FINE ISLAMIC ART

Fine Islamic Art

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS

BIDDING

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ESTIMATES

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CONDITION REPORTS

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UNDERSTANDING BUYER’S PREMIUM AND THE FINAL PRICE YOU WILL PAY

All purchases are subject to a buyer’s premium of 20% including VAT per lot for UK buyers only. EU and International buyers do not pay VAT. When you successfully bid on any lot, the price you pay will be the hammer price (the value you bid at the auction), plus the buyer’s premium.

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COLLECTION AND SHIPPING

If you attend an auction in person and are a successful bidder, you can collect your order from our premises.

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possibilities as well as providing quotes for external shippers when requested by the buyer.

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CONDITIONS OF SALE

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VALUATIONS

We are happy to value any items brought in to the salerooms or sent via email (info@apollogalleries.com). If you have a number of items or a whole collection, please contact us and ask for an onsite valuation.

CONSIGNING YOUR ITEMS FOR AUCTION

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THE RESERVE PRICE

You will receive an advised estimate of each item offered for sale, and we advise that the items are sold at the auctioneer’s discretion. This discretionary value would equal a selling price of 10% below the low estimate. Alternatively a fixed reserve price below which we will not sell can be agreed upon when consigning your items.

SETTLEMENT

Sale results are sent out within 5 working days of the auction and settlement usually takes place up to six weeks after the sale, subject to normal business conditions. We can only pay out if the buyer paid for the items.

CHARGES

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PROFESSIONAL SHIPPING & PACKING SERVICES

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FINE ISLAMIC ART

Wednesday, March 15th, 2023 at 12:00 P.M. GMT

Apollo Art Auctions is delighted to present our 15th of March 2023 - Fine Islamic Art sale. Islamic art is widely renowned for its intricate geometric patterns, vibrant colors, and intricate calligraphy. The upcoming auction features an array of pieces, showcasing the diversity and beauty of Islamic art. The collection includes pottery, glass, and bronze pieces, created by master craftsmen during the Nishapur, Seljuk, Mamluk, and Safavid periods. Each piece represents a unique moment in history, and a particular artistic style, highlighting the influence of the Islamic world on art and culture.

One of the highlights of the auction is the rare manuscript section. The manuscripts include a selection of Qurans and pages, offering a unique insight into the history and development of Islamic calligraphy. Many

12(0)4 Hijrah or 1789 / 90 AD

Starting price: £30,000

A wonderful late 18th century illustrated work, a combination of different works of fiction written in a poetic form. By the famous poet Jamal Al-Din Abu Muhammad Nizami (d.1217AD). The scribe copier’s name appears as, ál khultani,’suggesting he was from Khultan an area in Tajikistan between two branches of the Oxus River. The work is profusely decorated with many full detailed illustrations and illuminations throughout. Illustrations detail the costumes of different peoples including Uzbek and Persian fashions and elements of Ottoman clothing on others. Objects and architectural motifs are depicted in different regional styles reflecting a broad knowledge of regional conventions and cultures. Great care is also given in depicting mundane details such as a woman spinning wool, a bird and its young as well as a knife splitting a watermelon is unusual and rarely seen in Islamic manuscripts. The care and quality of the work suggests that it was copied in a centre with a rich tradition of manuscript illustrating, trade and cross-cultural exchange. As well as being centred or covering whole pages Illustrations and stylised details are also found in the borders of the work. Gold and red borders throughout. Paper maché covers with green, red, white and gold pigments highlighting floral decoration. In black and red ink in Nastalíq script. Size: L:330mm / W:220mm ; 2.52kg

1. KHAMSA BY JAMAL AL-DIN ABU MUHAMMAD NIZAMI (D.1217 AD) COPED BY LUTF’ALLAH BIN MUHAMMAD SHAFI’ KHUTLANI, POSSIBLY BALKH

Provenance: Ex Christie’s

2. A GROUP OF LARGE GULISTAN

16th-17th Century AD.

Starting price: £20,000

MANUSCRIPT

FOLIOS BY THE POET SA’DI

Large Safavid manuscript is from Sa’di’s Gulistan. Pages composed of multiple short moral stories. Combination of text and poems. Text written in red blue gold and black ink, Wide borders with gold floral arabesque. Later rebound. Two pages are loosecut from their border and one frame missing. 14 pieces. Size: L:370mm / W:260mm ; 1.01kg

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca. 1700.

Starting price: £18,000

This large Religious work contains 3750 prayers and remembrances of God known as dhikrs. Organised by days of the week, there are prayers for each day. Each heading of the week has beautifully decorated heading with gold leaf turquoise blue and interlocking patterns with pink floral decoration. The opening page has a star motif containing Arabic red script and includes the owner or library’s seal stamp. Gold borders and titles throughout. Each line is decorated with gold and floral coloured headings. In Naskh script. Size: L:430mm / W:275mm ; 3.9kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

3. TANBIH AL ‘ANAM FI DTHIKR AL SALAAH ALA SAYYID AL KIRAM, TANBIH AL ‘ANAM FI DTHIKR AL SALAAH ALA SAYYID AL KIRAM (TANBĪH AL-ʾ ANĀM FĪ DHIKR AL-ṢALAH ʿALĀ SAĪD AL-KIRĀM )

4. A LARGE QURAN, N.INDIA Ca. 1800 AD

Starting price: £18,000

A Large North Indian Quran. Beautifully decorated throughout all pages framed with gold leaf, and blue and red ink borders. Illuminated with detailed decorative carpet pages. Headings in red and decorated with gold. No date or copier name. Illuminated with sumptuous carpet pages with detailed and multi coloured floral decoration and gold roundels. Detailed multi coloured opening pages. In Naksh script with woven cloth cover. Size: L: With stand: 165mm / W: 64mm; 280g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

OTTOMAN

963 Hijrah / 1529 or 1530 AD

Starting price: £500

Kitab al Ihtisaab, a work of Fiqh and Hadith, this particular book was copied by Muhammad Hajji bin Mowlana Umar a Nijjar. Size: L:255mm / W:185mm ; 450g

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

5. KITAB AL IHTISAAB BY UMR BI MIHAMMAD BIN ‘AWAD A SENANEE,

6. A SAFAVID QURAN

1086

Hijrah / 1675 or 1676 AD

Starting price: £12,000

A Safavid Quran copied by Muhammad Ali ibn Suleyman Talcani (Muḥammad ʿAlī Ibn Sulymān al-Ṭālaqānī). Orange, blue and gold title heading decorations with headings in red ink. Beautiful detailed gold and lapis carpet pages with gold floriated borders. Gold and blue borders throughout. Size: L:260mm / W:170mm ; 1.11kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

7. AN IMPORTANT LATE MAMLUK OR SAFAVID QURAN Ca. 1500 AD.

Starting price: £10,000

Simple carpet pages with prayers in gold leaf surrounded by mirrored star motifs, Surah Baqarah has an ornate heading with a domed motif illuminated in lapis blue with gold floral motifs. The text is set on a backdrop of gold leaf—black ink with red diacritical marks in Naskh script. Pages look to be restored. Later rebound. Size: L:295mm / W:195mm ; 1.47kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

8. LARGE QURAN COPIED BY AL HAJJ MUHAMMAD BIN SALIEH (AL-ḤĀJJ MUḤAMMAD BIN ṢALĪḤ ), INDIA, INDONESIA OR SOUTH EAST ASIA

1201 Hijrah / 1786 or 1787 AD.

Starting price: £10,000

A large Quran dated to 1201 Hijrah and copied by al Hajj Muhammad bin Salieh. Size: L:345mm / W:220mm ; 3.11kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

9. A MAMLUK OR MESEPOTAMIAN QURAN ISSUED BY MALIK AL DAHERI

14th to 15th century AD

Starting price: £10,000

A Mamluk or possibly Mesopotamian Quran. An inscription tells us that the Quran was issued or sponsored by Malik al Daheri. Another text says (that the Quran should not be touched except by purified people (“La yamasahu ila al mutaharoon”). It is illuminated with a beautiful rosette opening page with gold leaf lapis blue pigments and gold leaf borders throughout. Size: L:300mm / W:220mm ; 2.21kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

10. A JUZ SECTION OF THE QURAN, PROBABLY LATE MAMLUK

Ca. 1500 AD

Starting price: £10,000

The 19th Juz section of the Quran. Titles in gold leaf with gold borders. Gold roundels to mark surah heading in elongated thuluth script. Gold borders throughout In Naskh script. Recently rebound with restored and stabilized pages. Size: L:363mm / W:240mm ; 770g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

11. A QURANIC JUZ TIMURID OR POSSIBLY MAMLUK, PERSIA

Ca. 1400 AD

Starting price: £10,000

A Quran Juz or section, with the translations of the Arabic text in red ink. Gold leaf rosette dividers with chapter roundels in burnished gold leaf. Size: L:230mm / W:155mm ; 180g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

12. AN EARLY QAJAR QURAN, PERSIA

first half of the 18th century AD

Starting price: £8,000

Qajar Quran. Gold leaf floriated borders with heavy gold leaf decoration as a surrounding text. Gold and red borders throughout. Complete with paper maché cover with floral boteh or buta motif decorations. Original cover rebound. Size: L:230mm / W:145mm ; 1kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

13. A SAFAVID, RELIGIOUS BOOK PERSIA

Ca. 17th Century AD

Starting price: £8,000

This Safavid religious work contains Duas or prayers and poems about the family of the Prophet of Ahl Bayt. Decorated with gold leaf and red ink borders. Written in Nastaliq and Naskh script. Size: L:150mm / W:110mm ; 354g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; ex Christies; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

14. TANWEER AL ABSAR WA JAMI’ AL BIHAR (TANWĪR AL-ʾABṢĀR WA JĀMIʾ AL-BIḤĀR) OR THE ENLIGHTENING OF SIGHTS AND THE COLLECTOR OF THE SEAS

997 Hijrah 1588 or 1589 AD

Starting price: £8,000

Ottoman Empire book TANWEER AL ABSAR WA JAMI’ AL BIHAR Enlightening of Sights and the collector of the Sea by the Imam Muhammad bin AbdullHijra al al-Ghazzi a Tumurtashi from the Hanafi Mathhab (1007 Hijrah), this particular copy dated 997 Hijrah probably by the writer. An encyclopedia on Hanafi jurisprudence is considered one of the most important texts in this field. It includes perfect composition and accurate expression, which makes it a great reference for those involved in the study of jurisprudence. The book is also considered a perfect source and a manual for legal views (fatwa). al-Ghazzi was born in Gaza, Palestine, in 939 Hijrah. One of the leading Hanafi jurists of his time, he authored a number of significant works in the school, including Tanwir al-Absar and its two-volume commentary MinHijra al-Ghaffar. Given his stature in the Hanafi school, he is often given the honorific title Shaykh al-Islam. He died in 1004 Hijrah. Size: L:295mm / W:210mm ; 3.41kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

15. AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN

1289 Hijrah / 1865 or 1866 AD

Starting price: £8,000

A wonderful Ottoman Empire Quran copied by Sayid Muhammad al Showki (Saīd Muḥammad al-Shwkī), a pupil of Ahmed Shukran (ʾAḥmd Shukran). Generously illuminated carpet pages in gold leaf and multi coloured pigments, including malachite green, lapis blue and red and green pigments, right to the edge of the page. Opening Quranic surahs in circular frames. Thick gold borders with some chapter headings in white pigment. Occasional use of floral motifs in the margins decorated with malachite green and pink pigments. In the Naskh script, With original binding. Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020..

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

16. MAKHZAN AL-ASRAR OR MAKHZAN AL-ASRAR ( THE TREASURY OF MYSTERIES ) BY NIZAMI GANJAVI (NIẒĀMĪ GANJAVĪ)(D1209AD)

QAJAR, PERSIA

Ca. 1750 AD

Starting price: £8,000

An 18th century copy of Makhzan al Asrar, or the repository of Secrets. This work is didactic-philosophical and contains several stories of kings and rulers with moral lessons to be learned from them. With illustrations including a typical Qajar court scene with enthrones ruler, guards and courtiers baring gifts. Gold and red borders throughout. Headings in red ink Written in Nasta’liq script. On polished pulp paper.

Size: L:295mm / W:185mm ; 1.47kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

17th Century AD

Starting price: £8,000

A compendium of medicine which was very popular among Arab physicians and was translated into Hebrew and other languages. The book contains four main sections, including; Medicine, diet and diseases of organs. It is a Persian work written in Arabic regarding medical subjects and derived from the Shaf’i school of legal thought. It was originally written by Hassan Qureyshi also known as Ibn al Nafis. This work includes part of the Najeeb a Din al Samaqandi work, who is also mentioned as a medical doctor. Size: L:265mm / W:175mm ; 930g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting price: £6,000

A sumptuous Quran copied by Ahmad al Himi, a pupil of Asayli al Masri. Burnished gold leaf frames and gorgeous double roundles on the carpet page. Size: L:180mm / W:130mm ; 612g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

17. AN EXPLANATION OF HIL AL MUJIZ,(AL-MŪJAZ FĪ AL-ṬIBB) “A SUMMARY OF MEDICINE” BY ʿALĀʾ AL-DĪN ABŪ AL-ḤASAN ʿALĪ IBN ABĪ ḤAZM AL-QARASHĪ AL-DIMASHQĪ KNOWN AS IBN AL-NAFĪS (D.1288) PERSIA

18. AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN COPIED BY AHMAD AL HIMI

1227 Hijrah / 1812 AD

18th-19th Century AD

Starting price: £6,000

The epic Poem of Khosrow and Shirin Poem by Nizami Ganjavi, or Nez_ mi, whose formal name was Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibnYūsuf ibn-Zakkī. Ibn Zaki was a 12th-century Sunni Muslim poet. Nez_mi is considered the greatest romantic epic poet who brought a colloquial and realistic style. Beautiful floral border sections in gold, orange and blue pigments. Some Decorations on a blue green background. Size: L:240mm / W:175mm ; 475g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

16th-17th

Starting price: £5,000

A large Safavid Quran with clear, beautiful text with simple gold decoration. Black ink with vowels highlighted in red ink. Unusually al Fatiha is copied twice on the gilded carpet pages. On pulp paper. Size: L:365mm / W:250mm ; 3.55kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca. 16th century AD

Starting price: £5,000

Durat al Hakam, The Pearls of the Ruler, Ottoman Empire. Sultan Suleyman sponsored this work. It regards Hanafi Fiqh or jurisprudence. It contains explanations of legal rulings from Rum in Anatolia. They were written in Arabic. Comments and notes may be found in the margins.

Size: L:275mm / W:185mm ; 730g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca.

Starting price: £5,000

Possibly a late Timurid or early Safavid early 16th century Quran. Beautiful patterned and floriated leather cover with illuminated carpet pages decorated with turquoise blue and white pigments with gold leaf gold and white. Size: L:190mm / W:110mm ; 674g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

19. KHOSROW AND SHERIN POEM BY NIZAMI GANJAVIOR NEZĀMI (D1209)

21. DURAR AL HAKAM (DURAR AL-ḤUKĀM SHARḤ MAJALLAT ALḤUKĀM) BY SHIEKH MUHAMMAD MULLAH KHUSEOE (MULLĀ KHUSRŪ )(D1480)

20. LARGE SAFAVID, QURAN, PERSIA

century AD

22. A LATE TIMURID OR SAFAVID, QURAN PERSIA

1500 AD

811 Hijrah /1408 1409 AD

Starting price: £5,000

A 15th-century Quran with gorgeous and generously decorated carpet pages, illuminated with Lapis and gold leaf floral motifs and lapis blue for the last message. Carpet page chapter headings in thuluth script in white ink on the gold background. With gold leaf surah headings in man in the body of the work with at least one example of additional headings in the margins in thuluth script also illuminated in gold leaf. In the middle 65:76-77, on the left side 59:20 -21, The right side of the cover 59:22-23. Size: L:320mm / W:205mm ; 2.22kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1266 Hijrah / 1859 or 1860 AD

Starting price: £5,000

A 19th Century Ottoman Empire Quran with sumptuous carpet pages illuminated in multi-colour pigments and burnished gold leaf. Intricate fine decoration multi-coloured throughout, copied by Hafez Ibrahim Khulusi ibn Ahmed (Ḥāfẓ Ibrāhīm al-Khuluṣī Ibn ʾAḥmad Rāshid bin Frzādāh), a pupil of Khalil Shukri al-bazawese (Khalīl Shukrī al-Bazūsī) also known as Khaw_jah Thuluth, in the Adliyah library (Maktab al-maʿārif al-ʿadlīah)). The library al-ʿadlīah was named after the Sultan Mahumod Pasha (Sulṭān Maḥmūd)(d. 1474), who was commonly named Adle (ʿAdlī). Original cover with Rococo decoration. Size: L:180mm / W:110mm ; 500g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1263 Hjira / 1847 or

Starting price: £5,000

A 19th century Ottoman Empire Quran copied by Ibrahim Adham Halusi bin Ahmad Rashid a pupil of Sayyid Khalil Shukri al Balusi known as Khawaja. Stamped with a historic private library seal of the era. In Naskh script with original gilded leather cover. Size: L:200mm / W:130mm ; 485g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Late

Starting price: £5,000

A fascinating collection of multiple works combined in one volume. The First “Jowharat a Tawheed”, also known as The Gem of Islamic Theology, dated 1210 Hijrah / 1795 or 1796AD, by Ibrahim al Liqqani (Ibrāhīm Burhān al-Dīn al-Laqāni al-Māliki (1014 Hijrah/ 1605 CE). Within, there is a commentary and explanation of the book by Mohiyi a-Din. Composed as a poem to make it more attractive to students, it is considered an approved text from the Ashari school of theology. Al Laqqani was a professor at the famous university of al Azhar and studied under several different Sunni schools of thought. Size: L:220mm / W:170mm ; 1.21kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

23. A QURAN COPIED BY MUSTAFA IBN HASHIM IBN MAHMOUD AL MAHSHI (MUṢṬAFĀ IBN HĀSHĪM IBN MAḤMŪD AL-MĀSHĪ)

25. AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN COPIED BY IBRAHIM ADHAM HALUSI BIN AHMAD RASHID

1848 AD

24. A QURAN COPIED BY HAFITH IBRAHIM KHALOUSI IBN AHMED OTTOMAN EMPIRE

26. A COMPENDIUM OF FOUR RELIGIOUS BOOKS OTTOMAN EMPIRE

18th Early 19th Century AD

1289

Starting price: £5,000

A 19th-century Ottoman Empire Quran copied by Hijrah Huseen al Wahbi(Ḥusayayn al-Wahbī), a pupil of Raqmar Effendi (Rāqmar Afandī) and decorated with sumptuous carpet pages illuminated in burnished gold, malachite green and lapis blue pigments with weave and floral motifs. A page with the date of completion and dedication surrounded by floral motifs. Red ink borders throughout with occasional floral margin motifs. In Naskh’s script. Size: L:170mm / W:120mm ; 378g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting price: £5,000

A lavish Safavid Quran copied in 1572 or 1573 AD. Decorated with gold leaf frames throughout with gold and blue rosette chapter divisions titles are with red ink. Chapter headings in blue and gold floral decoration. In Naskh script. Original tooled leather cover probably restored in the 19th century. 389 pages. Size: L:140mm / W:95mm ; 335g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

996

Starting price: £5,000

A work Poetry later binding 996 Hijrah by Mir Khalil. Pages decorated with burnished gold generously illustrated title page in turquoise and gold with titles in red. Illuminated heading in gold leaf, lapis blue pigments highlighted with multi coloured floral decoration. Red and black borders throughout. With beautiful calligraphy in Nasta’liq script. Later binding with red leather and gilded decoration. Size: L:205mm / W:140mm ; 530g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting price: £5,000

A wonderful story book, written in 1079 Hijrah by Shiekh Ismail al Najrwd. Size: L:328mm / W:210mm ; 2.05kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

27. AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN COPIED BY HUISSIEN AL WAHBI

Hijrah / 1872 or 1873 AD

29. A SAFAVID, PERSIA WORK OF POETRY BY MIR KHALIL

Hijrah / 1587 or 1588 AD

28. A SAFAVID, QURAN, PERSIA 980 Hijrah / 1572 or 1573 AD

30. A STORY BOOK BY SHEIKH ISMAIL AL NAJRWADI SAFAVID, PERSIA 1079AH / 1668 or 1669 AD

Ca. 1500 AD

Starting price: £5,000

Likely Safavid but possibly of Mamluk fabrication. The work is the final section from surat al Mulk to surat al Musalat. Original leather cover rebound. Size: L:385mm / W:255mm ; 840g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1273 Hijrah / 1856 or 1857 AD

Starting price: £5,000

A 19th century Ottoman Empire Quran copied by Ali Reza (ʿAlī Riḍā)student of the famous Sayid Hafiz Muhammad al Hilmi (Saīd Ḥāfẓ Muḥammad al-Ḥilmī). In its original binding. Size: L:170mm / W:120mm ; 365g

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1279 Hijrah / 1862 or 1863 AD

Starting price: £5,000

An Ottoman Empire Quran Copied by Ibrahim Zaka’i(Ibrāhīm Zakāʾī), a pupil of Asayyid Hafiz a Zahdi (al-Saīd Ḥāfiẓ al-Zāhidī). Brown leather cover with gilt decoration. Size: L:200mm / W:120mm ; 530g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

31. SAFAVID, QURANIC SECTION

33. AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN COPIED BY IBRAHIM ZAKA’I

32. AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN COPIED BY ALI REZA A STUDENT OF AL HILMI

Starting price: £5,000

A late Timurid Quran Ca. 15th Century. Decorated with a wonderful set of carpet pages, illuminated with lapis blue and gold leaf decorations and gold caligrpahic headings. Red borders throughout. Behiri style calligraphy. Size: L:380mm / W:290mm ; 3.14kg.

