 15 lines of text of which four lines are written diagonally, title in thuluth in gold against a spiralling floral scroll, with H. Kevorkian Collection label affixed to outer margin recto leaf 325 x 228 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, Highly Important Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures: the Property of the Kevorkian Foundation, 7th December 1970, lot 27 (illus.)The above sale featured six leaves from the same dispersed manuscript of the Shahnama, including our leaf (lots 27-32). The catalogue noted that other leaves had been offered at Sotheby's in the sale of 1st December 1969, lots 46-54.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 at the prevailing rate on Hammer Price and 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 painting from the Fraser Album, depicting a Kathiawar horse, Puch Kuleean, belonging to William Fraser, with a groom Delhi, Haryana, circa 1816watercolour on paper 260 x 398 mm. (page); 250 x 390 mm. (sight)Footnotes:ProvenanceJames Fraser (1783-1856) and William Fraser (1784-1835).Malcolm R. Fraser, Esq.His sale, Sotheby's, Fine Oriental Manuscripts, Miniatures and Qajar Lacquer, 7th July 1980, lot 44 (illustrated).Sotheby's, Fine Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures, 20th November 1986, lot 13With Niall Hobhouse, London, 1986.Private UK collection.PublishedM. Archer and T. Falk, India Revealed: The Art and Adventures of James and William Fraser 1801-35, London 1989, pp. 108-109, no. 96.The original cover-paper (now lost) was inscribed in Persian in William Fraser's hand: Puch Kuleean, a very fine Catteewar horse of mine but badly executed.The phrase Puch Kuleean refers to the five white markings on the legs and nose of the horse, regarded as auspicious. These markings are referred to in a letter from William to James, dated Delhi, 24th May 1816, offering him a horse with these markings: 'i.e. four white legs & a white face' (see Archer and Falk, op. cit., p. 9, fig. 2, for an illustration of the letter).The Fraser Album, which emerged from amongst the papers of the family of that name in Scotland in 1979, consists of more than ninety watercolours of high quality, and aside from their technical and aesthetic features provide an extraordinary portrait of life in and around Delhi in the early 19th Century, an area which was relatively unknown to the British at that date, with Mughal control ceded to them only in 1803 and the Emperor nominally in power. James Baillie Fraser (1783-1856) and his brother William (1784-1835) came from Inverness. William went to India aged 16 as a trainee political officer in the East India Company; James arrived a year later in a commercial position in Calcutta.While James was a talented artist himself, publishing collections of views of the Himalayas and of Calcutta, when he joined William in Delhi in 1815 the two brothers commissioned local artists to depict servants, tradesmen and figures from the irregular military units, some of which were employed by the British, including Gurkha soldiers and the colourfully-attired troopers of units such as Skinner's Horse. More than one artist was employed on the paintings which go to make up the album: some are usually attributed to Ghulam 'Ali Khan, but it is likely that the rest were produced by other members of his family.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Four Nishapur pottery bowls Persia, 10th Centurycomprising an imitation lustre bowl depicting a bird; an imitation lustre dish depicting a hare; a yellow-staining black bowl with pseudo-calligraphy; and a buffware bowl with pseudo-calligraphy the largest 21 cm. diam.(4)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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 13th Centuryof rounded form on a short foot, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise, black and manganese on a white ground, the interior with a central roundel to the well containing geometric interlace, the hexagonal interstices with rosettes, the roundel surrounded by palmettes and crossing lines of inscription, the rim with a band of square panels containing palmettes, the exterior with paired lines and a band of geometric designs to the rim 21.4 cm. diam.Footnotes:ProvenanceFrancis Barillet collection, Paris. Private Belgian collection, acquired at the Palais des Congres, Paris, in February 2000 (lot 204), and thence by descent. Christie's, Arts of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Works from the Simon Digby Collection, 7 April 2011, lot 68.Inscriptions: including two Persian quatrains, one attributed to Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi (see kulliyyat-e shams, edited by B. Foruzanfar, vol. 4, Teheran, 1342 sh. p. 239, quatrain no, 1422), found on a number of 13th century pieces including one in the Matossian Collection dated AH 613/ AD 1216-17 (see M. Bahrami, Gurgan Faiences, Cairo 1949, p. 120, pl. LXXI-II); and two common benedictory couplets, one from Firdawsi's Shahnameh; another by Daqiqi.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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