Provenance: Ex Christie’s.

Starting price: £4,000

Quran Juz section from Surah 28 al Qasas. Decorated with red, black, burnished gold leaf lapis blue roundels and rosettes. In Thuluth script. A wonderful work. Later Mamluk period. Size: L:250mm / W:163mm ; 230g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

34. A LATE TIMURID QURAN, PERSIA Ca. 15th century AD

35. A MAMLUK QURAN JUZ Ca. 1500 AD

Starting price: £4,000

Probably Ottoman Empire this Arabic work of fiqh or jurisprudence possibly contains the hadith collected works of Sahih al Buhari (Ṣaḥīḥ alBukhārī). Some pages with gold leaf borders and at least one heading illuminated with lapis blue gold leaf and floral motifs. In Naskh script. Generally minimal decoration with high quality polished pulp paper. Size: L:280mm / W:170mm ; 1.24g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting price: £4,000

An Ottoman Empire Quran copied by Khalil Ibrahim al Naseeb al Naqshbandi(Khalīl Ibrāhīm al-Nasīb al-Naqshabandī). The copiers name may suggest he was part of the Naqshbandi sufi order which enjoyed widespread support throughout the Ottoman Empire empire in the 19th century. A Dua or prayer is added at the end in the form of a poem. Size: L:150mm / W:120mm ; 426g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting price: £4,000

This Qajar Quran dates from the late 18th early 19th century. Its pages are decorated with intricate carpet pages illuminated with turquoise, blue and red pigments along with burnished gold leaf. It has its original paper maché lacquered cover with floral decoration. All pages decorated with burnished gold and written on polished pulp paper. Size: L:150mm / W:90mm ; 352g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1252

Starting price: £4,000

A 19th century Ottoman Empire prayer book with short Quranic surahs and duas compiled by Ismail Haki. Decorated with thick gold borders throughout. In Naskh script with original cover is decorated with a central gold tulip. Size: L:190mm / W:100mm ; 172g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

36. AN ARABIC BOOK OF FIQH OTTOMAN EMPIRE Ca. 17th -18th Century AD

37. AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN COPIED BY KHALIL IBRAHIM AL NASSEEB AL NAQSHBANDI 1248 Hjira / 1832 or 1833 AD

38. A QAJAR, QURAN PERSIA Ca. 1800 AD

39. AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE PRAYER BOOK COMPILED BY ISMAIL HAKI (ISMĀʿĪL ḤAQĪ)

Hijrah / 1836 or 1837AD

1259

Starting price: £4,000

Nkash script its a prayer book. Collection of duas gold, blue and red borders and frames some titles. Qajar. Black tooled leather cover floral motifs once gilded. Size: L:215mm / W:140mm ; 345g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca. 1800 AD

Starting price: £4,000

An unusual genealogical tree with the descendants and ancestry of famous figures geneology of such as Ertrugal, an early Ottoman Empire Sultan, Hulagu, a grandson of Ghengis Khan as well as the Phrophet Adam, the Prophet Muhammad and Ali amoungst others. Paper scroll in original leather cover. Size: L:305mm / W:215mm ; 345g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1334

Starting price: £4,000

A late Ottoman Empire Quran dedicated as a Waqf or as a religious endowment. Hajj Wali al Hamid was a pupil of Hafidth Mustafa al Wahba( Muṣṭafā al-Wahbah ). The work contains gorgeous decorative carpet pages containing short surahs. Illuminated

/ W:140mm ; 616g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on

1970s-2020.

1280

Starting price: £4,000

19th century Binding is recent Ottoman Quran Suleyman Ibn Uthman copier. Size: L:190mm / W:130mm ; 566g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

41. SUBHATU’L-AHBAR ISLAMIC GENEALOGY SÜBHET ÜL-AHBAR OR THE ROSARY OF THE TIMES OTTOMAN EMPIRE

40. A PRAYER BOOK QAJAR, PERSIA

Hijrah 1843/1844 AD 19th century

42. A WAQF QURAN COPIED BY HAJJ WALI AL HAMID (AL-SAĪD ALḤĀJJ WALĪ AL-ḤĀMID) OTTOMAN EMPIRE

Hijrah / 1957 AD

in red and blue pigments and burnished gold leaf. Size: L:200mm

the UK and International art market;

43. AN OTTOMAN QURAN COPIED BY SULEIMAN BIN OTTOMAN

Hijrah / 1836 AD

1283

Starting price: £4,000

A 19th century Ottoman Empire Quran copied by Ismail Hilmi. Ottoman Empire Quran 1283 with original binding and cover. Size: L:200mm / W:150mm ; 648g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting price: £4,000

This work is an epic Safavid poem. Delicately crafted and Decorative introductory page illuminated with blue lapis and gold leaf and contains floral arabesques. The work is in its original cover, tooled leather adorned with central floral decoration. Size: L:305mm / W:160mm ; 350g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting price: £3,000

A Quran copied by the Student Hafith al nisari, student of A Sayyid al Haj Hafith Abdulrahman known as Shiekh Muhammad Zada. Carpet pages in lustrous decoration, illuminated with lapis blue gold leaf and pink pigment decoration Red and gold borders throughout. Naskh script. Size: L:205mm / W:138mm ; 665g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

969

Starting price: £3,000

A well known book of Fiqh including a collection of hadith or sayings of the prophet, by the famous scholar Abu Hanifa founder of the Hanifi legal school of thought. This particular copy dated to 1561 AD comes from the golden age of the Ottoman Empire empire. This particular copy says that the work took six months to complete. In original binding, in Naskh Script. (more well known as Abu Hanifa d.150 Hijrah). Size: L:210mm / W:160mm ; 625g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

45. A SAFAVID, EPIC POEM, PERSIAN

945 Hijrah / 1538 or 1539 AD

44. AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN COPIED BY ISMAIL HILMI

Hijrah / 1866 or 1877 AD

46. A QURAN COPIED BY HAFITH AL NISARI OTTOMAN EMPIRE Ca. 18th Century AD

47. KITAB AL ASHBAR WA NADA’IR BY ABI HANIFCA A NU’MAN BIN THABIT AL KUFI

Hijrah / 1561 or 1562 AD

Starting price: £3,000

A Qajar, Persia Quran decorated with gold borders and margin roundles which contain chapter heading or page markers in red ink. Beautiful carpet pages in gold lapis blue and red pigments highlighted with floral decoration. In Naskh script on pulp paper with original paper maché covers with multi coloured floral decoration. Size: L:205mm / W:130mm ; 585g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

HASSAN

Hijrah 1122 / 1710 or 1711 AD

Starting price: £3,000

Or the Sons of Light and the Treasure of Secrets by Ibn al Hajj Muhammad (al-Shaykh al-Ḥāj al-Tilmisānī al-Maghribī.)(d.1336AD). An 18th century Ottoman Empire Dalal al Khayrat by al Jazuli. The work notes that it was copied by Ahmed bin Hassan also known as Ibn Shiekh, a pupil of Derwish Ali. Size: L:160mm / W:120mm ; 166g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1284

Starting price: £3,000

A 19th century Quran with decorative carpet pages displaying the first two surahs of the Quran in roundles illuminated with lapis blue white green and red pigments surrounded by multi coloured floral motifs. Gold floral motifs in the carpet page margins. chapter titles in white pigment on a gold leaf background. Burnished Gold leaf and red prime red borders throughout with gold ayah or verse dividers. Size: L:170mm / W:110mm ; 514g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting price: £3,000

A Small Qajar, Persia Quran. Illuminated with gold leaf, lapis and turquoise blue carpet pages complete with a decorated cloth cover pouch embroidered with metallic thread. Size: L:120mm / W:70mm ; 120g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; ex Christies; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

49. DALAL AL KHAYRAT BY AL JAZULI (D1465AD) COPIED BY AHMED

OTTOMAN EMPIRE

48. A QURAN QAJAR, PERSIA 19th Century AD

50. AN OTTOMAN QURAN COPIED BY HAFEZ AHMED AL KHALOUSI

Hijrah / 19th century AD

51. A SMALL QAJAR, PERSIA QURAN 19th century AD

1288 Hijrah / 1871 or 1872 AD

Starting price: £3,000

An Ottoman Empire Qurans dated 1288 Hijrah interestingly it’s dediction says 1287 Hijrah and may indicate a completion at the turn of the new year. Copied by Muhammad bin Tawfiq bin Muhammad Soluh Effendi. Size: L:150mm / W:100mm ; 335g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting price: £3,000

An Ottoman Empire Quran copied by Sayyed Ali bin Ibrahim a pupil of Sheikh Suleyman al Wahbi al Qaderi and issued by Sayyid Hussien bin Muhmmad Qormani. Illuminated carpet pages in red and green pigments and gold leaf carpet pages with circular mount frames and gold underlinings. Very beautiful and lustrous. Naksh script. Size: L:180mm / W:120mm ; 510g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting

A Qajar era Quran with a translation in red ink line by line. There is also Tafsir commenty and explanation of parts of the religious text in the margins. Chapter headings illuminated in Gold leaf and lapis blue with floral motifs and chapter headings in red ink. Rebound tooled red leather cover likely original. Size: L:318mm / W:210mm ; 2.75kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting price: £2,000

A 19th Century Ottoman Empire Quran given as a waqf or endowment to the Masjid al nabawi al Sherif also known as the Phrophet’s mosque, the second holiest site in Islam at Medina. Dedicated on behalf of the soul of a deceased person to receive the blessings as a result of someone reading and gaining benefit from the book, their name was at the beginning of the Quran but the page is now missing. Size: L:290mm / W:200mm ; 1.49kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

53. A QURAN COPIED BY SAYYED ALI BIN IBRAHIM OTTOMAN EMPIRE 1253 Hijrah / 1837 or 1838 AD

52. AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN COPIED BY MUHAMMAD BIN TAWFIQ BIN MUHAMMAD SOLUH EFFENDI (MUḤAMMAD BIN TAŪFĪQ ʾAFANDĪ)

54. QURAN WITH TAFSIR QAJAR, PERSIA 19th Century AD

price: £2,000

55. A RARE WAQF QURAN FROM THE HOLY MOSQUE OF MEDINA PROBABLY OTTOMAN EMPIRE Ca. 19th Century AD

1248 Hijrah / 1832 or 1833 AD

Starting price: £2,000

(Kitāb shumūs al-anwār wa kunūz al-asrār), by by Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Muhammad al Abdari al Fasi al Malaki known as Ibn Hajj Muhammad (Shaykh al-Ḥāj al-Tilmisānī al-Maghribī.) (d.1336AD). A well known book on talismans it also covers botanical curiosities, jinn, healing, minerals and the mysteries of love. Ibn Hajj was a prominent Malaki scholar and a judge who was active in the 14th century. Size: L:220mm / W:160mm ; 485g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting price: £2,000

A work on Astronomy, it mentions the power of gravity and the motion of the stars and planets amongst other subjects mentioned.In Riqa script. Size: L:215mm / W:147mm ; 370g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1302 Hijrah / 1883 or

Starting price: £2,000

AD

Including a collection of duas and names of Sahaba present at the battles of Uhud and Badr, Ottoman Empire. A 19th century Ottoman Empire religious work dated to 1302 Hijrah by Muhammad Hilmi Ibrahim. The work contains a collection of the names and (duas using their names) of the Sahaba or companions of the phrophet who were present at the key battles of Badr and Uhud. There are duas or prayers using their names. In total there are 313 and listed alphabetically. Size: L:190mm / W:135mm ; 200g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting price: £2,000

A 19th century Quran, Illuminated with turquise and lapis blue with red pigments. Accentuated with gold leaf decoration with gold floral motifs in the margins of the carpet pages. Quran titles in burnished gold and in at least one instance on background of lapis blue pigments. In Naskh script. The cover of the Quran is in tooled brown leaver with gilt gold decoration. Size: L:129mm / W:85mm ; 265g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

57. AN ASTRONOMY MANUSCRIPT BY ʿABD AL-RAḤMĀN IBN MUḤAMMAD IBN AṢFARANĪ OTTOMAN EMPIRE OR QAJAR, 18th to 19thcentury AD

56. “SHAMOOSE AL ANWAR WA KANOOSE AL ASRAR” OR THE SONS OF THE LIGHTS AND THE TREASURE OF SECRETS

58. AN OTTOMAN RELIGIOUS WORK BY MUHAMMAD HILMI IBRAHIM (MUḤAMMAD ḤILMĪʾIBRĀHĪM )

1884

59. QURAN QAJAR, PERSIA Ca. 19th century AD

1090

Starting price: £2,000

A late Safavid religious work titled Miftah al Falah, or The Key to Successes, by Baha Al-Din Muhammad al ‘Amili(Bhāʾ al-Dīn Muḥammad al-ʿAmīlī), dated 1090 Hijrah. The work contains duas or prayers with a commentary. Illuminated headings with gold leap, lapis blue and floral decorative highlights. Original paper maché covers with detailed multi coloured floral decoration. Size: L:180mm / W:100mm ; 236g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; ex Christies; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1172

Starting price: £2,000

An 18th century Ottoman Empire Quran copied by Hamza al Shukri(Ḥamzah al-Shukrī). Surah titles in burnished gold leaf with white calligraphy headings. Carpet pages with lapis blue, gold leaf and red pigments highlighted with floral motifs. Burnished gold leaf verse dividers and borders throughout. Original tooled leather cover. Naskh script. Size: L:170mm / W:100mm ; 384g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting

A fine Ottoman Empire Quran copied by Muhammad bin Hussien and dated 1221 Hijrah. Had a fine set of gilded carpet pages. Gold leaf borders throughout with gilded surah dividers and a dedication in. With original binding. Size: L:160mm / W:110mm ; 406g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting price: £2,000

19th century Ca. Quran copied Hafiz Muhammad a Zahdi pupil of Muhammad a Zahdi. With beautiful opening carpet pages bright and lustrous. The carpet pages are Illuminated in yellow, malachite green, lapis blue and burnished gold leaf, with roundles around the opening surahs. Decoration highlighted with floral motifs stretches right across the to the edge of the page. Size: L:200mm / W:130mm ; 642g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

61. AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN COPIED BY HAMZA AL SHUKRI

Hijrah / 1758 or 1759 AD

60. MIFTAH AL FALAH BY BAHA AL-DIN MUHAMMAD AL ‘AMILI (D1621AD)

Hijrah / 1679 or 1680 AD

62. AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN 1221 Hijrah / 1806 or 1807 AD

price: £2,000

63. AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN COPIED BY HAFIZ MUHAMMAD AL ZAHDI

Ca. 19th century AD

17th-18th

Starting price: £2,000

A late Safavid Juz section containing five Quranic surahs. Starting with surah Yaseen chapter 36 and ending with surah 78 an Naba. Although no date is mentioned the work contains beautiful highly decorative carpet pages, illuminated in gold leaf as well as blue and orange pigments. With later binding. Size: L:240mm / W:170mm ; 284g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca.

Starting price: £2,000

A Moroccan or North African Quran, with decorative carpet pages. Gorgeous decoration deep lapis blue with gold leaf geometric motifs. Gold leaf surah dividers. Gold borders throughout In Magrebi script. Size: L:160mm / W:120mm ; 666g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca. 1800

Starting price: £2,000

A religious book covering several topics including lust and desire and how to control it. Citing some hadith or sayings of the Prophet the work also contains a commentary on a poem called Qasidat al Burda (Qasīdat al-Burda). Al-Burda for short is by the 13th century Sufi mystic Imam al-Busiri (Abū ʿAbdallāh Muhammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṣanhājī al-Būṣīrī) known as al Busiri. Some lines of the poem are missing. With an embossed tooled leather cover. Size: L:200mm / W:150mm ; 254g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca.

Starting price: £2,000

An Islamic book on Aqeedah (Islamic Creed), theology and philosophy. The book is written in red and black in, in Naskh script. The leaf’s are marked with numerous commentaries with in the margins. Size: L:180mm / W:140mm ; 745g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

65. A QURAN MOROCCO OR N AFRICA

18th-19th century AD

64. A QURANIC JUZ SECTION SAFAVID, PERSIA

century AD

66. RELIGIOUS BOOK ON AL BURDA COVERING THE TOPIC OF LUST AND DESIRE

67. A THEOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL BOOK, PERSIA

17th to 18th century AD

Ca. 17th Century AD

Starting price: £2,000

A gorgeous Chinese Quran with large flowing calligraphy echoing the great Mamluk Qurans of the 13-15th centuries. Decorated detailed burnished gold borders throughout. Original cover with roundels. One reading “God opens the gates” the other the Kalima or Islamic declaration of faith, there is no God but God and Muhammad is the messenger of God. Possibly snakeskin. Size: L:285mm / W:205mm ; 775g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca.

Starting price: £2,000

A lavish Quran, sumptuous carpet page decoration of gold leaf, red and lapis blue, gold and pink flowers with green stems and repeating gold border motifs on a lapis background. Red borders throughout. In Naksh script. Recently rebound with original leather cover restored. Size: L:198mm / W:130mm ; 1.08kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

DEEN AHAMD

1321 AD

Starting price: £2,000

By Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUthmān al-Marrākushī Ibn al-Bannāʾ al Malaki(d.1321 AD). Copied by Muhammad bin Salim bin Umar . Ibn al-Bannāʾ (721/1321) (Abū al-ʿAbbās) Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿUthmān al-Marrākushī known as Al Bana al Maliki (the most famous scientist of all time in Magreb was born in 1256 AD and died 1321 AD).

Size: L:295mm / W:230mm ; 610g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

IBN MUHAMMAD AL-KHAFAJI OTTOMAN EMPIRE

1135 Hijrah / 1722 or 1723 AD

Starting price: £2,000

Shihāb al-Dīn ʾAḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn ʿUmar al-Khafājī an Ḥanafī scholar and poet who spent some time in Istanbul and while there was appointed Qadi al-Qudah (chief judge). Nasseem a Riyad or the breeze of the gardens, work copied by Muhammad al Mutwali (it should be Mitwali)a Shaf’i (Muḥammad al-Mitwalī al-Shāfiʿī). Illustrated with gold domed chapter headings and contains an explanation of the Kitab a Shifa or book of religious healing by the Judge Iyad (ʿIyāḍ) d.1149. Size: L:330mm / W:210mm ; 3.67kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

69. A KASPERIAN QURAN

18th century AD

68. A ILLUMINATED CHINESE QURAN CHAPTER QING DYNASTY CHINA

70. MINHĀJ AL-ṬĀLIB FĪ TAʿDĪL AL-KAWĀKIB OR THE STUDENTS MEATHOD FOR THE COMPUTATION OF PLANETRY POSITIONS

71. “NISSEEM AL RIYAD”NASĪM AL-RĪYĀḌĪ BY SHIHAB A

Ca. 17th Century AD

Starting price: £2,000

Possibly Ca. 17th By Abdel Haq bin Yusuf book praising the Prophet. The work contains a praising of the Prophet’s physical features. Gilded floral borders throughout work and domed chapter heading original binding. Nasta’liq script. Size: L:225mm / W:140mm ; 305g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting price: £2,000

Naskh script, has gold boarders throughout, surah headings are in blue ink on a gold background, comments and notes in red and black ink in the margins. Really intricate carpet page, decorated with floral motifs lapis blue, burnished gold leaf. The carpet pages are perfectly symmetrical and have the opening surahs of the Quran. Size: L:195mm / W:127mm ; 615g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; ex Christies; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca.

Starting price: £2,000

A Story book written in Farsi with beautiful colour illustrations and decorated in gold, white and blue lapis pigments amongst other colours. Rebound dark tooled leather cover. Size: L:185mm / W:120mm ; 305g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Dated 1204 Hijrah / 1789 or 1799 AD

Starting price: £2,000

The text is a work on the names of Sahaba or Companions of the Prophet Muhammad. Wide floral gold borders, some pages with boxed gold decoration highlighting the names of Sahaba or companions of the Prophet. Illuminated chapter headings in Lapis blue and gold leaf with floral motifs. Leather Bound folio with gold decoration. Size: L:120mm / W:90mm ; 42g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; ex Christies; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

73. A QAJAR, QURAN 18th-19th centuries AD

72. A RELIGIOUS BOOK OTTOMAN EMPIRE OR SAFAVID PERSIA, BY ABDEL HAQ BIN YUSUF

74. ILLUSTRATED STORY BOOK SAFAVID, PERSIA

late 15th - 16th Century

75. A SMALL RELIGIOUS MANUSCRIPT WRITTEN BY AḤMAD KNOWN AS SHAYKH ZĀDA OTTOMAN EMPIRE

1227 Hijrah / 1812 AD

Starting price: £2,000

An early 19th century Ottoman Empire Quran, copied by al Hajj al Hafez Ibrahim a Naseeb al-Qurhusah(al-Ḥājj al-Ḥāfẓ Ibrāhīm al-Nasīb al-Qurḥuṣah) pupil of Mahmoud Jalaladeen (Maḥmūd Jalāl al-Dīn)

Large illuminated with generous amounts of gold leaf carpet pages with interlocking weave patterns and floral decoration. It contains a dua or prayer at the end with a large gold roundle and floral decoration. All pages are decorated with gold leaf frames and gold rosettes for surah dividers. In Naskh script with original covers also decorated with gold leaf patterns. Size: L:150mm / W:100mm ; 280g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

OTTOMAN EMPIRE

1121 Hijrah / 1806 or 1807 AD

Starting price: £2,000

A 19th Century Dala’il al Khayrat. A compilation of duas and praises for the Prophet, it was originally composed in the 15th century. An enormously popular work, this Ottoman Empire copy was completed in 1221AD. Interestingly the copier’s name has been removed. Chapter headings beautifully decorated in lapis blue gold leaf with floral motifs in purple and red pigments. In Naskh script with gold leaf borders throughout. Black leather cover with gilded patterned decoration. Size: L:180mm / W:120mm ; 270g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

79.

Ca. 18th to 19th Century AD

Starting price: £3,000

A Dala’il al Khayrat by Muhammad al Jazuli (d.1465). A religious work compiling duas or prayers and praises for the Prophet. An enormously popular work in the Ottoman Empire empire up until the present day. Illustrations of a mihrab and minbar possibly of those at the Prophet’s mosque in Medina. Illuminated headings in gold leaf, lapis blue pigments and highlighted with floral motifs. Decorated with gold leaf borders throughout. In Naskh script on polished pulp paper. In original brown leather cover and matching leather carrying case. Size: L:180mm / W:130mm ; 330g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

ON THE THIRD JUZ OF “NISSEEM AL RIYAD”

AL-RĪYĀḌĪ) “THE BREEZE OF THE GARDEN”

1247 Hijrah / 1831 or 1832 AD

Starting price: £3,000

By Shehab a Deen Ali ibn Ahmed Ibn Muhhamd Ibn Oumr al Khafaji (d.1659), Ottoman Empire. A 19th century Ottoman Empire work by the Qadi (Judge) Iyad (ʿIyāḍ)d.1147, commentating on the work of the Breeze of the Garden by Shehab a Deen Ali Effendi ibn Ahmed al Khafaji al Hanafi.Shihāb al-Dīn ʾAḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn ʿUmar al-Khafājī an Ḥanafī scholar and poet who spent some time in Istanbul and while there was appointed Qadi al-Qudah (chief judge). In red and black ink with Naskh script. Size: L:305mm / W:220mm ; 2.79kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

77. A DALAL AL KHAYRAT BOOK BY MUHAMMAD AL JAZULI (D1465AD)

76. AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN COPIED BY HAJJ HAFIDTH IBRAHIM AL NASEEB

78. AN OTTOMAN DALAL AL KHAYRAT BOOK

A COMMENTARY

(NASĪM

1319

Starting price: £3,000

A small Quran section, from Surah Hud vs 88 to Surah Yusuf vs 50. Decorated papier maché cover. In Thuluth Script with some Nasta’liq script commentary in red and black ink. Chapter headings in gold leaf and lapis blue with red pigments, floral decorations. Some Surah headings in malachite green ink. Red, blue and gold bolders through out.

Size: L:350mm / W:220mm ; 505g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1204 Hijrah / 1789 or

Starting price: £1,800

Abd al-ʿAzīz al-Marakishī also as known as Sīdī Billh and also Ibn ʿAzūz. “Thahab al Kusuf” or The unveiling of the eclipse and the protector of Darkness. A fascinating Medical book composed in Marrakesh by Sidi Abu Muhammad Abdulah bin Gurooz also known as Bilah Magrebi. The work contains subjects such as the science of medicine, characters and wisdom. A rare work. In an elegant Magrebi script. 275 pages. Size: L:220mm / W:150mm ; 620g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1244 Hijrah / 1828 or 1829 AD

Starting price: £1,800

Gold, red and blue borders throughout. Versus are divided by gold leaf roundles. Quran written in black ink in Naskh script. Comments and notes in the margins in Nasta’liq script. Original brown leather cover.

Size: L:140mm / W:100mm ; 145g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020

1071 Hijrah / 1661 AD

Starting price: £2,000

This valuable and rare copy combines the Hashiyya or comentry by Hamid and Sayyid a’s Sherif on the book by Muhammad Mahdi al Rammadan. In Black in and Riq’Hijrah script. Size: L:200mm / W:130mm ; 170g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

81. THAHĀB AL-KUSŪF OR THE UNVEILING OF THE ECLIPSE BY ABŪ MUḤAMMAD ʿABD ʾALLĀH IBN ʾAḤMAD IBN

1790 AD

80. QURAN SECTION QAJAR, PERSIA

Hijrah / 1901 or 1902 AD

82. AN ILLUMINATED QURAN COPIED BY ʾAḤMAD BIN MUḤAMMAD

AL-TABRĪZĪ QAJAR, PERSIA

83. A RARE HASHIYYA OR COMMENTARY OF HAMID AND SAYYID A SHERIF ON A BOOK BY MUHAMMAD MAHDI AL RAMMADAN OTTOMAN EMPIRE OR SAFAVID, PERSIA

Safavid Period

Starting price: £1,800

An anonymous work on astronomy. Opening page heading illuminated in lapis blue, red and white pigments with gold leaf. Highlighted with floral motifs and commentry in the margins sometimes with diagrams in the main body of the work in red. In Nastaliq script. Red tooled leather cover. Size: L:180mm / W:130mm ; 290g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; ex Christies; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1233 Hijrah (1818)

Starting price: £2,000

Text in Arabic contains 10 essays reactions and moods Pscycology and mental illness also about stomach problems and how the mood effects your health kidneys amongst others. Several diagrams showing the human anatomy including a depiction of the human eye it’s nerves and muscles and the digestive system in the margins. And a full page cross section with comments of the human body. In black and red ink In Nasta’liq script. In original binding. Size: L:24mm / W:150mm ; 75g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca. 1850 AD

Starting price: £2,000

A work in Arabic regarding science, the nature of humans and animals as well as the concept of power and actions. Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Shirazi mentioned within the work. There are some commentaries in the margins at the beginning of the manuscript. In Naskh script. Possibly some pages missing at the end. Size: L:290mm / W:170mm ; 950g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca. 19th century AD

Starting price: £1,800

A highly decorated lacquered paper Maché book cover probably once part of a Quran. Highly collectible it reflects the beauty and skill of historic craftsmanship. The cover has beautiful floral framed decoration with interiors in red and floral motifs in gold leaf. Size: L:250mm / W:180mm ; 220g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

85. PERSIAN MEDCIAL BOOK

84. A WORK ON ASTRONOMY SAFAVID, PERSIA

86. ILM AL AJSAM WA AL TABI’YAT (ʿILM AL-ʾAJSĀM WA ṬABĀʾIʿIHĀ) OR THE SCIENCE OF BODIES AND THEIR NATURES QAJAR, PERSIA

87. A DECORATIVE LACQUERED PAPER MACHÉ BOOK COVER QAJAR, PERSIA

16th-17th

Starting price: £4,000

From Sa’di’s Gulistan Safavid. Pages composed of multiple short moral stories. Combination of text and poems. One of the stories is about the Prophet Luqman. Text written in red blue gold and black ink, Wide borders with gold floral arabesque. 2 pieces in Nasta’liq script. Size: L:355mm / W:240mm ; 30g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

16th-17th Century

Starting price: £4,000

The 19th Juz section of the Quran. Titles in gold leaf with gold borders. Gold Roundels to mark surah heading in elongated thuluth script. Gold borders throughout In Naskh script. Recently rebound with restored and stabilized pages. Size: L:355mm / W:240mm ; 30g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

16th-17th

Starting price:

The 19th Juz section of the Quran. Titles in gold leaf with gold borders. Gold Roundels to mark surah heading in elongated thuluth script. Gold borders throughout In Naskh script. Recently rebound with restored and stabilized pages. Size: L:363mm / W:240mm ; 770g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

16th-17th Century

Starting price: £4,000

From Sa’di’s Gulistan Safavid. Pages composed of multiple short moral stories. Combination of text and poems. One of the stories is about the Prophet Luqman. Text written in red blue gold and black ink, Wide borders with gold floral arabesque. 2 pieces in Nasta’liq script. Size: L:355mm / W:240mm ; 30g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

89. A PAIR OF LARGE GULISTAN MANUSCRIPT FOLIOS BY SA’DI, PERSIA

AD

88. A PAIR OF LARGE GULISTAN MANUSCRIPT FOLIOS BY SA’DI, PERSIA

Century AD

90. A PAIR OF LARGE GULISTAN MANUSCRIPT FOLIOS BY SA’DI, PERSIA

Century AD

£4,000

91. A PAIR OF LARGE GULISTAN MANUSCRIPT FOLIOS BY SA’DI, PERSIA

AD

92. A PAIR OF LARGE GULISTAN MANUSCRIPT FOLIOS BY SA’DI, PERSIA

16th-17th Century AD

Starting price: £4,000

From Sa’di’s Gulistan Safavid. Pages composed of multiple short moral stories. Combination of text and poems. One of the stories is about the Prophet Luqman. Text written in red blue gold and black ink, Wide borders with gold floral arabesque. 2 pieces in Nasta’liq script. Size: L:355mm / W:240mm ; 30g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1303

Starting price: £8,000

A late 19th century Qajar Firman certificate. Central official stamp surrounded by gold blue and red illumination with gold and red borders. with bold Nasta’liq calligraphy in black ink. In scroll form. Size: L:735mm / W:610mm ; 90g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1149

Starting price: £5,000

In Nastaliq script. Qajar, single one side Folio Dua in Persian composed by Muhammad Afdal 1149 Hijrah (1736/7). Size: L:342mm / W:220mm ; 45g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

94. SINGLE SIDE FOLIO DUA COMPOSED BY MUHAMMAD AFDAL

Hijrah / 1736 or 1737 AD

93. A LATE QAJAR, FIRMAN

Hijrah or 1886 or 1887 AD

19th Century AD

Starting price: £2,800

A wonderful landscape coloured view of Mecca with the Haram al Sharif or the noble sanctuary with the Kaaba as its focal point. These images were popular to give people an idea of the holy cities who were about to make Hajj, for souvenirs of those who undertook the journey and imaginings for those who couldn’t travel there. The practice of these Indian paintings of the holy places remained popular well into the 20th century. In pastel colours on paper. Size: L:495mm / W:350mm ; 45g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

19th century AD

Starting price: £2,800

A landscape view of Medina with a focal point of the Prophet’s mosque known as the Masjid al Nabawi. With a cityscape outlying palm trees and the courtyard of the prophet with its famous palm trees contained therein and which can be corroborated with 19th and early 20th century photographs of the mosque at this time. In pastel colours on paper Size: L:495mm / W:350mm ; 45g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca. 18th -19th century AD Persia

Starting price: £1,000

A paper calligraphy panel, densely written with thick strokes of black nasta’liq reserved against a polychrome ground. This item comes professionally mounted in the wooden frame as pictured, with a hanger to the rear. Size: L:500mm / W:320mm ; 1.05kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

96. PAINTING OF MEDINA INDIA

95. PAINTING OF MECCA INDIA

97. QAJAR, PERIOD FOLDING RELIGIOUS AMULET SCROLL NASTALIQ SCRIPT

98. QAJAR, PERIOD FOLDING RELIGIOUS AMULET SCROLL NASTALIQ SCRIPT

Ca. 18th -19th century AD Persia

Starting price: £1,000

A paper calligraphy panel, densely written with thick strokes of black nasta’liq reserved against a polychrome ground. This item comes professionally mounted in the wooden frame as pictured, with a hanger to the rear. Size: L:500mm / W:320mm ; 1.05kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

99. AN OTTOMAN EMPIRE METALLIC THREAD JACKET OTTOMAN EMPIRE BALKANS OR ANATOLIA

19th century AD

Starting price: £5,000

A fine embroidered Ottoman Empire metallic thread jacket. The metallic weave likely silver thread is intricately embroidered into typical period motifs on a velvet under material. A wonderful example. Size: L:1050mm / W:410mm ; 855g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

RARE ORDER OF ISMAIL MEDAL AND BREAST STAR BY LATTES AND GIVEN BY KING FAROUK 1357 Hijrah / 1938 AD

Starting price: £10,000

The Order of Ismail second class medal and breast star was given by King Farouk to Shukri Swear, general of internal security. The accompanying letter is dated 1357 Hijrah / 1938 AD and is signed by the head of the Royal Court and stamped with King Farouk’s official seal. Made by the well known French medal maker Lattes, this fine medal in wonderful condition is accompanied with its original embossed commendation letter and fitted padded presentation case. Size: L:240mm / W:120mm ; 395g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

ISLAMIC GOLD RING WITH CARNELIAN INTAGLIO & TURQUOISE INLAYS Middle East, Ca. 1100-1500 century AD

Starting price: £1,000

A fine gold finger ring having a box form upper portion, finely engraved with an overall vine pattern, and inset with an orange carnelian intaglio carved with a long-horned animal. Wide tapered gold shank, highly decorated in relief and engraved with a fancy vine pattern, and inset with two fine turquoise teardrop stones. Engraved with a rearing animal on the underside of the box bezel. Intact, excellent condition. A beautiful example. The item has undergone X-ray fluorescence analysis to confirm the metallurgical content suggesting its ancient origin and lack of modern trace elements. Size: D: 19.1mm / US: 9 1/8 / UK: S; 14.38g.

Provenance: Property of a London Ancient Art gallery, acquired on the US Ancient Art market; Ex. Sumer Gallery, H. Anavian, NYC, acquired in the 1980s, to family by descent.

100.

101.

Ca.

Starting price: £500

A D-shaped gold seal ring composed of a flat-section hoop expanding to form a hexagonal-shaped bezel bearing a central calligraphic inscription. For a reference see Derek J. Content, Islamic Rings and Gems: The Benjamin Zucker Collection, For Sotheby Publications, London, 1987. Size: D: 14.86mm / US: 4 / UK: H 1/2; 7.1g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Ca. 1200 AD

Starting price: £1,000

A gold finger ring of a round hoop with a meticulously decorated bezel setting with applied turquoise gem set within four claws, inscribed with calligraphy. This ring is a very beautiful example of Seljuk jewellery and represents a high level of craftsmanship. For a similar example, see Christie’s, Online Auction 19742, Calligraphy: Art in Writing, 7 April 2021, Lot 6. Size: D: 16.92mm / US: 6 1/2 / UK: N; 12.6g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Ca.

Starting price: £750

A matched pair of gold earrings of semicircular form, each intricately decorated with fine granules design and a central large garnet. Below this, the body is modeled as a ribbed collar with a filigree edge and three suspended gold wires with small pearl beads. An extraordinary pair of earrings with fine detail, made by an artisan for the high elite and social classes. Size: L:50mm / W:20.2mm ; 8.34g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

103. RARE SELJUK SEAL RING WITH CALLIGRAPHY

102. TIMURID GOLD RING

15th century AD

104. FATIMID / SELJUK GOLD FILIGREE EARRINGS WITH GARNETS AND PEARLS

11th-12th century AD

Starting

A hollow-formed silver bracelet with an annular shank and median bulb with a low relief rosette and topped with a fine granule. The outer surface is nicely decorated with a repetitive pattern of repousse bird motifs between raised and dotted edges. Size: L:20mm / W:90mm ; 95g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £500

A stunning Seljuk gold bracelet of penannular form, with a flat-section body terminating in small tapering finials with single perforation. The outer surface is intricately covered in engravings arranged in two horizontal registers. Size: L:50.3mm / W:36.1mm ; 8.67g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £400

An annular type hollow-formed silver bracelet with a round shank and median bulb with rosette flanked by decorative registers of repousse ornaments to the outer surface. Size: L:20mm / W:90mm ; 95g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

107. SELJUK / AYYUBID SILVER BRACELET Ca. 11th-12th century AD

106. SELJUK / AYYUBID SILVER BRACELET Ca. 11th-12th century AD

price: £400

105. ISLAMIC GOLD BRACELET Ca. 12th - 13th C AD century AD

Starting price: £90

A fantastically preserved brass oil lamp with a hamsa finial. The bird is meticulously incised with engravings imitating natural plumage. From its beak runs a strand of water which cascades down to the bird’s breast. Its wings are oriented horizontally. Below is a circular shallow reservoir with multiple petal-shaped spouts for wicks to be placed. All resting on top of a balustered and richly ornamented stem terminating in a circular base. The hamsa, a mythical bird is one of the most important of Indian birds and is a spiritual symbol representing the perfect balance in life. It is identified as a swan or a goose. For a similar example, see Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, London, 19 April 2016, Lot 192. Size: L:590mm / W:180mm ; 3.81kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Ca. 15th-18th century AD

Starting price: £1,000

An open-work wood carved panel of calligraphy decoration possibly coming from an important building. Size: L:347mm / W:280mm ; 1.15kg.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

Ca. 17th-18th century

Starting price: £1,500

A stunning example of a military standard (Alam) used for ceremonial processions. It consists of a double-headed sword of Ali the Zulfiqar with a decorated handle, enclosed in an elongated pentagonal-shaped, inscribed frame of an open-work design. Zulfikar is the mythical sword belonging to the Prophet Muhammad and then to his adoptive son Ali. One of the oldest symbols of Islam. Usually depicted as a sword or saber with a split blade with a guard decorated with snake heads. Size: L:1076mm / W:165mm ; 6.45kg.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

109. SAFAVID, OR QAJAR, COPPER BRASS MILITARY STANDARD INSCRIBED WITH THE DOUBLE HEADED SWORD OF ALI THE ZULFIQAR

AD

108. DECCAN BRASS OIL LAMP WITH HAMSA BIRD India, Ca. 1900 AD

114. LATE MAMLUK / OTTOMAN EMPIRE ORNAMENTAL WOODEN CALLIGRAPHY DECORATION

Starting price: £5,000

A classic 19th century Qajar Quran, with illuminated pages in gold and turquoise. Fine calligraphy and workmanship throughout. With Papier-Mâché cover with delicate floral foliage. Size: L:299mm / W:207mm ; 1.43g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

Starting price: £2,000

An Indian Quran bound in a detailed tooled leather cover. Size: L:322mm / W:210mm ; 2.33kg.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

Starting price: £2,800

White Sura headings inform the reader whether the Sura is a Mecca or Medina period revelation as well as chapter names. Papier-mâché decorative cover in wonderful condition. Size: L:280mm / W:174mm ; 2.03kg.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

115. QAJAR, QURAN WITH AN ORNATE FLORAL COVER Ca. 18th-19th century AD Persia

116. PERSIAN OR NORTH INDIAN QURAN North India or Persia, Ca. 19th-20th century AD

117. QAJAR, QURAN IN PAPIER-MACHÉ COVER Ca. 18th-19th century AD

Ottoman Empire Empire, Ca. 18th-19th century AD

Starting price: £1,000

A Mystical religious text. The work includes square tables with Arabic letters and the names of the angels and attributes of God. It describes the power of the various names of God. Size: L:205mm / W:155mm ; 675g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

Persia, Ca. 18th-19th century AD

Starting price: £500

A manuscript titled the Diwan of the famous poet Hafiz. Bound in leather. Later English labels on the spine. Size: L:241mm / W:150mm ; 765g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

Ottoman Empire Empire, Ca. 18th-19th century AD

Starting price: £500

Introduction in Arabic grammar and Arabia calligraphy. A fascinating manuscript appearing to be a linguistic text. Folios contain a diagram of the mouth and guidance on the proper pronunciation of letters. The 8th century grammarian Sabawiyyah is mentioned in one of the commentaries contained within. Introduction in Arabic grammar and Arabia calligraphy. Size: L:197mm / W:121mm ; 405g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

Ottoman Empire Empire, or Northern India, Ca. 18th-19th century AD

Starting price: £500

A religious manuscript of duas or prayers. Illuminated, some pages have roundels with prayers contained and one mentioning the four rightly guided Caliphs. Bound in dark tooled leather, some details of former gold decoration remain. Size: L:164mm / W:110mm ; 130g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

119. HAFIZ DIWAN MANUSCRIPT

118. MYSTICAL RELIGIOUS MANUSCRIPT

120. OTTOMAN EMPIRE LINGUISTIC MANUSCRIPT

121. RELIGIOUS BOOK OF DUAS

Starting price: £1,800

A Quran copied by the Student Hafith al nisari, student of A Sayyid al Haj Hafith Abdulrahman known as Shiekh Muhammad Zada. Carpet pages in lustrouscious decoration, illuminated with lapis blue gold leaf and pink pigment decoration Red and gold borders throughout. Naskh script. Rebound with original cover centred. Size: L:210mm / W:140mm ; 165g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca. 18th century AD

Starting price: £1,800

A later copy of an older mathematical manuscript known as, Kitāb Isqilawus fī al maṭāli‘ Hypsicles. Original version of the manuscript in the British library translated from Greek by Qusṭā ibn Lūqā and formally revised by the famous al-Kindī (died. Ca. 873 AD). The work in black ink contains several diagrams, including those of trigonometry. In Naskh script. Size: L:290mm / W:215mm ; 3.05kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca. 18th century AD