An illuminated Qur'an Qajar Persia, dated AH 1220/AD 1805-06Arabic manuscript on paper, 213 leaves, 12 lines to the page written in small naskhi in black ink with interlinear translation written in small naskhi in red, interlinear and inner margins ruled in black and gold, verse-endings marked by gold and polychrome rosettes, sura headings written in riqa' script in red on a gold ground within illuminated cartouches, illuminated marginal devices marking hisb, juz and nisf, marginal commentaries in naskhi within cloudbands, double-page illuminated frontispiece in colours and gold, preceded by a double page of illumination comprising prayers written within gold cartouches on a gold floral ground, f.3b and f.4a, succeeding opening frontispiece, with gold floral illumination in the margins, double-page finispiece consisting of prayers written with gold cartouches against a gold floral ground, floral lacquer binding 130 x 88 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Shakerine Collection.LiteratureN. Safwat, A Collector's Eye: Islamic calligraphy in Qur'ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, pp. 60-61, no. 10.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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
Two Kashan lustre moulded calligraphic pottery tiles Persia, 13th Centuryeach of rectangular form, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise and a golden brown lustre on a cream ground with inscriptions in thuluth on a ground of scrolling foliate tendrils, framed together the tiles 56.4 x 21.4 cm.Footnotes:ProvenanceChristie's, Islamic Art and Manuscripts, 10 October 2000, lot 232. Private Belgian collection, acquired at Mansour Gallery, London, on the 16th of October 2000, and thence by descent. Inscriptions: Qur'an, Chapter XLI (Fusilat), parts of verses 30 and 31.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 Nishapur buffware pottery bowl Persia, 10th Centuryof deep rounded form on a short foot, decorated in yellow, green and manganese on a buff ground with a mounted warrior, a fallen figure on the ground below, surrounded by quadrupeds and mythical creatures interspersed by vegetal motifs and pseudo kufic inscriptions, the exterior with a band of stylised leaf motifs 22.6 cm. diam.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection, acquired at Christie's, Islamic Art and Manuscripts, 15 October 2002, lot 203.This kind of buffware pottery first came to light in the 1930s following excavations at Nishapur, and contrasted greatly with the restrained colours and use of empty space within the previously known epigraphic wares from the area. Nishapur was not the only centre of production for these types of wares, however it appears to have produced the widest range of designs (Oliver Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, London, 2004, p. 247). An example featuring a warrior on horseback is in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (C.294-1987). For a further example sold in these rooms, see Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 6 October 2015, lot 27.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 small illuminated Qur'an Qajar Persia, 19th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 306 leaves, 22 lines to the page written in small naskhi script in black ink within cloudbands on a gold ground, inner margins ruled in black and gold, verse-endings marked by gold and polychrome rosettes, sura headings written in riqa script in red on a gold ground within cartouches, illuminated devices in wide margins marking the juz and nifs, marginal texts in nasta'liq script within cloudbands on a gold ground, illuminated double-page opening in colours and gold, floral lacquer binding, doublures with floral sprays 99 x 60 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Shakerine Collection.LiteratureN. Safwat, A Collector's Eye: Islamic calligraphy in Qur'ans and other manuscripts, London 2010, p. 72, no. 13.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 enamelled steel dagger (jambiyya) Persia, 19th Centurythe pattern-welded steel blade of slightly curved form, chased and decorated in gold overlay with a snake running down the centre of both sides, the forte to both sides with an inscription-filled cartouche on a ground of floral interlace, the waisted hilt decorated in polychrome enamel with roundels and cartouches depicting various rulers, including Afrasiyab, and other figures, the sides with cartouches containing inscriptions, all on a ground of floral interlace, the wood scabbard clad in copper and decorated ensuite, with fitted case 45.9 cm. longFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection, acquired at Sotheby's, Islamic and Indian Art, 20 October 1994, lot 134.Inscriptions: including two couplets from a qasidah by the poet Anvari (1126–1189) in praise of Sultan Sanjar; figures identified including Afrasiyab, Sanjar Shah, Hurmuz and Bahram.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 works of particular origins. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) and Syrian origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on 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 large chromolithograph of Maharajah Duleep Singh, after the portrait in the Royal Collection by Franz Xavier Winterhalter R. J. Lane, lithographer, printed by M. & N. Hanhart, London, 1854chromolithograph finished by hand, trimmed to image and tipped on to a gilt-titled backboard (as published) lithograph 535 x 295 mm.; original mount 645 x 350 mm.Footnotes:The contemporary title on the mount reads: His Highness The Maharajah Duleep Singh, from a Painting by Winterhalter in the possession of Her Majesty, published by John Mitchell, Royal Library, 33 Old Bond Street, London.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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