Starting price: £1,800

By Muhammad al Jazuli (Abū ‘Abdullah Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān ibn Abū Bakr al-Jazūli al-Simlālī) (d.1220 AD), Ottoman Empire. A Dalāʼil al-khayrāt, is a famous collection of prayers and blessings praising the prophet which was written by the Moroccan Shadhīlī scholar Muḥammad al-Jazūlī. Size: L:155mm / W:90mm ; 185g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; ex Christies; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca. 17th -18th Century AD

Starting price: £1,800

A 19th Century Ottoman Empire Quran with sumptuous carpet pages, illuminated in multi-colour pigments and burnished gold leaf. Copied by Hafez Ibrahim Khulusi ibn Ahmed (Ḥāfẓ Ibrāhīm al-Khuluṣī Ibn ʾAḥmad Rāshid bin Frzādāh), a pupil of Khalil Shukri al-bazawese (Khalīl Shukrī al-Bazūsī) also known as Khawājah Thuluth, in the Adliyah library (Maktab al-maʿārif al-ʿadlīah). The library al-ʿadlīah was named after the Sultan Mahumod pasha (Sulṭān Maḥmūd)(d. 1474)who was commonly named Adle (ʿAdlī). Original cover with Rococo decoration. Size: L:130mm / W:100mm ; 34g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

123. KITĀB ISQILAWUS FĪ AL MAṬĀLI‘ HYPSICLES TRANSLATED BY QUSṬĀ IBN LŪQĀ (D912 AD) OTTOMAN EMPIRE COPY

122. LARGE QURAN QAJAR, PERSIA Ca. 1750 -1800

124. WAYMARKS OF BENEFITS AND THE BRILLIANT BURST OF LIGHTS IN THE REMEMBRANCE OF BLESSINGS ON THE CHOSEN PROPHET’ (DALĀʼIL AL-KHAYRĀT)

125. OTTOMAN EMPIRE QURAN SECTION

1114 Hijrah / 1702 or 1703 AD

Starting price: £1,800

Book about Maths 1114Hijira (18th century) 1702 “Nothing has been done like this before its very precious title “the precious bride and the law of calculation. “Protect it and dont let the dogs reach it” The Conclsion of blessings by Bah’a a Deen Commentry written in 1128 Hijrah (1716) . Black and red ink diagrams. In Naskh script. Size: L:210mm / W:150mm ; 136g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ottoman Empire Period

Starting price: £1,800

A book on Geometry and Trigonometry by Aleem al Deen bin Hussien bin Tasadak al Ansari. In Arabic with an end page written by Sulem al Aflak. Heading translates as the “Ladder of the Orbits.” Text in black and red ink with gold and white borders laws in Geometry and Trigonometry end page written by Sulem al Aflak Translates. Size: L:180mm / W:120mm ; 280g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

977

Starting price: £1,800

Book on arabic grammer 977 hijiri author Hashim Ibn ‘Allam Ali in the 19th century binding. Size: L:180mm / W:120mm ; 280g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca. 18th century AD

Starting price: £1,800

A fascinating work detailing precious stones their descriptions and origins. Unusual and rare. this copy is reputedly from Nejd, Central Arabia. Size: L:170mm / W:140mm ; 300g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

127. A BOOK ON GEOMETRY AND TRIGONOMETRY BY ALEEM AL DEEN BIN HUSSEIN BIN TASADAK ʿALĪM AL-DĪN IBN ḤUSAYN IBN TAṢADAQ AL-ʾANṢĀRĪ OTTOMAN EMPIRE

126. A MATHMATICAL BOOK “THE PRECIOUS BRIDE AND THE LAW OF CALCULATION” OTTOMAN EMPIRE

128. BOOK ON ARABIC GRAMMAR OTTOMAN EMPIRE

Hijrah / 1569 or 1570 AD

129. BOOK ON PRECIOUS STONES (ABŪ YAḤYĀ ZAKARIYYĀʾ IBN MUḤAMMAD IBN MAḤMŪD AL-QAZWĪNĪ ALSO KNOWN AS QAZINI) (D1238)

PRINCIPLES

1215 Hijrah / 1800 or 1801 AD

Starting price: £1,800

A mathematical work by Muahmmad al Nishapouri written in Arabic. by al Hisabiyya by Hassan Muhammad a Nishapouri (Niẓām al-Dīn al-Ḥasan Ibn Muḥammad al-Nīsābūrī) (d.1328 AD). Size: L:255mm / W:190mm ; 630g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

19th Century AD

Starting price: £1,800

A beautifully illuminated prayer book compiled by Al Lutfi Mahmoud Zada.

It contains a collection of Duas and a few Quranic surah chapters. The Quran has sections in as well as the main text in Arabic. Illuminated carpet page/ Decorative opening heading with domed motif floral decoration including burnished gold leaf and floral motifs. Beautifully decorated throughout it has sections with lapis and gold illumination as well as burnished gold, red and blue borders throughout. Size: L:100mm / W:70mm ; 65g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting

(Dalāʾil al-khayrāt wa-shawāriq al-anwār fī dhikr al-ṣalāt ʿalā al-Nabī al-mukhtār), usually shortened to Dalaʾil al-Khayrat, is a famous collection of prayers for the Islamic prophet Muḥammad, which was written by the Moroccan Shadhīlī scholar Muḥammad al-Jazūlī. Size: L:155mm / W:105mm ; 175g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting

A Quran page rendered on parchment in Maghrebi script, the dominant Arabic script historically in use from Mali to Spain. Surah al Kaf vs 28, with a section about God talking to the Prophet about patience. Size: L:252mm / W:275mm ; 120g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

131. AN ILLUMINATED PRAYER BOOK COMPILED BY AL LUTFI MUHMOUD ZADA OTTOMAN EMPIRE

130. AL-RSALA AL-SHAMSIYYA FI USOOL AL-HISAB(AL-RISĀLA AL-SHAMSIYYA FĪ ʾUṢŪL AL-ḤISĀB) OR THE FUNDIMENTAL LETTER IN MATHMATIVAL

132. DALA’IL AL KHAYRAT BY MUHAMMAD AL-JAZULI (d1465), Ottoman Empire, Ca. 1800 AD

price: £1,800

133. MAGHREBI QURAN PAGE Ca. 18th century AD

price: £900

1306

Starting price: £1,500

A Ijaza or diploma certificate dated 1306 Hijrah. Written in Arabic by Ali Dagir an adherent of the Shafi’i Madhab but who later joined the Shahawee tarika. The Ijaza is written out to Ibrahim Al Desouki and is given by Sayid Muhammad al Hussienei al Husseine. There are also some short stories associated with the teachers on the chains of narration and explains some Karamats or miracles associated with their piety and acquiring knowledge. In Scroll form with decorative borders in red pigment and burnished gold. A small amount of damage at the end. Size: L:6500mm / W:330mm ; 245g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1130

Starting price: £1,500

A Safavid Quran in the form of a scroll there is also a section for duas or prayers including Surah al Rahman. Likely a Shia text a section reads, ““may your mercy call upon all the Shia” 1130 Hijrah Safavid Quran and Duas (prayers) also includes Surah al Rahman and a prayer by Ali bin Abu Talib, the Prophet’s nephew and one of the rashidun Caliphs. Possibly a Shia text, a section reads, “may your mercy call upon all the Shia.” Size: L:7500mm / W:70mm ; 50g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; ex Christies; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

136. PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL RULER POSSIBLY AURANGZEB

India, Ca. 18th-19th century AD

Starting price: £200

A fine depiction of a Mughal ruler, possibly Aurangzeb adorned with jewels, a halo, and patterned slippers. In a later gilded frame. Size: L:283mm / W:205mm ; 510g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

135. A SCROLL QURAN SAFAVID, PERSIA

Hijrah / 1717 or 1718 AD

134. AN IJAZA CERTIFICATE QAJAR, PERSIA

Hijrah / 1888 or 1889 AD

Ottoman

Starting price: £2,000

A calligraphic panel with a circular medallion inscribed with the Quranic verse, set in gold against a black background, mounted in a frame decorated with a subtle vegetal motif. Size: L:860mm / W:835mm ; 6.45kg.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

Ca.

Starting price: £300

A gold ring of a hollow, round hoop with intricately decorated shoulders expanding to support a bezel applied with a stone gem secured with thirteen prongs radiating around the perimeter. This ring is a very beautiful example of Seljuk jewellery and represents a high level of craftsmanship. For a reference see Derek J. Content, Islamic Rings and Gems: The Benjamin Zucker Collection, For Sotheby Publications, London, 1987. Size: D: 15.8mm / US: 5 1/8 / UK: K; 2.93g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £500

A gold finger ring of a round hoop with ropework bands to the outer face, circular inlaid cells to each shoulder above scrolled decoration. The bezel set with a raised rectangular-shaped plaque with a beautiful garnet cabochon in the centre of a scroll setting with traces of enamel.

Size: D: 14.65mm / US: 3 3/4 / UK: H; 7.18g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £300

A gold finger ring comprising a band flat on the interior, slightly rounded on the exterior and embellished with a beautiful cabochon flanked by two heart-shaped blue inlays, each insert within dotted borders. Size: D: 3 1/8mm / US: 14.15 / UK: F1/2; 2.41g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

139. SELJUK GOLD RING

12th century AD

138. QURANIC VERSE IN VEGETAL FRAME

empire, Ca. Late 19th-early 20th century AD

140. MAMLUK GOLD RING WITH GARNET AND ENAMEL

Ca. 14th century AD

141. FATIMID / SELJUK GOLD BAND Ca. 11th-12th century AD

Starting price: £200

A gold ring of a round hoop with niello-decorated shoulders expanding to support a bezel applied with turquoise stone secured with multiple prongs radiating around the perimeter. Cf. Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 24 April 2012, Lot 69. Size: D: mm / US: / UK: <A; 0.96g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £200

A nice silver ring with a round hoop, and expanding shoulders decorated with niello motifs. A large bezel set with turquoise stone secured with multiple prongs radiating around the perimeter. Size: D: 16.41mm / US: 5 7/8 / UK: L 1/2; 2.45g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £3,000

A rare gold bracelet composed of densely twisted gold wires terminating in a pin closure, highly ornamented with applied granules. This bracelet is a very beautiful example of Seljuk jewellery and represents a very high level of craftsmanship. Cf. Bonhams, Islamic & Indian Art, London, 16 October 2003, Lot 310. Size: L:74.8mm / W:63mm ; 48.38g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £4,000

A gold bracelet composed of a round-section tightly twisted wire hoop and a round box setting intricately decorated with applied filigree. For a comparable example, see Christie’s, Live Auction 1148, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including a Private Collection Donated to Benefit the University of Oxford, Part IV, 10 October 2013, Lot 59. Size: L:69.3mm / W:67.5mm ; 64.47g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

143. SELJUK SILVER RING WITH NIELLO DECORATION AND TURQUOISE Persia, Ca. 12th century AD

142 . SELJUK GOLD RING WITH NIELLO DECORATION AND TURQUOISE Ca. 12th century AD

144. HEAVY SELJUK GOLD WOVEN BRACELET Ca. 12th century AD

145. HEAVY FATIMID GOLD BRACELET Ca. 11th-12th century AD

Starting price: £200

A fine silver bracelet of a penannular type with applied rectangular-shaped panels with round edges and engraved borders. Both ends of the bracelet terminate in bulge finials with incised decoration. The Seljuks were a Turkic dynasty that swept out of Central Asia in the early 10th century and conquered an enormous expanse across Eurasia.

Size: L:62mm / W:55mm ; 68g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £600

Silver bracelets of a thin and slightly faceted round shank that ends in a pin closure densely covered with filigree and flanked by four, hollow-formed coiled protrusions with raised bosses. The Seljuks were a Turkic dynasty that swept out of Central Asia in the early 10th century and conquered an enormous expanse across Eurasia. Size: L:10mm / W:100mm ; 110g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £500

A matched pair of gold earrings, each an wire elongated hoop beginging with a tear drop turquise cobuchon and terminating to a small loop. Comprised of three large bauble creating a trianglar shame. Each bauble is terminated with small gradulation. Size: L:25.3mm / W:21.1mm ; 8.2g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £500

A matched pair of gold earrings, each an elongated wire hoop with one end terminating in a setting of applied gold baubles, square-shaped blue stones, and gold filigree beads. Size: L:65.4mm / W:22.6mm ; 9.2g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

147. A SET OF TWO SELJUK SILVER BRACELETS

Persia, Ca. 11th-12th century AD

146. SELJUK SILVER BRACELET

Ca. 1200 AD

148. A MATCHED PAIR OF GOLD SELJUK EARRINGS Ca. 11th-12th century AD

149. A MATCHED PAIR OF GOLD SELJUK EARRINGS Ca. 11th-12th century AD

151.

century AD

Starting price: £900

A meticulously decorated gold scroll holder amulet of hexagonal cylindrical form with tapering ends, one of which opens to allow insertion of a protective prayer or a blessing. It has three suspension loops for a chain to be worn around the neck and provide protection for the wearer. Cf. Aga Khan Museum, Accession Number: AKM624.2. Size: L:77.3mm / W:15.1mm ; 11.05g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

century AD

Starting price: £900

A gold scroll holder amulet of hexagonal cylindrical form with each end shaped as a cap. It is beautifully decorated with horizontal panels of calligraphy and can be inserted with Qur’anic verses or a blessing. It has three suspension loops for a chain to allow the piece to be worn around the neck and provide protection for the wearer. Cf. Aga Khan Museum, Accession Number: AKM624.2. Size: L:76.7mm / W:15.9mm ; 10.62g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting

A gold amulet case holder of cylindrical form with each end terminating in a dome with a cluster of fine granules. It is beautifully modeled in an openwork technique representing a very high level of craftsmanship. It has three suspension loops along the main body plus an additional one on each end. This very fine item is in excellent condition, fully wearable and it comes with a modern necklace cord. Size: L:51.9mm / W:26.8mm ; 16.2g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

12th century AD (or

Starting price: £500

An rare cast bronze footed incense burner in the shape of a Buddhist Stupa with an intricate openwork decoration and a long handle terminating in a finely detailed caracal protome with its one leg. Each corner of the main body is supported by a similar, but smaller, caracal finial standing on a single paw. For a similar example, see Tareq Rajab Museum, Jabriya, Kuwait. Possible restoration in a later period. Size: L:235mm / W:350mm ; 2.1kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

QAJAR, GOLD PRAYER SCROLL HOLDER FOR QURANIC SCROLL Ca. 18th

150. QAJAR, GOLD PRAYER SCROLL HOLDER FOR QURANIC SCROLL Ca. 18th

152. ISLAMIC GOLD OPENWORK AMULET CASE HOLDER Ca. 18th century AD

price: £900

153. ISLAMIC BRONZE INCENSE BURNER WITH BUDDHIST STUPA AND CATS

later)

Starting price: £400

A flat-bottomed bronze inkwell (mihbara) comprising a separate lid and a slightly flaring, cylindrical body. The lid has a flat top, straight sides with three horizontally oriented handles, and an ogival dome with a ball finial. The main body is equipped with further hinged handles and is meticulously embellished with geometric designs and inscribed good wishes. For a similar example, see The British Museum, Museum number 1939,0620.1. Size: L:80mm / W:65mm ; 500g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Ca. 11th -12th century AD

Starting price: £400

A bronze mortar and pestle with a fine patination finish. The mortar is in the form of a bulbous shape tube and a slightly flared rim. The main body is decorated with two bands of lotus buds protrusions, which are alternated with roundels consisting of zoomorphic depictions. This object was most likely a utilitarian object used in the kitchen for the preparation of food or possibly by a physician, skilfully mixing medicines and preparing substances for the healing of the ill. For a similar example, see The Louvre Museum, Main number: MAO 2107a. Size: L:160mm / W:110mm ; 410g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £900

A pair of copper jugs, each with a globular and faceted body rising to a waisted neck, the bulbous lid with applied finial, and the curving handle applied to the side. The neck is embellished with a circumferential band of benedictory inscription inlaid in silver. Size: L:280-290mm / W:170-170mm ; 1.22kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £1000

A tin basin with high sides tapering to a roundish bottom. The body embellished with Nasta’liq script in cartouches and the face in sun symbols links to the mythical shah Jamshid. Mentioning the name Jafr Kadim the 7th Imam born in 745 in medina lived at the time of Abbasid caliph al Mansur and mentioning Allah Muhammad and Ali. Size: L:124mm / W:240mm ; 1.20kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

155. SELJUK PESTLE AND MORTAR WITH ZOOMORPHIC RONDELS

154. KHURASAN BRONZE INKWELL (MIHBARA)

Ca. Late 12th - 13th century AD

156. SELJUK PAIR OF COPPER JUGS WITH SILVER INLAID Ca. 12th century AD

157. SAFAVID, TIN BASIN WITH NASTA’LIQ SCRIPT Ca. 17th century AD

Ca. 1250 AD

Starting price: £900

A brass basin with a broad body with everted scalloped rim and a flat base. The bottom of the deep bowl is engraved with Thuluth inscriptions, zoomorphic motifs and vegetal interlace designs around central register. Size: L:150mm / W:520mm ; 3.02kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £200

A tinned brass vessel of a squat form on a roundish base and with a waisted neck widening into a flared rim. The upper part of the body features engraved ornamental decoration inlaid in silver. Size: L:155mm / W:390mm ; 3.4kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £200

A tinned copper bowl with a beautiful, bell-shaped body on a flaring concave foot and an intricately decorated outer wall with multiple horizontal registers of vegetal, and animal motifs. Excellent condition. For a similar example, see Christie’s, Live Auction 5526, Arts & Textiles of the Islamic & Indian Worlds, 10 October 2014, Lot 168. Size: L:155mm / W:230mm ; 1.4kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £200

A tinned brass bowl of a hemispherical body rising from a short flaring foot, the rim with an inscription on a scroll ground. For a similar example, see Ashmolean Museum, Accession no. EA1971.39. Size: L:105mm / W:170mm ; 1.0kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

159. SELJUK TINNED BRASS VESSEL WITH INLAID SILVER

Ca. 13th century AD

158. LARGE KHURASAN BRASS BASIN WITH THULUTH CALLIGRAPHY AND ZOOMORPHIC MOTIFS

160. SAFAVID, TINNED COPPER BOWL Ca. 17th century AD

161. ISLAMIC TINNED BRASS BOWL WITH INSCRIPTION Ca. 13th century AD

Persia, Ca. 8th Century AD

Starting price: £1800

A bronze ewer with trough spout, piriform body, flaring foot with an edge consisting of small suspension loops and strap handle with a faceted knob finial, connecting at the lower part of the body and at the rim. Roundels of elaborate relief decoration in the form of trees, vegetal tendrils, and tridents are concentrated around the main body. This form of the jug is typically known as an ewer and would have been used for serving water during banquets or for bathing. A similar example sold in Bonhams for £ 7,500. See Islamic and Indian Art, London, 8 October 2013, Lot 5. Size: L:395mm / W:170mm ; 1.83kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Central Asia or Persia, Ca. 1300 AD

Starting price: £200

A Timurid turquoise and lapis glazed stone niches originally forming a muqarnas decoration. Size: Set of 2 L:222mm / 231mm / W:202mm / 220mm ; 2.79kg / 2.93 kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Ca. 18th -19th century AD

Starting price: £200

A beautiful porcelain urn of a globular form with rounded shoulder, and a wide mouth with raised rim. The exterior consists of polychrome floral decoration against white ground. Size: L:240mm / W:150mm ; 355g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Persia, Ca. 9th century

Starting price: £200

A ceramic bowl of truncated conical shape with a wide ring foot. The interior is decorated with a highly stylized, black-coloured bird with dotted contours around abstract yellow motifs. Size: L:42mm / W:132mm ; 140g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

163. PAIR OF TUMURID GLAZED STONE NIECHES

162. EARLY ISLAMIC BRONZE EWER

164. QAJAR, ERA PORCELAINE URN WITH COLOURED DECORATION

165. BYZANTINE OR ISLAMIC TERRACOTA BOWL

AD

OR ISLAMIC MEDITERRANEAN SLIPWARE BOWL WITH REPEATING PATTERNS

Mediterranean basin, Ca. 10th-12th century AD

Starting price: £200

A ceramic bowl of hemispherical shape rising from an unglazed ring foot. The interior decorated with repetetive pattern of squares and dots, painted black on a yellow background. Medieval Islamic ceramics developed as a distinctive tradition of decoration in Muslim lands several centuries after the original Arab conquests. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/ or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond; Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine empire. Size: L:37mm / W:112mm ; 130g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Central Asia, Ca. 8th-10th century AD

Starting price: £200

A polychrome pottery figure of a cow with a thick body supported by four sturdy legs with pronounced hooves. The animal’s head capped by a pair of horns features incised staring eyes, a long snout with open nostrils, and drilled mouth. Each side of the body is decorated with brown and red abstract motifs and adorned with handles with suspension loops. Size: L:165mm / W:132mm ; 555g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Transoxania or Central Asia, Ca. 9th century AD

Starting price: £200

A ceramic pitcher of a bulbous lower body and a spout formed in the shape of a horned animal’s head with nicely detailed face features like protruding eyes and pronounced open nostrils and mouth. The strap handle connects the shoulder with a rim. Size: L:126mm / W:75mm ; 255g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

167. CENTRAL ASIA POTTERY COW WITH SUSPENSION LOOPS

166. BYZANTINE

168. ZOOMORPHIC TERRACOTTA JUG

Starting price: £50

This beautifully illuminated page is from an anthology of Sufi poetry, including works by Sa’di and Hafez, and is scribed in safina format. The scripts employed are the scarce shikasteh and more common nasta’liq written diagonally on white with in golf bordered cloud bands. Size: L:185mm / W:135mm ; 22.67g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Persia Safavid (Tabriz) Ca. AD 1559

Starting price: £90

This ancient page is from a disbound and greatly used Quran of a size clearly made for individual use. It has been much used over 450 years and only some pages could be rescued in fine condition. Size: L:207mm / W:150mm ; 27.36g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Persia

Starting price: £90

This ancient page is from a disbound and greatly used Quran of a size clearly made for individual use. It has been much used over 450 years and only some pages could be rescued in fine condition. Size: L:180mm / W:130mm ; 19.44g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Persia

Starting price: £90

This ancient page is from a disbound and greatly used Quran of a size clearly made for individual use. It has been much used over 450 years and only some pages could be rescued in fine condition. Size: L:180mm / W:130mm ; 19.18g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Kasperia

Starting price: £50

This manuscript is from what was a very fine prayer book, but which clearly fell on very on hard times. None of the illuminated margins have survived and all have been remargined, fortunately leaving the central text in a good state. Size: L:205mm / W:160mm ; 28.86g.

Provenance: Private London family collec-

1970-2008.

India

Starting price: £50

This small manuscript is scripted in naski c A D 1850. The hand is elegant yet firm and the quality emphasised through gold sprinkling of the text. There are gold double margins with the division of text marked therein in gold script. Size: L:170mm / W:135mm ; 22.32g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

169. SUFI, PERSIAN POETRY PAGE Ca. AD 1770

172. A FINE FRAMED QURAN LEAF

Safavid (Tabriz) Ca. AD 1559

170. A FINE FRAMED QURAN LEAF

173. A FRAMED LEAF FROM DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAR (PRAYERS)

Ca. Late 18th Century AD

tion; formed between

171. A FINE FRAMED QURAN LEAF

Safavid (Tabriz) Ca. AD 1559

174. A FRAMED LEAF FROM MUGHAL QURAN PAGE

Ca. 17th Century AD

Kasperia Ca. Late 18th Century AD

Starting price: £50

This manuscript is from what was a very fine prayer book, but which clearly fell on very on hard times. None of the illuminated margins have survived and all have been remargined, fortunately leaving the central text in a good state. Size: L:207mm / W:155mm ; 28.72g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Persia Safavid (Tabriz)

Starting price: £90

This ancient page is from a disbound and greatly used Quran of a size clearly made for individual use. It has been much used over 450 years and only some pages could be rescued in fine condition. Nevertheless, it comes from a period when Islamic script reached what is considered to be its peak, during the reign of the Safaived Sultans. Size: L:207mm / W:150mm ; 27.89g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £50

Persia Safavid (Tabriz) Ca. AD 1559

Starting price: £50

This ancient page is from a disbound and greatly used Quran of a size clearly made for individual use. It has been much used over 450 years and only some pages could be rescued in fine condition. Size: L:207mm / W:157mm ; 29.89g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

This fine manuscript is in Arabic, and comes from a Book of Prayers signed by Sayyid Mustafa al-Nah and dated Hijrah 1295 AD 1878/9 The book was in too poor a condition to renovate, but many pages such as tars could be saved. The script is fine quality. Gold leaf is used for headings, margins and verse ends. Size: L:230mm / W:180mm ; 34.71g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £50

An exceptionally fine Kasperian Quran which must have been scribed by one of the most talented script artists in Kasperia, and made for a most Important personage. Although the Safavid dynasty (1504-1756) is usually considered to have produced the finest Arabic scribes the Kasperian 18/19thc equivalents run it very close. The script is Naskh. All lines are in gold. also the superb floral borders. A great acquisition. Size: L:255mm / W:210mm ; 48.03g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

175. A FRAMED LEAF FROM DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAR (PRAYERS)

176. A FINE FRAMED QURAN LEAF

Ca. AD 1559

177. A FINE FRAMED QURAN LEAF

178. A FRAMED LEAF FROM MUSLIM BOOK OF PRAYERS Ca. AD 1878 / 9

179. A FRAMED LEAF FROM KASPERIA QURAN Kasperia, Ca. 1810

180. A FRAMED LEAF FROM PAGES FROM KASPERIAN PRAYER BOOK

Kasperia Ca. 1805

Starting price: £50

This attractive manuscript is from a Kasperian book of prayers dating from Ca. 1805. The script is Naskh which is contained within three sides of fine quality floral borders. Some diacriticals are in red, with gilt roundel verse markers. Condition is fine. Size: L:260mm / W:203mm ; 36.4g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

181. A FRAMED LEAF FROM MUSLIM BOOK OF PRAYERS

North India Ca. AD 1791

Starting price: £50

This manuscript leaf comes from a very battered Muslim book of Prayers dated AD 1791. It originated in North India and has typical gold cloud decoration between lines typical Indian work of the time. The script is black Naskh in a bold style, with verse headings in red. At one time this would have been a treasured book, undoubtedly written for a wealthy person. Size: L:250mm / W:206mm ; 38.97g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

182. A FRAMED LEAF FROM QURAN BIHAR INDIA

Late 14th/ Early 15th Century AD

Starting price: £50

This rare manuscript page is from a much used and frail small Quran originating in the state of Bihar, India. Bihar became Muslim in the 12th century, originally under the Bengal governors but from the 15th century under the Delhi emperors, centered on Patna. It is a prosperous and vital province, south of Nepal and bordering the Ganges. The Muslim calligraphers in the area developed distinctive a script named Behari. It is characterised by wide, heavy and extended horizontal lines and thin, delicate verticals. Because it’s use is contined to relatively small area it is extremely uncommon. Bihar is warm and humid province. Size: L:204mm / W:155mm ; 28.07g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

183.

A FRAMED LEAF FROM QURAN INDIA

1751 AD

Starting price: £50

This page is from a fine quality Quran scripted in India and dated Hijrah 1165 (AD1751/2). The work was disbound and in parts badly affected by damp and worm. About 2/3rds has been saved. The script is Naskh in a firm hand on expensive gold sprinkled paper. Good quality ornaments in the margins mark divisions of text. Headings are in white on gold. A small number of bi-folios have full marginal floral decoration in gold. Size: L:208mm / W:160mm ; 27.46g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £50

Quran manuscript page. China is not generally known for its link to Islam, yet it has a significant Muslim minority. Size: L:255mm / W:205mm ; 45.13g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £50

This attractive manuscript page comes from a fine quality Quran scribed in Kasperia Ca. 1780. The script is Naskh within gold ruled lines and blue, gold, black and orange margins. Gold roundels with blue tracery mark Juz’ divisions in the margins. Size: L:203mm / W:157mm ; 29.22g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £50

This page is from a fine quality Quran scripted in India and dated Hijrah 1165 (AD1751/2). The work was disbound and in parts badly affected by damp and worm. About 2/3rds has been saved. The script is Naskh in a firm hand on expensive gold sprinkled paper. Good quality ornaments in the margins mark divisions of text. Headings are in white on gold. A small number of bi-folios have full marginal floral decoration in gold. Size: L:255mm / W:205mm ; 34.26g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £50

This good quality page from the remains of a Quran originated in India c 1750. The script is Naskh and the divisions of the text are marked by the marginal roundels in gold leaf. The scribe is unknown. Size: L:255mm / W:205mm ; 41.94g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Late 18th Century AD

Starting price: £50

This manuscript is from what was a very fine prayer book, but which clearly fell on hard times. None of the illuminated margins have survived and all have been remargined, fortunately leaving the central text in a good state. Size: L:230mm / W:175mm ; 37.32g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £50

Hafez was the most famous Sufi poet. This fine manuscript of his poems is a good example of the finer editions, with most attractive layout, gold clouds and blue and red cartouches with gold floral decoration highlighting text. The final folio was dated precisely AH1120, which translates to 1708/9 AD. Size: L:255mm / W:208mm ; 41.5g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

184. A FRAMED LEAF FROM QURAN CHINA Ca. 17/18th Century AD

187. A FRAMED LEAF FROM QURAN INDIA 18th Century AD

185. A FRAMED LEAF FROM QURAN KASPERIAN Ca. 1780 AD

188. A FRAMED LEAF FROM DALA’il al-KHAYRAT (PRAYERS) – KASPERIA

186. A FRAMED LEAF FROM QURAN INDIA Ca. 1751 AD

189. A FRAMED LEAF FROM HAFEZ-DIWANNORTH INDIA AD 1708/9

Starting price: £50

This ancient page is from a disbound and greatly used Quran of a size clearly made for individual use. It has been much used over 450 years and only some leaves could be rescued in fine condition. Size: L:250mm / W:210mm ; 44g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £50

This rare manuscript page is from the remains of part of a Quran covering from the end of Juz’15 to Juz’16-30. It originated in the state of Bihar, India, Ca. AD 1425. Size: L:360mm / W:300mm ; 78.28g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £50

This rare manuscript page is from a much used and frail small Quran originating in the state of Bihar, India. Bihar became Muslim in the 12thC under the Delhi emperors, centred on Patna. It is a prosperous and vital province, south of Nepal and bordering the Ganges. The Muslim calligraphers in the area developed a distinctive script named Behari. It is characterised by wide, heavy and extended horizontal lines and thin, delicate verticals. Because its use is confined to a relatively small area it is extremely uncommon. Size: L:230mm / W:180mm ; 32.08g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £50

This fine quality manuscript leaf from the Holy Book was scribed by Abdullah at-Khadim in AD1616, the year of Shakespeare’s death. Size: L:305mm / W:255mm ; 55.56g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £50

The script is quite large which suited Chinese scribes used to the large characteristics of their normal writing. However, this prevented complete Quran manuscripts being made, they would have been too bulky. Thus, the Chinese Qurans are made in sections, based on the individual Surahs or groups of smaller Surahs. Size: L:363mm / W:283mm ; 87.16g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £50

This very fine manuscript page comes from a broken Quran scribed in Kasperia for the Nawab Amiu Khau in 1727. As a Royal work, it is of the highest quality and of a size which its owner, the Nawab, could hold without difficulty. Size: L:365mm / W:280mm ; 65.23g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

190. A FRAMED LEAF FROM QURAN – SAFAIVID, PERSIA (TABRIZ) AD 1559

191. A FRAMED LEAF FROM QURAN – BIHAR INDIA Ca. AD 1425

192. A FRAMED LEAF FROM QURAN – BIHAR INDIA Late 14th/EARLY 15th Century AD

193. A FRAMED LEAF FROM QURAN – SULTANATE INDIA

AD 1616

194. A FRAMED LEAF FROM QURAN – CHINA 17/18th Century AD

195. A FRAMED LEAF FROM QURAN – KASPERIA 1727 AD

196. CIRCASSIAN STEEL DAGGER (KINDJAL) WITH NIELLOED SILVER SCABBARD

Caucase region possibly Chechnia or Dagestan, Ca. 1800 - 1900 AD

Starting price: £900

A beautiful example of a steel kama kindjal dagger with a long, double-edged pointed blade with three central fullers. The characteristic hilt and pommel are embellished with nielloed silver panels of foliate designs and two raised bosses decorated with ropework. It comes with a scabbard overlaid with similar nielloed silver decoration, terminating in a chape with a sphere finial. For a similar example, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 26.35.9a, b. Size: L:675mm / W:50mm ; 735g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

197. CIRCASSIAN STEEL DAGGER (KINDJAL) WITH NIELLOED SILVER SCABBARD

Caucase region possibly Chechnia or Dagestan, Ca. 1800 - 1900 AD

Starting price: £900

A very fine steel kindjal dagger with a long double-edged blade, with deep fuller in the centre, and tapering to the point. The hilt and rounded pommel are laid in intricate silver scroll and granulation designs and are further ornamented with a pair of knobs. The fitting scabbard is enhanced with similar decoration to the upper face, and the rear is ornamented with beautiful nielloed floral and foliate designs. For a similar example, see Christie’s, Live Auction 7905, Russian Art, 29 November 2010, Lot 429. Size: L:460mm / W:55mm ; 495g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Caucase region possibly Chechnia or Dagestan, Ca. 1800 - 1900 AD

Starting price: £900

A very fine steel kindjal dagger with a long double-edged blade, with three deep fullers in the centre, and tapering to the point. The hilt and rounded pommel are laid in intricate silver scroll and granulation designs and are further ornamented with a pair of knobs. The fitting scabbard is enhanced with similar decoration to the upper face, and the rear is ornamented with beautiful nielloed floral and foliate designs. For a similar example, see Christie’s, Live Auction 7905, Russian Art, 29 November 2010, Lot 429. Size: L:490mm / W:50mm ; 660g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

198. CIRCASSIAN STEEL DAGGER WITH SILVER SCABBARD

199. OTTOMAN EMPIRE OR SAFAVID, TINNED COPPER DOOR MOUNTS

Ca. 17th century AD or earlier

Starting price: £4,000

A 2-piece tinned copper door mounts in the shape of a nine-pointed star decorated with elongated eastern Kufic style script in the central roundel and trefoil floral motifs to each arm. Size: L:201mm / W:97mm ; 510g

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

200. MAMLUK REVIVAL GROUP OF DOOR MOUNTS

Ca. 19th century AD

Starting price: £300

A group of 15 bronze door mounts, 14 of them are of circular shape crowned with scroll design and one is in a shape of a 16-pointed star. Each is intricately embellished with inlaid arabesque, script, or a scene of an eagle hunting a rabbit. Size: Set of 14; L:89mm / W:69mm ; 1.58kg.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

Ca. 13th century AD

Starting price: £300

A hexagonal-shaped stone plaque with its walls entirely covered with lines of elegant Kufic script within slightly raised borders. For a type, see Christie’s, Live Auction 7389, Art of Islamic and Indian Worlds, 17 April 2007, Lot 134. Size: L:175mm / W:610mm ; 30+kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Late 19th - early 20th century AD

Starting price: £50

A tinned copper serving dish or canteen composed of a round form base with its fitted cover. The lower part is decorated with repoussé around the central flat register with a beautiful engraving depicting a couple. The domed lid with a knob surrounded by flower depictions enclosed in drop-shaped panels. Below are highly stylised birds and animals images.

Size: L:160mm / W:291mm ; 1.26kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Ca. 12th century AD

Starting price: £400

A round bronze dish presenting a broad and flat base, low straight walls, and a flattened rim. The rim is incised with Kufic script alternated with interlace designs. The interior of the dish is adorned with a central tondo with a depiction of Buraq, a winged horse with the head of a human, on which, according to a legendary tradition, the prophet Mohammed flew from earth to heaven and back one night.

Size: L:35mm / W:180mm ; 720g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Ca. Mid to late 12th century AD

Starting price: £300

A flat-bottomed copper inkwell comprising a separate lid and a slightly flaring, cylindrical body. The lid has a flat top, straight sides with three horizontally oriented handles, and an ogival dome with a rounded finial. The main body is equipped with further hinged handles and is meticulously embellished with geometric designs and inscribed good wishes. For a type, see The Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada (972.10.1-3). Size: L:80mm / W:60mm ; 320g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Ca.

Starting price: £200

A cylindrical copper ewer with its lower body tapering to a flat circular base. The riveted handle connects the shoulder with the neck. The broad shoulder of the vessel is decorated with a band of incised motifs. Size: L:290mm / W:155mm ; 1.22kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Ca. 12th century AD

Starting price: £900

A copper ewer of a wide globular body, resting on a low ring base. The neck is cylindrical with a collared band and flared rim. The spout protrudes from just below the shoulder and a strap handle with a recumbent lion connects the mid-body with a rim. Size: L:285mm / W:215mm ; 1.61kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

202. QAJAR, REVIVAL TINNED COPPER SERVING DISH OR CANTEEN

205. PERSIAN COPPER EWER

1500 - 1700 AD

203. SELJUK COPPER BOWL WITH BORAQ

206. RARE SELJUK COPPER EWER WITH LION THUMB SUPPORT

201. SELJUK / FATIMID STONE PLAQUE WITH KUFIC CALLIGRAPHY

204. SELJUK COPPER INKWELL

Persia, Ca. 1200 AD

Starting price: £400

A rectangular-shaped brass table-top tray with a wide lip and an octagonal central recess featuring three roundels with six-petaled flowers and intricated arabesque designs. For a similar example, but with silver inlaid, see Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, London, 6 October 2008, Lot 170. Size: L:195mm / W:305mm ; 725g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £200

A pottery ewer of a bulbous lower body with honeycomb-like decoration resting on a round ring foot. The neck is long and its upper section is embellished with three registers of protruding knobs. A long handle connects the shoulder with a rim. Apart from the foot, the whole body is richly covered in a mesmerizing turquoise glaze. Size: L:240mm / W:140mm ; 650g.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.

Ca. 9th century AD

Starting price: £300

A nicely shaped glazed pottery cup imitating Chinese porcelain wares resting upon a short flared stem. The interior is embellished with a blue-painted rim and central quatrefoil design. Size: L:80mm / W:140mm ; 220g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

12th century

Starting price: £300

A fritware hemispherical bowl with moulded decoration in relief under a turquoise glaze. The bowl is supported by a splayed foot ring with incised vertical grooves. The walls are moulded with a dynamic scene in relief consisting of animal and human figures. Size: L:150mm / W:160mm ; 380g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Ca.

Starting price: £300

A striking pottery bowl with its basin modeled in the shape of a truncated cone rising from an unglazed ring foot. The interior features a deep turquoise glaze over a white background with delicate decoration formed of foliage and geometric patterns. Kashan is associated with the finest ceramic production in the Middle Ages. The city owed its position partly to its convenient location in the vicinity near sources of materials necessary for the production of stonepaste, the main component of high-quality ceramic wares. Size: L:130mm / W:285mm ; 1.7kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Ca. 10th-11th century

Starting price: £400

A stonepaste bowl of hemispherical shape rising from a wide ring foot. The inside of the basin is divided by a thick line into two equal halves, and each is embellished with brown hand-painted arabesque motifs surrounding large roundels. Size: L:59mm / W:149mm ; 195g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

208. KASHAN GLAZED EWER Ca. 1200-1300 AD

211. KASHAN TURQUOISE POTTERY BOWL

Late 12th - early 13th century AD

209. RARE ABBASID CERAMIC BOWL IMITATING CHINESE PORCELAIN WARES

212. STONEPASTE BOWL WITH BROWN GLAZE

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207. SELJUK BRASS TRAY WITH KUFIC CALLIGRAPHY

210. TURQUOISE BOWL POSSIBLY FROM BAMIYAN Ca.

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Starting price: £400

A ceramic bowl of a hemispherical body on a short foot. The bird is surrounded by abstract vegetal motifs. Medieval Islamic ceramics developed as a distinctive tradition of decoration in Muslim lands several centuries after the original Arab conquests. For a similar, see Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 5 April 2011, London, Lot 75. Size: L:85mm / W:190mm ; 520g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £400

A reddish-slipped bowl with an interior surface decorated with two concentric bands around the central register with a large leaf painted dark brown and highlighted with white dots. Each band contains similar, but smaller leaves. Foot unglazed. For a bowl with similar decor, see Christie’s, Live Auction 7263, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 10 October 2006, Lot 39. Size: L:50mm / W:155mm ; 175g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £300

A ceramic bowl of truncated conical shape. The glazed interior is decorated with a net of dark-painted, highlighted in yellow lines, creating multiple niches, each decorated with dark brown trifoliate motifs dotted in white. For a bowl with similar decor, see Christie’s, Live Auction 7263, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 10 October 2006, Lot 39. Size: L:50mm / W:155mm ; 170g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

11th-12th century AD

Starting price: £300

A pottery bowl composed of a hemispherical basin and a low disc foot. The interior is glazed and decorated with brown-painted elegant motifs with splashes of ochre and green over cream ground. Medieval Islamic ceramics developed as a distinctive tradition of decoration in Muslim lands several centuries after the original Arab conquests. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond. Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine empire. Size: L:80mm / W:190mm ; 685g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £300

A ceramic bowl with wide, flaring sides sitting upon a low ring foot . The interior is decorated in cream with a thin yellow band just below the rim. The bowl is further embellished with an elongated Kufic script in dark brown. The Seljuks were a Turkic dynasty who swept out of Central Asia in the early 10th century and conquered an enormous expanse, covering most or all of present-day Turkmenistan, and beyond. After inflicting crushing military defeats on a host of rivals, the most famous of which was perhaps that against the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, the Seljuk sultans became major patrons of art and architecture. Size: L:70mm / W:182mm ; 320g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Starting price: £180

A ceramic bowl of hemispherical shape rising from an unglazed ring foot. The interior with a white slip is decorated with dark brown blobs and splashes forming an abstract pattern. Size: L:80mm / W:197mm ; 690g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

214. SAMANID SLIP PAINTED POTTERY BOWL Ca. 9th century AD

217. SELJUK GLAZED POTTERY BOWL WITH ELONGATED KUFIC SCRIPT Ca. 10th-11th century AD

215. SAMANID SLIP PAINTED POTTERY BOWL Ca. 9th century AD

218. ABBASID DARK SPLASH WARE BOWL Ca. 8th-9th century AD

213. NISHAPUR SLIP PAINTED POTTERY BOWL Ca. 10th century AD

216. DECORATIVE SAMANID BOWL WITH SPLASHWARE ELEMENTS Ca.

Starting price: £180

A pottery bowl of deep form rising from a wide ring foot. A lovely frill-like decoration runs along the rim of the vessel. The inside of the basin and most of its exterior is covered with splashes of green and yellow glaze. Size: L:70mm / W:110mm ; 340g.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.

TESTED

Nishapur, Ca. 10th century AD

Starting price: £180

A pottery bowl of a conical form on a short unglazed foot. The interior is with cream ground and embellished with stylised motifs painted in brown, yellow and green. This piece has been precisely dated by means of a Thermo Luminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla, an independent German Laboratory. Size: L:95mm / W:150mm ; 700g.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.

Nishapur, Ca. 10th century AD

Starting price: £400

A nicely formed pottery bowl with its interior decorated with white tin glaze slip with black painted Kufic script around the inner edge. This piece has been precisely dated by means of a Thermo Luminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla, an independent German Laboratory. Size: L:70mm / W:200mm ; 350g.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.

Ca. 13th century AD

Starting price: £200

A ceramic bowl of hemispherical shape rising from an unglazed ring foot. The glazed interior is decorated with stylised motifs painted in brown. Medieval Islamic ceramics developed as a distinctive tradition of decoration in Muslim lands several centuries after the original Arab conquests. This piece has been precisely dated by means of a Thermo Luminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla, an independent German Laboratory. The samples collected date the piece to the period reflected in its style, whilst also showing no modern trace elements. The TL certificate with its full report will accompany this lot. Size: L:70mm / W:150mm ; 220g.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.

Starting price: £100

A pottery bowl of a hemispherical form on a short unglazed foot. The interior is embellished with stylised motifs splashed in brown, yellow and green. Medieval Islamic ceramics developed as a distinctive tradition of decoration in Muslim lands several centuries after the original Arab conquests. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond; Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine empire. For a type, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 38.40.137. Size: L:90mm / W:195mm ; 840g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £100

A fritware bowl with flaring walls elegantly rising from a ring foot base and its interior is decorated with splashes of green, brown, and blue against the yellow ground. Splash ware is a type of pottery first produced in Abbasid as a result of extensive trade contacts between and China. The green, yellow, and brown glaze decoration imitates Chinese sancai ware, which dates back to Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). Size: L:90mm / W:195mm ; 560g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

220. NISHAPUR SPLASHWARE BOWL WITH GREEN YELLOW AND BROWN DECORATION - TL

223. NISHAPUR SPLASHWARE BOWL Ca. 10th century AD

221. SAMANID PERIOD BLACK KUFIC ON WHITE TIN GLAZE SLIP - TL TESTED

224. NISHAPUR SPLASHWARE BOWL Ca. 10th century AD

219. ABBASID EMPIRE SPLASHWARE BOWL Mesopotamia, Ca. 800-900 AD

222. ABBASID GLAZED POTTERY BOWL - TL TESTED

SAMANID BOWL WITH SPLASHWARE ELEMENTS Ca. 11th-12th century AD

Starting price: £100

A ceramic deep bowl with wide, flaring sides and a low disc foot. The interior is decorated with delicately-painted elegant motifs over cream ground. Medieval Islamic ceramics developed as a distinctive tradition of decoration in Muslim lands several centuries after the original Arab conquests. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond. Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine empire. Size: L:80mm / W:190mm ; 685g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Ca. 10th century AD

Starting price: £100

A pottery bowl of a hemispherical form on a short unglazed foot. The interior is decorated with stylised motifs splashed in green, yellow and brown. The splashware is a type of pottery first produced in Abbasid as a result of extensive trade contacts in China. The green, yellow, and brown glaze decoration imitates Chinese sancai ware, which dates back to Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). For a type, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 40.170.167. Size: L:90mm / W:185mm ; 635g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

century AD

Starting price: £100

A buffware bowl with flaring walls elegantly rising from a ring foot base and its interior is decorated with splashes of green against the cream ground. Medieval Islamic ceramics developed as a distinctive tradition of decoration in Muslim lands several centuries after the original Arab conquests. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond. Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine empire. Size: L:55mm / W:150mm ; 290g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

228. SELJUK BOWL WITH KUFIC CALLIGRAPHY Ca. 10th-11th century AD

Starting price: £300

A ceramic bowl with wide, flaring sides sitting upon a low ring foot. The interior is decorated in cream with a brown band highlighting the rim. The bowl is further embellished with two panels of elongated Kufic script in dark brown. After inflicting crushing military defeats on a host of rivals, the most famous of which was perhaps that against the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071, the Seljuk sultans became major patrons of art and architecture. Size: L:70mm / W:185mm ; 395g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Ca. 9th-10th century AD

Starting price: £150

A pottery bowl of a hemispherical body on a short unglazed foot. The interior is embellished with abstract splashes of green, yellow and brown over a cream background. The splashware is a type of pottery first produced in Abbasid as a result of extensive trade contacts in China. The green, yellow and brown glaze decoration imitates Chinese sancai ware, which dates back to Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). For a type, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 40.170.167. Size: L:80mm / W:205mm ; 645g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Ca. 10th century AD

Starting price: £150

A ceramic bowl of hemispherical shape rising from an unglazed ring foot. The interior with a white slip is decorated with dark brown blobs and green and yellow splashes forming an abstract pattern. The splashware is a type of pottery first produced in Abbasid as a result of extensive trade contacts in China. The green, yellow and brown glaze decoration imitates Chinese sancai ware, which dates back to Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). For a similar example, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 39.40.56. Size: L:70mm / W:175mm ; 390g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

226. NISHAPUR SLIPWARE BOWL

229. SLIPWARE BOWL

227. NISHAPUR BUFFWARE BOWL Persia, Ca. 10th

230. NISHAPUR SPLASHWARE BOWL

225. DECORATIVE

Starting price: £150

A pottery bowl with a deep round basin and unglazed short foot. Decor in dark brown on a white slip. The inside with stripes and dots. Medieval Islamic ceramics developed as a distinctive tradition of decoration in Muslim lands several centuries after the original Arab conquests. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond. Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine empire. Size: L:80mm / W:185mm ; 680g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Ca. 8th-9th century

Starting price: £150

A ceramic bowl with flaring walls rising from a short circular foot. The glazed interior is decorated with three alternating sets of vertical lines and stylised roundels radiating around the central register. The style was influenced by contact with Tang China. Such contact had a strong influence and also resulted in the transfer of the technology of paper-making into the Islamic world. Size: L:75mm / W:185mm ; 400g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Ca. 10th-11th century AD

Starting price: £150

An amber glazed pottery bowl of a deep hemispherical-shaped body rising from a ring foot. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond; Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine empire. This piece has been precisely dated by means of a Thermo Luminescence analysis carried out by Ralf Kotalla, an independent German Laboratory. The samples collected date the piece to the period reflected in its style, whilst also showing no modern trace elements. The TL certificate with its full report will accompany this lot. Size: L:70mm / W:160mm ; 600g.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.

Starting price: £150

A ceramic vessel composed of a shallow round-shaped body with a small spout and a handle to the rear. The interior is nicely decorated with a net of dotted lines accompanied by trefoil-shaped leaves. Size: L:70mm / W:130mm ; 150g.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.

Ca. 9th century

Starting price: £150

A ceramic vessel composed of a shallow round-shaped body with a small spout and a handle to the rear. The interior is nicely decorated with a net of dotted lines accompanied by trefoil-shaped leaves. Size: L:70mm / W:130mm ; 150g.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.

Starting price: £150

A pottery cup with a deep basin with a flounce rim and slightly flaring walls resting on a short foot. A ring handle with circular thumb support protrudes from the side. The slip decoration with green and yellow splashes on white ground. For a similar, see Bonhams, Islamic and Indian Art, 5 April 2011, London, Lot 71. Size: L:80mm / W:170mm ; 435g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

232. NISHAPUR TANG SLIPWARE BOWL

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235. ISLAMIC TERRACOTTA SPOUTED VESSEL DECORATED WITH PEARL AND LEAF MOTIFS

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233. ISLAMIC GLAZED POTTERY BOWL - TL TESTED

236. UMAYYAD SPLASHWARE POTTERY CUP Ca. 9th century AD

231. NISHAPUR SLIPWARE BOWL Ca. Late 8th - early 9th century AD

234. ISLAMIC TERRACOTTA SPOUTED VESSEL DECORATED WITH PEARL AND LEAF MOTIFS Ca. 9th century AD

Kashan, Ca. 1100-1200 AD

Starting price: £400

A rectangular-shaped pottery tile with a brown ground decorated with a dotted and vegetal motifs and navy glazed calligraphy in relief. This tile, which would have originally been one of a series of tiles running along the wall of a building, is a testament to the technical skills of Seljuk craftsmen. For further discussion of Seljuk tiles, see Oktay Aslanapa, Herman Kreider & Sheila M. O’Callaghan (1961). Turkish Arts: Seljuk and Ottoman Empire carpets, Tiles and Miniature Paintings. Size: L:255mm / W:225mm ; 1.64Kg.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1980s.

Ca. 8th or 9th century AD

Starting price: £100

A stemmed pottery bowl covered in rich green glaze. It comprises of a wide bowl with a rounded rim and flared sides with two horizontally oriented bands of spherical protrusions. A short stem merging with the bowl and finishing with a wide foot. Size: L:70mm / W:120mm ; 310g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Ca. 12-14th century AD

Starting price: £100

A beautiful cobalt blue glazed pottery beaker comprising a slightly flaring cylindrical body, a short sturdy stem, and a round concave foot. Size: L:130mm / W:100mm ; 625g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

240. A QAJAR, PERSIA LAQUERED PAPER MACHÉ PEN BOX 19th

Century AD

Starting price: £1500

A Qajar Qalamdan, pen box with floral lacquered paper maché pen box with gilt floral decoration on a black background. With a sliding compartment. SSize: L:220mm / W:40mm ; 120g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

238. UMAYYAD OR ABBASID GREEN GLAZED BOWL

239. AYYUBID BLUE DRIP GLAZE BEAKER

237. SELJUK OR ILKHANATE GLAZED TILE FRIEZE

241. A QAJAR, PERSIA LACQUERED PAPER MACHÉ PEN BOX WITH TWO BEAUTIES

19th Century AD

Starting price: £1500

A Qajar era Qalamdan or pen box with portraits of two Qajar beauties in decorative frames paper maché with gilt floral decoration and sliding compartment. Size: L:225mm / W:40mm ; 95g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

242. A QAJAR, PERSIA LACQUERED PAPER MACHÉ PEN BOX WITH PAINTED PORTRAIT OF A MALE COURTIER

Ca. 1800 AD

Starting price: £1500

A Qajar Qalamdan or pen box Ca. 1800 AD with a painted portrait of a male courtier wearing a formal Qajar Kolah hat. Size: L:210mm / W:40mm ; 65g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £1500

An unusual and interesting Qalamdan or pen box with european style portraits wearing dress typical from around the mid 19th century. Increasing contacts between Europe in the 19th century especially amongst the upper classes were increasingly common in areas such as education, the military and fashion. A fascinating example possibly made in Europe for the export market or locally made with foreign style portrait inspiration. Three portraits surrounded by floral decoration and finished in lacquer. With a sliding compartment. Size: L:170mm / W:30mm ; 55g

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £2000

A Paper Maché pen box probably from Kasperia decorated with intricate floral motifs in generous amounts of gold leaf and coloured pigments. With a sliding compartment. Size: L:245mm / W:50mm ; 145g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

243. A QAJAR, PERSIA LACQUERED PAPER MACHÉ QALAMDAN OR PEN BOX EUROPE

19th Century AD

244. AN QALAMDAN OR PEN BOX PROBABLY KASPERIA

Ca. 1800 AD

BOX WITH THREE BARE HEADED SAGE

19th Century AD

Starting price: £1000

A 19th century Qajar Qalamdan or pen box with portraits of three bare headed old sages, with a background of buildings and trees. The sage as a subject or visiting a sage is a typical subject for Qajar pen box decoration during this period. With sliding compartment. Size: L:220mm / W:40mm ; 100g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

19th Century AD

Starting price: £1000

A 19th century Qajar Qalamdan or pen box with portraits of three turbaned and bearded old sages, with a natural background scene. With a sliding compartment. Size: L:225mm / W:43mm ; 85g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

19th Century AD

Starting price: £1000

19th century Qajar Qalamdan or pen box lacquered paper maché decorated with a series of women and an old man. With a sliding compartment. Size: L:235mm / W:40mm ; 90g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

19th Century AD

Starting price: £1000

A 19th century Qajar Qalamdan or pen box lacquered paper maché depicting a scene of a visit to a sage. With a sliding compartment. Size: L:240mm / W:45mm ; 105g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

247. A QAJAR, PERSIA LACQUERED PAPER MACHÉ PEN BOX WITH A SERIES OF WOMAN AND AN OLD MAN

245. A QAJAR, PERSIA LACQUERED PAPER MACHÉ PEN

248. A QAJAR, PERSIA LACQUERED PAPER MACHÉ PEN BOX DEPICTING A VISIT OR A SAGE

246. A QAJAR, PERSIA LACQUERED PAPER MACHÉ PEN BOX WITH THREE SAGES

19th Century AD

Starting price: £1000

A 19th century Qajar Qalamdan or pen box depicting two horsemen and a noble lady in European clothing. With a sliding compartment. Size: L:205mm / W:30mm ; 85g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

19th Century AD

Starting price: £1000

A 19th century Qajar Qalamdan or pen box depicting a hunting scene with mounted riders armed with a bow and arrow and another with a sword swords hunting a lion and deer. Size: L:235mm / W:40mm ; 150g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

19th Century AD

Starting price: £1000

A 19th century Qajar Qalamdan or pen box of lacquered paper maché depicting a landscape with two women, a ship, mountains, trees and animals. With a sliding compartment. Size: L:235mm / W:40mm ; 125g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Ca. 1800 AD

Starting price: £1000

A Qajar Qalamdan or pen box Ca. 1800 AD with a painted portrait of a female courtier. Size: L:220mm / W:42mm ; 100g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Ca. 1880-1890 AD

Starting price: £1000

A late Qajar Qalamdan or Pen Box Ca. 18801890 possibly from Tabriz. Decorated with birds and floral motifs in a variety of painted pigments. Size: L:240mm / W:43mm ; 110g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Ca. 11th-12th century AD

Starting price: £200

A beautiful glass rose water sprinkler, also known as a qumqum with its characteristic long-neck, bulbous lower body intricately decorated with applied design. The neck is further embellished with a flounce and horizontally oriented trailing around its base. It is believed to have been used for disseminating rosewater or another aromatic substance mixed with water. These sprinklers were popular in much of the Middle East for hundreds of years, with the form dating back to at least the 10th century. Size: L:195mm / W:115mm ; 195g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

250. A QAJAR, PERSIA LACQUERED PAPER MACHÉ PEN BOX DEPICTING A HUNTING SCENE

253. A QAJAR, PERSIA LACQUERED PAPER MACHÉ PEN BOX WITH PAINTED FLORAL AND BIRD MOTIFSPOSSIBLY TABRIZ

251. A QAJAR, PERSIA LACQUERED PAPER MACHÉ PEN BOX WITH LANDSCAPE SCENE

254. EARLY ISLAMIC GLASS FLASK WITH DECORATION

249. A QAJAR, PERSIA LACQUERED PAPER MACHÉ PEN BOX DEPICTING TWO HORSEMEN AND A WOMAN

252. A QAJAR, PERSIA LACQUERED PAPER MACHÉ PEN BOX WITH PAINTED PORTRAIT OF A COURTIER

Ca. 8th-10th century AD

Starting price: £100

A flat-bottomed clear glass cup with its walls gently flaring to a rounded rim. The body is decorated with two tiers of embossed circle decoration with central raised knobs. Size: L:67mm / W:72mm ; 135g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Starting price: £100

A dark green glass beaker of a conical-shaped body tapering to the concave base. A lovely example with scattered mineral deposits and pretty iridescence. Size: L:129mm / W:77mm ; 230g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Starting price: £100

A squat cut glass flask resting upon a wide flat base. The vessel features a slightly concave shoulder from which protrudes a faceted flaring neck. A lovely example with scattered mineral deposits and pretty iridescence. Size: L:90mm / W:84mm ; 195g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Ca.

Starting price: £100

A moulded glass flask of squat spherical form, with flaring neck and broad shoulder. The body with floral and geometric patterns and areas of iridescence. Size: L:86mm / W:74mm ; 105g.

Provenance: London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Starting price: £100

A beautifully detailed, pattern-molded green glass flask of squat form resting upon a concave base. The body features also a broad shoulder from which protrudes a flaring neck. Size: L:76mm / W:58mm ; 160g.

Provenance: London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s

Starting price: £100

A square-section blown glass bottle with slightly concave sides, rounded corners, and a funnel-shaped neck embellished with an overlapping trailing around its mouth. Size: L:61mm / W:34mm ; 40g.

Provenance: London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

256. GREEN GLASS BEAKER Ca. 10th-12th century AD

259. GREEN GLASS FLASK WITH DECORATION Ca. 9th-11th century AD

257. CUT GLASS FLASK Ca. 8th-9th century AD

260. BLOWN GLASS BOTTLE WITH DECORATED LIP

Ca. 9th-11th century AD

255. BLOWN GLASS CUP WITH EMBOSSED DECORATION

258. DECORATED GLASS FLASK

10th-12th century AD

Starting price: £100

A miniature glass flask with slightly rounded corners, and its body decorated with vertical ribbing features. The neck in the shape of the funnel leads to a circular opening. Beautiful iridescent surface. Size: L:48mm / W:32mm ; 25g.

Provenance: London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Starting price: £100

A glass bottle with an squat lower body sitting upon a flattened base. From the top of the main body protrudes a short flaring neck. The surface is decorated with embossed circle decorations. Size: L:90mm / W:70mm ; 165g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £4,000

A Safavid Tafseer or explanation of the Quran. The commentary starts with Surah Mariam. Quranic quotations in Arabic are written in red ink. The work finishes at Surah Ashoora Verse 2 . Probably part of a multi volume work. Fine red and gold borders throughout. Naksh script. Size: L:315mm / W:195mm ; 1.89kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

262. ISLAMIC CUT GLASS FLASK Ca. 9th-11th century AD

261. BLOWN GLASS FLASK Ca. 9th-11th century AD

263. SAFAVID TAFSIR OF THE QURAN 17th century AD

264. OR BOOK ON THE SCIENCE OF BOOK ON ARABIC GRAMMAR BY ABU FATH OTHMAN IBN JINI OTTOMAN

1247 Hijrah / 1831 or 1832 AD

Starting price: £900

A famous 18th century work on Arabic Grammar by Abu Fath Othman ibn Jini later commentary dated to 1398 Hijrah. The title Jini was given in praise of this writer as if he was a jinni or genius in this field having written over 40 volumes on the subject. It was almost as if he had the superpowers and the knowledge of the Djin. comments in margins. Riqa script black ink with some commentary tooled dark leather cover. Size: L:225mm / W:160mm ; 310g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

265. “MESSAGE OF THE MESSENGERS”? OTTOMAN

1283 Hijrah / 1866 or 1867 AD

Starting price: £900

A 19th century work on fiqh or Islamic jurisprudence, explaining various legal rulings about prayers and legal views on Salah. It explains an earlier work and is one of several volumes. Recently rebound. Creamed polished high quality pulp paper. Size: L:205mm / W:155mm ; 720g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

266. DECORATIVE QURAN KASPERIA

dated 1021 Hijrah / 1612 or 1613 AD

Starting price: £900

An illuminated Quran decorated with gold leaf turquoise blue and red pigments. In Naskh script. Possibly rebound cover. Size: L:120mm / W:80mm ; 290g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

267. AN ARABIC GRAMMAR BOOK WRITTEN BY AHMAD IBN ZAYN U’DEEN BIN IBRAHIM BIN

DAGHEER AḤMAD IBN ZAYDŪN IBN IBRĀHĪM IBN

DĀGHIR AL AHSA’I

1179AH / 1765 or 1777 AD

Starting price: £900

A work written in Arabic regarding Arabic grammar. Copied by Muḥammad Ḥussnī bin ʾAḥmad Creamed polished paper. Size: L:218mm / W:170mm ; 270g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

268. “MAʿĀLIM AL-DĪN WA MALĀDH AL-MUJTAHIDĪN” ALSO KNOWN AS MAʿĀLIM BY SHIEKH (ḤASSAN BIN AL-SHAHĪD AL-THĀNĪ)D1011 (1602)

1241 Hijrah / 1825 or 1826 AD

Starting price: £900

A famous work regarding Theology and Philosophy. The manuscript contains both personal and library seal marks throughout. There is an Ijaza on the last page dated to 1379AH given in the Mecca Mosque or Haram al Sharif where the work was written.

..Maʿālim is a book concerning jurisprudence and principles of jurisprudence written by al-Ḥasan Ibn al-Shahīd al-Thānī. The book consists of two parts: jurisprudence and principles of jurisprudence, but it is mainly known for the latter part, which came to be known as Ma’alim al-usul. Size: L:210mm / W:145mm ; 375g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

269. A WORK TITLED AL-TAFTĀZĀNĪ OTTOMAN EMPIRE

Ca. 16th -17th Century

Starting price: £900

Copied by Muhammad Sadiq (Muḥammad Ṣidqī), Ottoman Empire, 1241 Hijrah / 1825. It’s about Philosophy and existentialism. Size: L:200mm / W:140mm ; 242g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008..

19th Century AD

Starting price: £900

Explanation about a story between Shah Jurjan and the phrophet Joweed. Explanation about a story between shah jurjan and the phrophet Joweed lot 206 28th April 2017 Size: L:260mm / W:180mm ; 366g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; ex Christies; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

1216 Hijrah / 1801 or 1802 AD An early 19th century work

Starting price: £900

Ottoman 19th century 1216 Hijrah “Al Ashba wa Natha’ir” a book about Tafsir or explanation of the Quran. There is a note of squares and numbers tucked into the front of the book. The book also contains a seal stamp, possibly that of the owner or author. In Riqa script the work comprises of 218 pages. Size: L:200mm / W:150mm ; 585g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

1020 Hijrah / 1611 or 1612

Starting price: £900

Stories of the Prophet and other righteous people complete with a collection of duas or prayers. Includes some gilded leaves with white calligraphy praising the Prophet. Size: L:220mm / W:130mm ; 425g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

17th

Starting price: £900

Misbah al Anwar or Lantern of lights work in Arabic regarding language and Grammar. Size: L:210mm / W:150mm ; 390g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

271. AL-ʾASHBĀH WA AL-NAẒĀʾIR “AL ASHBAH WA NATHA’IR” BY AL NIJAIN AL MASRI

270. WRITTEN IN KURDISH HIKAYAT SHAH JURJAN: AN IMITATION OF NABI”S POEM

272. A SAFAVID RELIGIOUS WORK WRITTEN BY IMAM ZAYN ALʿĀBIDĪN dated

AD

273. AN ARABIC BOOK OF LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR MIṢBĀḤ AL-ʾANWĀR

century AD

1217 Hijrah / 1802 or 1803 AD

Starting price: £900

‘Tanzeel al Anwar,’ or the lights of the revelation and the secret exergies, was composed by the scholar Ahmed Yusuf and edited by Sayīd Ibn ʿUmar Ibn Muḥammad in the early 19th century. Size: L:310mm / W:210mm ; 1.36kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

1302 Hijrah / 1884 or 1885 AD

Starting price: £900

Opening pages illuminated in lapis blue with floral motifs accented in gold leaf. Opening title in white ink. Blue and gold borders throughout. Nasta’liq script. Possibly rebound. Size: L:250mm / W:170mm ; 300g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; ex Christies; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca. late 18th or early 19th century AD

Starting price: £1800

A Qajar quran Ca. early 19th century or late 18th century. Decorative carpet pages in lapis blue and red ink with gold leaf Illuminated frames surrounding the opening two chapters of the Quran. Gold floral motifs in the frame of each page with orange and blue highlights. Beautiful paper maché cover decorated with multi coloured floral highlights located in the frame and central cover. Floral decoration continued on the inside of the cover. In Naskh script. Size: L:130mm / W:90mm ; 298g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £750

Double page illustration of two holy mosques at Mecca and Medina. Illustrations decorated with gold leaf, white and turquoise blue pigments also depicts palm trees and mountains in the distance. Decorated in gold leaf and has Possibly rebound the cover is made of tooled leather cover with gilded motifs and contains marbling on inside of the cover. Size: L:150mm / W:103mm ; 225g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

275. THE SECRETS OF SPEECH” ASRĀR AL-BALĀGHAH BY SHAH HAMDANI

274. TANZĪL AL-ʾANWĀR WRITTEN BY ʾAḤMAD IBN YŪSUF EDITED BY SAYĪD IBN ʿUMAR IBN MUḤAMMAD OTTOMAN

276. A QAJAR QURAN

277. WAYMARKS OF BENEFITS AND THE BRILLIANT BURST OF LIGHTS IN THE REMEMBRANCE OF BLESSINGS ON THE CHOSEN PROPHET

19th century AD

Ca. 1500 AD

Starting price: £750

An illuminated with decorative carpet pages containing the opening surahs. Carpet pages are decorated in burnished gold leaf and lapis blue pigments. With red and blue borders throughout and gold quranic verse dividers. In Naskh script. With red tooled leather decorative cover possibly later rebound. Size: L:160mm / W:120mm ; 270g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

18th century AD

Starting price: £750

An interesting work explaining the text of “Contents of Guidance” regarding physics and Metaphysics by Athir a Deen al Abhouri. The work talks about physics as well as the existence of bodies, dimensions, motions, and static objects. The work also mentions astronomy and contains knowledge regarding the human body and the particles of mater. The work is recorded as being owned by by Ismail al Naqshabndi through purchase. Size: L:220mm / W:160mm ; 178g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £750

A book of theology and Tawheed a topic discussing the unity of God. The text has Hawashi or extra commentary by the scholar Ali al Qari’i al Maki. Unusually the commentary and text forms shapes and geometric designs. With gold leaf decoration and red and black ink. One page cut out. Size: L:220mm / W:160mm ; 130g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; ex Bonhams; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

OTTOMAN

1270 Hijrah / 1853 or 1854 AD

Starting price: £750

This fascinating religious work was written during a time of a plague. The author is a student of a certain Sheikh by the surname al Ansari (al-ʾAnṣārī). The work written in Arabic mentions that the work was written during Sheikh al Ansari’s lifetime. Comemntry in the margins. Nakshs script in black ink. Original covers. Size: L:230mm / W:170mm ; 930g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

279. AN EXPLANATION OF THE “CONTENTS OF GUIDANCE” PUT ARABIC NAME HERE BY ATHIR A DEEN AL ABHOURI (ATHĪR AL-DĪN AL-ABHARĪ (D Ca. 663/1265))

278. A LATE TIMURID OR EARLY SAFAVID, PERSIAN DALAYI ALKHAYRAT

280. A BOOK OF THEOLOGY AND TAWHEED OTTOMAN

Ca. 17th - 18th century AD

281. A BOOK OF SHARI’A ISLAMIC RULINGS (ʾAḤKĀM AL-SHARĪʿAH)

1331 Hijrah / 1913 or 1914 AD

Starting price: £400

A rather unusual book of Kutbah’s or Sermons possibly for use for the Friday sermon. The book is written as a story mentioning Ali Ridda Effendi al Batoumi also known by his full name Hassan Hussien bin Muhammad bin Suleyman al Batoumi, and his travels to Constantinople. Lapis and gold leaf and red pigments highlighting the begining. Gold borders throughout. With collectors or library seal stamp. Size: L:210mm / W:130mm ; 84g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

1191

Starting price: £400

An 18th century Ottoman Ijaza or educational diploma issued on the 30th of June 1777 AD. Size: L:200mm / W:140mm ; 40g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

dated

Starting price: £400

An early 20th century late Ottoman prayer book. Size: L:180mm / W:110mm ; 85g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

19th C AD

Starting price: £400

The first Juz of the Quran along with a collection of Duas. Set with beautiful illustrations of the two holy mosques in gold and coloured pigments. Burnished gold leaf decorations throughout with red and blue pigments and borders. Size: L:230mm / W:150mm ; 400g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

283. AN IJAZA WRITTEN BY MUHAMMAD BIN UTHMAN OTTOMAN DATED 25 OF JAMAD AL AWAAL

Hijrah / 1777 or 1778 AD

282. A BOOK OF SERMONS OTTOMAN BY HASSAN HUSSIEN BIN MUHAMMAD (ḤASAN ḤUSSNĪ IBN MUḤAMMAD)

284. AN OTTOMAN PRAYER BOOK

1332 Hijrah / 1913 or 1914 AD

285. MANUSCRIPT OTTOMAN PRAYER BOOK

1108AH

Starting price: £400

A detailed work regarding the fiqh or Islamic jurisprudence regarding marriage contracts. Possibly later rebound with painted card cover in the 19th century. Size: L:180mm / W:110mm ; 95g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

1305

Starting price: £400

Decorative carpet pages with the opening surahs of the Quran. Illuminated with lapis blue burnished gold leaf and red and white pigments. Accentuated with multi coloured floral decoration. Surah hearings in red ink. Gold borders throughout. Paper Maché cover, rebound. Size: L:170mm / W:100mm ; 396g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

Starting price: £400

A book on the spiritual healing and benefits of prayers. Size: L:200mm / W:140mm ; 204g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

1210

Starting price: £400

A compendium of Duas and Quranic surah’s this wonderful text was compiled by Omar al Wasfi at the end of the 18th century. It contains Quranic surah’s Yaseen and al Faitah and is accompanied by comments. Fine leather cover with gold decoration. Size: L:140mm / W:100mm ; 125g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 19702008.

287. A DECORATIVE QURAN QAJAR

Hijrah / 1887 or 1888 AD

286. A SAFAVID MANUSCRIPT REGARDING MATTERS OF FIQ

/ 1696 or 1697AD

288. “ILAJ AL ARWAH FIL ADAIYYA” BY MUAHMMAD KAREEM KHAN AL QARMANI OTTOMAN Ca. 1810–1873 AD

289. A DECORATIVE PRAYER BOOK OTTOMAN

Hijrah / 1795 or 1796 AD

290. A HISTORIC DALAYI ALKHAYRAT QAJAR, PERSIA

1232 Hijrah / 1816 or 1817 AD

Starting price: £400

A lovely historic Quran from the Qajar period. Heavy commentary in the margins. In black in highlighted with some small notes in red ink. Written on pulp paper In Ruqqa script. Twisted wheat border on frame of cover and decorated with a shield shaped outline. Original covers and binding. Size: L:190mm / W:125mm ; 325g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

291. (AL-LṬĀʾF AL-KUBRĀʾ ) BY AL-IMĀM AL-ḤĀFZ ʿABD AL-RAḤMĀN AL-JAWZĪ

AL-BAGHDĀDĪ )D592 Hijrah COPIED BY ABŪ BAKR NAṢRATNĪ

1160 Hijrah / 1747AD

Starting price: £300

Al Lut’aif al Kubra, or the “Great Anecdotes,”An 18th century religious work. This copy was owned by Adham ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Darwbī al-Baghdādī and dated 1372 Hijrah Size: L:200mm / W:140mm ; 290g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

292. A WORK OF ASTRONOMY PROBABLY SAFAVID

Ca. 17th Century AD

Starting price: £300

A work of Astronomy mostly in with some Arabic sections. Complex red ink diagrams with black ink measurements and margin commentary. Original brown tooled leather cover. In nasta’liq script. Size: L:200mm / W:140mm ; 168g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; ex Bonhams; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

293. AN IJĀZAH/ IJAZAH FOR MUSTAFA SHUKAL AL KASTUNI OTTOMAN

Ca. 19th century

Starting price: £300

An Ijaza or educational diploma for Mustafa shukal al kastuni.

Size: L:190mm / W:120mm ; 95g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

294. A COMMENTARY ON TATHDEEB AL MUNTAQ (TAHDHĪB AL-MANṬQ) BY AL-TAFTZANI (SAʿAD AL-DĪN MASʿŪD IBN ʿUMAR IBN ʿABD ALLĀH AL-TAFTĀZĀNĪ)

1271 Hijrah / 1854 or 1855 AD

Starting price: £300

Commentary on Tathdeeb al Muntaq -Taming the Logic. Size: L:160mm / W:100mm ; 135g.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £1000

Quran with elongated calligraphy. It is divided into sections, and each is bound in leather. On pressed paper. Size: L:281mm / W:210mm ; 3.27kg

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

295. MULTIPLE SECTIONS OF AN 18TH CENTURY QURAN Ca. 18th-19th century AD

296. MUGHAL QURAN WITH ILLUMINATED PAGES India, Ca. 18th-19th century AD

Starting price: £3,000

A stunning Indian Quran, probably Mughal with coloured and illuminated pages. Semi camouflaged titles instruct the reader to be purified when touching the manuscript and declare that the revelation is from God. Size: L:334mm / W:251mm ; 1.75kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

297. AN IJAZAH POSSIBLY NORTH AFRICA 1232 Hijrah / 1816 or 1817 AD

Starting price: £400

This Ijaza or teaching diploma Issued by Ahmad sawi (i think it should be al Sawi) al Maliki al Hanafawi (ʾAḥmad al-Sāwī al-Mālikī al-Ḥanafāwī al-Khalwatī ) (17611825). al Sawi jhoned al-Azhar university and became a pupil of the ʾAḥmad Ibn ʾAḥmad al-Mālikī al-Dardīrī, who was a prominent late jurist in the Maliki school. Later in his life al Sawi moved to Madinah where he died.

The name of the student receiving the ijaza was removed and some faint text can be made out. The Ijaza recognises the teaching for knowing the way to Khilwa-“solitude”, a spiritual practice of isolation and meditation which cannot be done without someone showing him the right way. The document mentions its teachers have to be connected (by blood) to the prophet. There is a chain of scholars mentioned taking the knowledge all the way back to the Prophet. A Sawi is a pupil of Ahmad a Derdeerwi al Adawi al Malaki he took it from Muhammad bin Salim al Hafanawi who took it fro Mustafa al Bakri ect (all the way to the Prophet through Ali). Size: L:363mm / W:240mm ; 770g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Ca. 1870-1900

Starting price: £100

Ottoman map of Northeast Anatolia, titled “Land of the Romans”, and “Trabzon,” also includes part of the Caucuses. Map depicts boarders, roads cities and rivers. Mosques, churches, and windmills also highlighted throughout and in the key. The area was to have key strategic importance shortly after the Ottomans joined World War 1 in 1915. Printed in

L:970mm / W:790mm; 220g.

Provenance: Prom private London collection; previously acquired in Paris in 2005; formerly in French collection since the 1970s.

Starting price: £300

A fine embroidered panel of calligraphy worked in a gold thread against black velvet background. Professionally framed. Size: L:1060mm / W:863mm ; 7.35kg.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

Starting price: £200

A late Safavid or Qajar page from a work of fiction. Illustrated with a man falling from a cliff or being ambushed with a rock. Possibly a scene from the Shahnameh. Size: L:360mm / W:320mm ; 800g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

299. ISLAMIC BLACK VELVET AND GOLD THREAD WORK

Ca. Late 19th-20th century AD

298. 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN MAP OF ARMENIA THE CAUCAUSES AND PART OF ANATOLIA

AD

Galatia. Size:

300. LATE SAFAVID OR QAJAR MANUSCRIPT PAGE Ca. 18th-19th century AD

Ca. 18th-19th century AD

Starting price: £200

A late Safavid or Qajar page from a work of fiction. One illustrated side depicting a woman serving a refreshing drink between trees. Mounted in a later gilded frame. Size: L:360mm / W:320mm ; 815g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

Persia, Ca. 18th-19th century AD

Starting price: £100

A late Safavid or Qajar page from a work of fiction. One illustrated side depicting a woman serving a refreshing drink between trees. Mounted in a later gilded frame. Size: L:360mm / W:320mm ; 815g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

Northern India, Ca.. 18th-19th century AD

Starting price: £300

Portrait of a haloed Mughal ruler adorned with jewels and carrying a lance. Horse on hind legs almost emerging from the page. Possible artist’s signature below the near border. Size: L:368mm / W:304mm ; 910g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

301. LATE SAFAVID OR QAJAR MANUSCRIPT PAGE WITH WOMEN SERVING DRINKS TO TWO MEN

302. LATE SAFAVID, OR QAJAR, MANUSCRIPT PAGE WITH WOMEN SERVING DRINKS TO TWO MEN

303. PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL RULER ON HORSEBACK

Eastern Persian or India, Ca. 18th-19th century AD

Starting price: £100

A painting depicting a man with a conical hat, a woman, and a horse, in an outdoor scene. Gilded animal and foliage border in wood and gilt frame. Size: L:363mm / W:240mm ; 770g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

North India, Ca. 19th century AD

Starting price: £100

A court scene with musicians including a drummer and a lute player, while a man lies on the ground and a presentation is made to the ruler. Note or artist written in bottom left of the page. On traditional pulp paper in a later gilt frame. Size: L:242mm / W:178mm ; 310g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

India, Ca. 18th-19th century AD

Starting price: £100

Beautifully illustrated river crossing scene. Ruler sitting on a raft with attendants with illuminated gilt vegetal boarders. Size: L:411mm / W:289mm ; 1.15kg.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

304. QAJAR, PERSIA FRAMED PAINTING

305. MANUSCRIPT PAGE COURT SCENE WITH LUTE PLAYER AND MUSICIANS

306. MANUSCRIPT PAGE WITH RIVER CROSSING SCENE

Starting price: £200

With a typical halo backdrop, this Mughal ruler is depicted in profile holding a flower. Size: L:340mm / W:262mm ; 730g.

Provenance: Private London collection of F.A; formerly acquired on the UK and International art market; 1970s-2020.

Starting price: £150

Court scene with a seated ruler under a canopy. Wonderfully illustrated margins, with verses from the Quran from surah al Kaf verse (18:39-45). Size: L:381mm / W:261mm ; 85g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

Starting price: £150

Meticulous and highly detailed image of a turbaned man looking to his right and index finger raised. Depicted wearing a gold and blue kaftan with animal and floral patterns. Backdropped with flowering trees. Size: L:321mm / W:262mm ; 820g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

307. PORTRAIT OF A MUGHAL RULER HOLDING A FLOWER India, Ca.. 19th century AD

308. MUGHAL ERA COURT SCENE WITH QURANIC SURAH Ca.. 18th-19th century AD

309. SAFAVID, PAINTING OF A TURBANED MAN Persia, Ca.. 18th-19th century AD

WITH THE

Starting price: £200

Marble plaque series “Oh Omar the discerner” (of right and wrong). Possibly Qajar or Mughal inscribed with the names of the Rashidun or rightly guided, who were the first four Caliphs or successors after the death of the Prophet given this honorific title. Size: L:317mm / W:235mm; 3.9kg.

Provenance: From private London collection; previously acquired in Paris in 2005; formerly in French collection since the 1970s.

Starting price: £200

Marble plaque series, inscribed “Oh Abu Bakr, may God be pleased with him. Size: L:315mm / W:231mm; 3.8kg.

Provenance: From private London collection; previously acquired in Paris in 2005; formerly in French collection since the 1970s.

Starting price: £200

Marble plaque series, Plaque 4, inscribed, “Oh Ali may God honour his face”. Size: L:317mm / W:233mm; 4kg.

Provenance: From private London collection; previously acquired in Paris in 2005; formerly in French collection since the 1970s.

Starting price: £300

A ceremonial khanjar dagger with a J-shaped steel blade, T-shaped hilt possibly made of rhino horn and silver fittings, and sheath with foliate designs. For a similar see The British Musuem, museum number 2010,6003.2.a-b. Size: L:225mm / W:60mm ; 250g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

OF THE

SERIES 3 OF 4 Ca. 1800 AD, India

Starting price: £200

Marble plaque series, Plaque 3 inscribed “Oh Uthman”. Size: L:314mm / W:230mm; 3.5kg.

Provenance: From private London collection; previously acquired in Paris in 2005; formerly in French collection since the 1970s.

Starting price: £100

A cast iron antique bolt lock, widely used throughout the Middle East and Arabia. Similar varieties of locks of this type were used to secure the gilded doors of the Kaaba. Size: L:445mm / W:150mm ; 2.2kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

310. MARBLE PLAQUE INSCRIBED WITH THE NAMES OF THE RASHIDUN SERIES 1 OF 4 Ca., 1800 AD, India

313. MARBLE PLAQUE INSCRIBED WITH THE NAMES OF THE RASHIDUN SERIES 4 OF 4 Ca. 1800-1900 AD, India

311. MARBLE PLAQUE INSCRIBED WITH THE NAMES OF THE RASHIDUN SERIES 2 OF 4 Ca. 1800 AD, India

314. OMANI SILVER WORKED KHANJAR DAGGER WITH RHINO HORN Ca. 19th-20th century AD

312. MARBLE PLAQUE INSCRIBED

NAMES

RASHIDUN

315. ANTIQUE ISLAMIC CAST IRON BOLT LOCK

Ca. 18th century AD

Ca. 7th-12th Century AD

Starting price: £300

A cylindrical bronze scroll holder decorated with alternating panels of Kufic script and an openwork interwoven design. Size: L:285mm / W:55mm ; 1.8kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

KUFIC SCRIPT

Ca. 11th -12th century AD

Starting price: £300

A beautiful example of a bronze scroll holder with a tubular tapering body and a collar. Decorated with a panel of Eastern Kufic script. Size: L:295mm / W:54mm ; 1.65kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Ca. 1180-1300 AD

Starting price: £100

A bronze pyxis or inkwell. Possibly Ayyubid. Cylindrical with segmented detachable lid. The Pyxis has beautifully composed depictions of seated turbaned figures holding vessels. Figures similar to earlier Fatimid depictions and contemporaneous Ayyubid coins and manuscripts depicting Salahuddin. Possibly used as an inkwell or to hold perfumes or spices. Size: L:70mm / W:42mm; 70g.

Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.

Ca. 19th century AD

Starting price: £100

A tinned copper vessel of a deep form body with its sides delicately tapering to a raised ring base. The exterior is decorated with a wide frieze depicting a hunting scene and calligraphy. Size: L:105mm / W:230mm ; 1.28kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art

since the 1980s.

Ca. Late 13th - early 14th century AD

Starting price: £180

A bowl of a bulbous form with high sides beautifully decorated with interwoven calligraphy and classic roundels - one with a hunter on horseback. Size: L:101mm / W:239mm ; 2.42kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Ca. Late 18th-19th century AD

Starting price: £50

A beautiful tinned copper bowl of a wide bulbous form with its walls tapering to a roundish bottom. The exterior is intricately decorated with a central register of a hunting scene and calligraphy flanked by floral bands. Size: L:107mm / W:233mm ; 2.54kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

316. SELJUK OR FATIMID BRONZE SCROLL HOLDER WITH KUFIC SCRIPT

319. SELJUK REVIVAL TINNED COPPER VESSEL WITH HUNTING SCENE AND CALLIGRAPHY

market

317. SELJUK OR LATE ABBASID CALIPHATE BRONZE SCROLL HOLDER WITH EASTERN

320. AYYUBID COPPER BOWL WITH A HUNTER ON HORSEBACK AND INTERWOVEN CALLIGRAPHY

318. AYYUBID BRONZE PYXIS

321. QAJAR TINNED COPPER BOWL WITH HUNTING SCENE

Ca. Late 19th - early 20th century AD

Starting price: £50

A flat tinned copper dish with central “Bismillah” (“In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful”) in the form of an Ottoman Tughra surrounded by the stunning design of tendrils. Size: L:13mm / W:298mm ; 2.04kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Starting price: £50

A beautiful flat round plate formed from a sheet of copper. The surface of the interior is richly ornamented with vegetal tendrils and God written in the centre with moral advice around. Size: L:10mm / W:272mm ; 2kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Ca. 15th - early 16th century AD

Starting price: £200

A copper serving dish of a broad and shallow form on a flat base. Decorated with concentric circle motifs engraved on the upper face of the basin. Size: L:70mm / W:430mm ; 1.5kg.

Provenance: Private London family collection; formed between 1970-2008.

Starting price: £200

A flat-bottomed brass basin of a deep body and flaring rim. The central register depicts Buraq, a winged horse that took the Prophet on his night journey to Jerusalem. Elongated Eastern Kufic. Size: L:135mm / W:433mm ; 3.92kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Starting price: £100

An Ottoman brass charger dish with calligraphic roundel and floral details. Size: L:49mm / W:363mm ; 3.44kg.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Starting price: £50

A bronze spoon with a flat-section shaft and a shallow and wide bowl decorated with concentric circles. Size: L:411mm / W:136mm ; 670g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

322. BISMILLAH IN THE FORM OF AN OTTOMAN TUGHRA

325. HUGE SELJUK BRASS BASIN WITH BURAQ Ca. 12th century AD

323. SILVERED OR TINNED COPPER PLATE Ca. 19th century AD

326. 18TH CENTURY OTTOMAN BRASS CHARGER DISH Ca. 18th century AD

324. LATE MAMLUK COPPER BRASS SERVING DISH

327. SELJUK BRONZE SPOON Ca. 12th century AD

Samarkand, Ca. 10th century AD

Starting price: £150

A terracotta bowl of flared walls rising from a ring foot, with a cream interior ornamented with outlined in dark brown abstract motifs around the interior of the vessel. Size: L:65mm / W:183mm ; 535g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

10th century AD

Starting price: £90

A nicely formed pottery bowl with tapering sides, a flat base, and a decorative band of stylised script painted in dark brown around the cavetto. Size: L:49mm / W:127mm ; 200g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Starting price: £90

A brown glazed pottery bowl of a deep hemispherical-shaped body rising from a ring foot. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond; Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine empire. Size: L:86mm / W:141mm ; 390g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

N Africa, Near East Ca. 9th-12th century AD

Starting price: £90

A pottery bowl flaring out of a ring foot base and decorated with a rich yellow glaze. Size: L:50mm / W:152mm ; 305g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

£90

A ceramic bowl of hemispherical shape rising from an unglazed ring foot. The interior is painted with eight black rays of stepped decoration tapering to the centre, the rim black. Size: L:99mm / W:215mm ; 805g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Starting price: £90

A ceramic bowl of flaring rounded body resting upon a low ring foot. The interior is decorated with delicately-painted elegant motifs over cream ground. Size: L:69mm / W:192mm ; 430g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

328. ISLAMIC SLIPWARE BOWL WITH ABSTRACT MOTIF

331. ISLAMIC GLAZED TERRACOTTA BOWL

329. ISLAMIC SLIPWARE BOWL WITH KUFI INSCRIPTIONS Ca.

332. KASHAN GLAZED POTTERY BOWL Ca. 12-13th century AD Starting price:

330. ISLAMIC GLAZED POTTERY BOWL Ca. 10th-11th century AD

333. SAMANID OR SELJUK GLAZED POTTERY BOWL Ca. 9th-10th century AD

Ca. 14th century AD

Starting price: £90

A nicely shaped glazed pottery imitating Ming Dynasty porcelain bowl resting upon a ring base. The interior is embellished with blue-painted bands enclosing black-painted abstract motifs and a central coiled leafy tendril. Size: L:81mm / W:292mm ; 895g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Ca. 9th-10th century AD

Starting price: £90

A pottery bowl of a conical form on a short unglazed foot. The interior is with cream ground and embellished with splashes of green and brown. Medieval Islamic ceramics developed as a distinctive tradition of decoration in Muslim lands several centuries after the original Arab conquests. From the 9th century onwards, distinctive Islamic ceramic styles, often involving glazed and/or incised decoration developed and spread across the Islamic world and beyond; Islamic ceramics also had an important influence on pottery production in Italy and in the Byzantine empire. Size: L:52mm / W:124mm ; 275g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Ca. 9th-10th century AD

Starting price: £90

A nicely shaped glazed pottery bowl resting upon a ring foot. The interior is embellished with thick cross and dotted splashes of green in horror vacui fashion. Size: L:51mm / W:128mm ; 235g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Ca. 9th-11th century AD

Starting price: £90

A pottery bowl rising from a wide ring foot. The inside of the basin is embellished with a hand-painted stylised quatrefoil motif dividing the bowl into four panels of further decoration. Size: L:38mm / W:122mm ; 155g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Ca. 11th-12th century AD

Starting price: £90

A slipware bowl of hemispherical shape rising from a thick ring foot. The cream interior is decorated with a sgraffito circumferential band and a central green design. Size: L:53mm / W:129mm ; 165g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

9th-10th century AD

Starting price: £50

A slipware bowl of hemispherical shape rising from a ring foot. The rim is highlighted dark brown and the interior is decorated with a central abstract motif against a yellow background. Size: L:49mm / W:122mm ; 195g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

334. ISLAMIC GLAZED POTTERY IMITATING A MING DYNASTY PORCELAIN BOWL

337. ISLAMIC SPLIPWARE BOWL

335. ISLAMIC SPLASHWARE BOWL

338. ISLAMIC SPLASHWARE BOWL WITH SGRAFFITO DECORATION

336. ABBASID DOTTED SPLASHWARE BOWL POSSIBLY INFLUENCED BY CHINEESE TANGWARE

339. ISLAMIC SLIPWARE BOWL, YELLOW GLAZE AND BLACK ABSTRACT DECORATION

Starting price: £90

A pottery pilgrim’s flask of a lentoid body with twin arched handles flanking the trumpet-shaped spout. Decorated on both sides with a central double band of incised circles. The vessel was originally turquoise glazed, now most of the glaze had worn off. For a similar see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number: 32.150.82. Size: L:140mm / W:106mm ; 385g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Starting price: £90

A glass bottle of a bulbous body sitting upon concave base. From the top of the main body protrudes a short flaring neck. Beautiful irides

cent surface. Size: L:74mm / W:32mm ; 40g.

Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art market since the 1980s.

Starting price: £200

A beautifully shaped porcelain vase rising from a spool-like base through a bulbous body corseted at the neck and flaring out at the lip. The body features vertically ribbed decoration from the mouth to the shoulder, which then elegantly turns into diagonal ribs. Size: L:83mm / W:35mm ; 45g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

Starting price: £180

A glass bottle composed of clear glass, with an elongated body on a circular base, and a funnel-shaped mouth. The sides of the body embellished with applied roundels of glass. Size: L:93mm / W:34mm ; 30g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

Starting price: £50

A rectangular-section miniature blue glass flask with slightly rounded corners, and its body tapering to a flat base. The neck in the shape of the funnel leads to a circular opening. Beautiful iridescent surface. Size: L:64mm / W:17mm ; 15g.

Provenance: Private UK collection, formed since the 1990s on the UK and International Art market.

340. ISLAMIC POTTERY PILGRIM FLASK Ca. 9th-11th century AD

343. SASANIAN GLASS BOTTLE Ca. 8th-9th century AD

341. GLASS BOTTLE Ca. 8th-12th century AD

344. IRIDESCENT BLUE GLASS BOTTLE Ca. 18th century AD

342. QAJAR PORCELAIN VASE Ca. 18th-19th century AD

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5. Bidding

5.1 Bidders must register their personal data with Apollo Art Auctions before a sale commences in order to place a Bid on any Lot. We shall process the Bidder’s personal data in accordance with our privacy policy (which is available via the Website).

5.2 If this is your first-time bidding at Apollo Art Auctions or you are a returning Bidder who has not bought anything from us within the last two years you must register at least 48 hours before an auction to give us enough time to process and approve your registration. We may, at our option, decline to permit you to register as a Bidder. You will be asked for the following:

for individuals: Photo identification (driving licence, national identity card or passport) and, if not shown on the ID document, proof of your current address (for example, a current utility bill or bank statement).

for corporate clients: Your Certificate of Incorporation or equivalent document(s) showing your name and registered address together with documentary proof of directors and beneficial owners; and

for trusts, partnerships, offshore companies and other business structures, please contact us in advance to discuss our requirements.

5.3 The Bidder with the highest bid accepted by us shall be the Buyer at the Hammer Price. Bids may be made by way of the Website, live telephone bidding, written Bid, or bidding in person at the live sale.

5.4 Bidders shall be deemed to act as principals and require Apollo Art Auctions’ written consent at the time of Bidder registration to bid as agent for another party. Bidders are personally liable for their Bid and jointly and severally liable with their principal if bidding as agent (whether or not Apollo Art Auctions has consented to the Bidder acting as agent).

5.5 Lots will only be invoiced to the name and address of the Bidder on the bid registration form and cannot be transferred to another name and address. Apollo Art Auctions can only accept payment for the Lot from the registered Bidder.

5.6 Apollo Art Auctions expressly reserves the right to bid on behalf of the Seller up to the amount of any reserve. We may at our sole discretion refuse any Bid from any Bidder, and to withdraw or re-offer any Lot if we believe there has been an error or dispute. Any dispute about a Bid shall be settled at Apollo Art Auctions’ absolute discretion, always acting reasonably.

5.7 All Lots (unless otherwise specified) are offered subject to a confidential reserve price agreed between Apollo Art Auctions and the Seller, below which we may not sell the Lot. The reserve price shall be no higher than the low pre-sale estimate of the Lot at the time of auction.

5.8 Bidding increments shall be at Apollo Art Auctions’ sole discretion. By way of example only, bidding increments may be:

(A) £0 to £99 – in increments of £10

(B) £100 to £199 – in increments of £10

(C) £200 to £499 – in increments of £20

(D) £500 to £999 – in increments of £50

(E) £1,000 to £1,999 – in increments of £100

(F) £2,000 to £4,999 – in increments of £200

(G) £5,000 to £9,999 – in increments of £500

(H) £10,000 to £19,999 – in increments of £1,000

(I) £20,000 to £49,999 – in increments of £2,000

(J) £50,000 to £99,999 – in increments of £5,000

(K) £100,000 to £249,999 – in increments of £10,000

(L) £250,000 and up – in minimum increments of £25,000

Apollo Art Auctions is not bound to implement any of the above increments.

5.9 It is the responsibility of the Bidder to ensure that Bids are made accurately. We are not responsible for any technical failure or otherwise which results in bids not being received.

5.10 Bidders will receive future notifications by email and may be sent catalogues for future sales. Any Bidder who does not wish to receive this information should contact us at auction@apollogalleries.com to opt out.

6. Title, Risk

6.1 Title in a purchased Lot is retained by the Seller and shall only pass to the Buyer when the Purchase Price and all other sums payable by the Buyer have been received by Apollo Art Auctions in full and cleared funds.

6.2 Risk for the Lot passes to the Buyer at the time the Lot is sold to the Buyer. Apollo Art Auctions is not responsible for loss or damage to any Lot at any time.

7. Collection or Delivery

7. 1 Once payment of all sums due have been received in full and cleared funds, we will release the Lot to the Buyer for collection. The Buyer must collect, or arrange the collection of, all purchases from our premises at 25 Bury Place, WC1A 2JH, within seven working days following the Date of Sale (subject always to payment being received in full by us). All packing and handling of Lots will be at the Buyer’s sole risk.

7.2 Lots not collected may be removed and stored and will only be release once any relevant storage costs have been paid in full. If the storage charges reach 50% of the Hammer Price paid or after the expiration of three months from the transfer date, whichever occurs first, we may re-sell any and all lots stored without notice and in any manner at our sole discretion and to apply any proceeds in defrayment of such costs. The Buyer will be entitled to receive any credit balance above the amount of the costs on request but will remain liable for any deficit.

7.3 Upon request we will arrange delivery of purchased Lots subject to payment of an agreed fee. We do not insure Lots in transit but can arrange insurance at Buyer’s written request. Delivery will be exercised as agreed with the Buyer, and unless otherwise specified by us during the working days and hours only following the sale. We ship paid lots up to 3 working days after payment of all monies owed by the Buyer is received.

8. Failure to pay the Purchase Price

8.1 If the Purchase Price and/or all sums payables are not paid in full when they fall due and/or the Lot is not removed in accordance with these terms, we will without further notice to the Buyer be entitled to exercise one or more of the following rights:

to terminate the agreement for sale immediately.

to retain possession of the Lot and to exercise a lien over any of the Buyer’s property in our possession for any purpose until the 105

debt due is satisfied.

to remove and/or store the Lot at the Buyer’s expense.

to take legal proceedings against the Buyer on behalf of the Seller for payment of any sums due.

to release the name and address of the Buyer to the Seller to enable the Seller to commence legal proceedings to recover the amounts due and legal costs. We will take reasonable measures to notify the Buyer prior to releasing such details to the Seller.

to charge interest on any monies due at the annual rate of 8% per annum from time to time to be calculated on a daily basis from the date upon which such monies became payable until the date of actual payment.

to sell the Lot without a Reserve Price at auction and apply any proceeds against the amount owing by the Buyer.

to apply any monies received from the Buyer in payment or part payment of any sums due from the Buyer under these Terms; and/or

to refuse to allow the Buyer to register for a future sale or to reject any future Bid made by the Buyer.

8.2 We shall, as agent for the Seller and on our own behalf pursue these rights and remedies only so far as we deem at our sole discretion is reasonable to make appropriate recovery in respect of breach of these Terms and Conditions. We are in no way obligated to exercise any of the above rights or remedies.

9. Warranties and Limitation of Liability

9.1 The Seller represents and warrants to the Buyer that:

The Seller is the legal owner of the Lot consigned to Apollo Art Auctions or is fully authorised to sell the Property by the legal owner of it.

The Seller is able to and shall transfer possession to the Buyer good and marketable title to the Lot free from any third-party rights or claims;

The Seller is unaware of any matter or allegation which would render any description given to Apollo Art Auctions in relation to the Lot inaccurate or misleading in any way.

The Lot has been or will be lawfully imported and lawfully and permanently exported as required by the laws of any country in which it is or was located. Any required declarations upon the export and import of the Lot have been or will be properly made and any duties and taxes on the export and import of the Lot have been or will be paid by the Seller.

9.2 Subject to paragraph 9.1, neither Apollo Art Auctions nor the Seller is liable for any errors or omissions provided to Bidders by Apollo Art Auctions, whether orally or in writing, where negligent or otherwise,

except as set out in paragraph 3.3.

9.3 Subject to paragraph 9.6, neither Apollo Art Auctions nor the Seller gives any guarantee or warranty to the Bidder. Any implied warranties and conditions are excluded (except where such warranties and conditions cannot be excluded by law), other than the express warranties given by the Seller to the Buyer in the Terms of Consignment for Sellers.

9.4 Neither Apollo Art Auctions nor the Seller accepts responsibility to any Bidder for acts or omissions (whether negligent or otherwise) by Apollo Art Auctions in relation to the conduct of any auction.

9.5 Any claim by a Bidder or a Buyer against Apollo Art Auctions or the Seller is limited to the Purchase Price in respect of the relevant lot and shall not include under any circumstances indirect or consequential losses.

9.6 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall limit or exclude our liability for (a) death or personal injury resulting from our negligence; (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; or (c) any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited by English law.

10.

Website use

10.1 You agree to use the website in accordance with the terms of use.

10.2 The website contains material which is owned by or licensed to us. This includes, but is not limited to, the design, layout, look, appearance and graphics.

10.3 The Website is made for your personal or internal business use only. You may not reproduce all or a substantial part of the website, or commercially exploit any of the content on the website.

10.4 We will use reasonable endeavours to always make the Website available to you. However, there may be occasions when access to the website may be interrupted, including for scheduled maintenance or upgrades, for emergency repairs, or due to failure of telecommunications links and/or equipment. We reserve the right to remove any content or features from the website for any reason.

11. Deliberate Forgeries

11.1 Notwithstanding the conditions in paragraph 9, any Lot which proves to be a Deliberate Forgery (as defined in paragraph 1) may be returned to Apollo Art Auctions by the Buyer within 21 days of the relevant Date of Sale, provided the Lot is in the same condition as when bought, and is accompanied by particulars identifying it from the relevant catalogue description and a written statement of defects. If we are satisfied at our sole discretion that the above criteria have been met and that the lot is a Deliberate Forgery, the sale will be cancelled, and Apollo Art Auctions shall refund the Hammer Price and the Buyer’s Premium paid by the Buyer for the Lot (subject to Apollo Art Auctions receiving

return payment from the Seller).

11.2 Paragraph 11.1 shall not apply if either: (1) the catalogue description reflected the generally accepted view of scholars and experts as at the date of sale, or the catalogue description indicated that there was a conflict of opinion; or (2) the only method of establishing at the date of sale that the item was a Deliberate Forgery would have been not then generally available or accepted, unreasonably expensive or impractical to use, or likely to have caused damage or loss of value (in our reasonable opinion) of the lot; or (3) there has been no material loss in value of the lot from its value had it been in accordance with its description.

11.3 If the Buyer is not personally able to transfer a good and marketable title to Apollo Art Auctions, then the Buyer shall have no rights under this paragraph 10. The right of return provided by this paragraph 11 is additional to any right or remedy provided by law or by these Terms and Conditions.

11.4 Apollo Art Auctions may require the Buyer to obtain at the Buyer’s expense the reports of up to two independent and recognised experts in the field, mutually acceptable to Apollo Art Auctions and to the Buyer. We shall not be bound by any reports produced by the Buyer, and we reserve the right to seek additional expert advice at our own expense.

11.5 For the avoidance of doubt, our maximum liability to the Buyer is total value of the Hammer Price and Buyer’s Premium. We will not pay or refund any additional costs, fees, shipping, loss of profit, damages and consequential costs.

12. General

12.1 Apollo Art Auctions reserves the right to alter these Terms and Conditions at any time.

12.2 Apollo Art Auctions shall have the right in its absolute discretion to refuse admission to its premises or attendance at its auctions by any person.

12.3 Special terminology may be used in catalogue descriptions of particular types of goods, and the descriptions should be interpreted in accordance with any glossary appearing in the sale catalogue.

12.4 All images and other materials produced for the auction are the copyright of Apollo Art Auctions for use at Apollo Art Auctions’ discretion.

12.5 Any extension or waiver of any provision of these Terms and Conditions that may be granted to Bidders, Buyers or Sellers by Apollo Art Auctions for a specific Lot shall not have any consequence on the enforceability of these Terms and Conditions and in all other respects these Terms and Conditions shall remain in full force and effect. Should any provision of these Conditions of Business be deemed unenforceable for any reason, the remaining

provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

12.6 These Terms and Conditions are not assignable by any Buyer or Seller without Apollo Art Auctions’ prior written consent but are binding on the Buyer’s and the Seller’s respective successors, assigns and representatives. No act, omission or delay by Apollo Art Auctions shall be deemed a waiver or release of any of its rights.

12.7 The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 is excluded by these Terms and Conditions and shall not apply to any contract made pursuant to them.

12.8 The Terms and Conditions, the Terms of Consignment for Sellers, and any additional notices issued by Apollo Art Auctions form the entire agreement between the parties. It is agreed that no party has entered into any contract pursuant to these terms in reliance on any representation, warranty or undertaking not expressly referred to in these documents (save in respect of liability for fraudulent misrepresentation).

12.9 These Terms and Conditions, including the Terms of Consignment for Sellers, and all transactions or disputes to which they relate, are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The Buyer and the Seller agree that the Courts of England and Wales shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any dispute arising.

Last Updated: January 2022

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