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Islamic & Indian Art 27 April 2018
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Islamic & Indian Art London 27th April 2018
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TUESDAY 1st MAY The Interiors & Design Sale to include a selection of Fine Rugs & Carpets TUESDAY 15th MAY Jewellery Watches
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LOTS OF IRANIAN ORIGIN 1. Bidders are advised that some countries (such as the USA) prohibit or restrict the purchase and import of Iranian “works of conventional craftsmanship” (works that are not by a recognized artist and/or that have a function, as lacquer decorative objects, pottery bowls and tiles, UM\IT_IZM [KQMV\QÅ K QV[\Z]UMV\[ IVL textiles). These restrictions do not apply to carpets and “informational materials” such as paintings, manuscripts and works on paper. All bidders are responsible for familiarising themselves with the laws that apply to them and ensuring that they do not bid or import properties in contravention of relevant sanctions or trade embargoes. 2.The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has imposed a ban on the importation of Iranian goods to or via its member states. Please check with your shippers whether you will be able to ship Iranian artworks to the GCC member states prior to bidding.
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1 FIVE IRANIAN RELIEF-CUT CLEAR GLASS BOTTLES Possibly Nishapur, Eastern Iran, 9th - 10th century Each of clear glass with globular shape and flattened rim, decorated with circular relief cut panels with a central knob, three with a layer of polychrome iridescence, the smallest 1cm and the largest 3cm high. Provenance: The Saeed Motamed Collection, Bellmans Auctioneers & Valuers, 24 June 2015, lot 2453. £600-800
2 A CLEAR GLASS BEAKER Possibly Nishapur, Eastern Iran, 9th - 10th century Of cylindrical shape, with a blue glass ring handle with extruded thumb-piece on the side, the body decorated with wheel-cut rhomboidal and drop-shaped designs, with an overall layer of iridescence, 6.5cm diam. and 7cm high. Provenance: UK private collection since 1970s. £400-600
3λ A GROUP OF THREE MISCELLANEOUS CHESS GAMING PIECES Possibly Iran or Egypt, 10th - 12th century Of differing forms, comprising one ivory chess piece of cylindrical shape, the body decorated with two bands of dotted motif, 4.8cm high; one wooden pawn with hexagonal base, possibly later, 4cm high; and one horse-shaped hardstone chess piece, 4.5cm high. Anna Contadini wrote an enlightening essay on early Islamic gaming pieces, in which she studied the chronological development of their shapes and divided them in three main styles. From her study, it emerges that horse-shaped chess pieces would represent the pre-13th century counterparts of the chess piece known in the West as the Knight. For a discussion on early Islamic chess and other medieval gaming pieces, see A. Contadini, ‘Islamic Ivory Chess Pieces, Draughtsmen & Dice’, in James Allan (ed.), Islamic Art in the Ashmolean Museum, vol.X, Part One, Oxford, 1995, pp.111-154. £300-500
4 A GHAZNAVID GREY SCHIST KOHL FLASK Afghanistan, possibly 11th - 12th century or later Of slightly tapering form, engraved with foliate and geometric motifs and with a calligraphic inscription in Kufic script, 6.6cm long. Inscription: ‘Happiness and blessing to its owner’ (Ar. sa’adah (?) [wa] baraka li-sa[hibihi]) £300-500
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5λ SIXTEEN IVORY AND BONE CHESS AND OTHER GAMING PIECES Possibly Egypt, 10th - 11th century Comprising sixteen gaming pieces of differing forms, some cylindrical, some bulbous and some domical, their bodies variously decorated with incised bands, dots and circles, the smallest 2.5cm and the largest 3.5cm high. Provenance: UK private collection since 1970s. According to C. Wilkinson, the origin of chess seems to date back to the 6th - 7th century and finds its earliest roots in an Indian board game called chaturanga, also known as chatrang in the Sasanian period. Scholarship is still debating if the game of chess was introduced in Egypt by the Persians during the Sasanian king Khusrau II’s reign (619-628) or a decade later by the Arabs, after the fall of the Persian Empire. Surely though, the game must have been so widely played in Persia to the point that some moves still retain to this day a Persian linguistic root, i.e. shah mat (Pers. the king is at a loss) is scacco matto in Italian and échec mat in French. Chess pieces excavated in Nishapur and dated to the 9th century showcase both stylised and animal shapes; on the contrary, those from Egypt and ascribed to the 10th - 12th century tend to be completely nonrepresentational, like our example (C. Wilkinson, Chess: East and West, Past and Present, a selection from the Gustav A. Pfeiffer Collection, New York, 1968, pp. X-XXX). A similar selection of early Islamic ivory gaming pieces was sold at Sotheby’s, London, 9 October 2013, lot 101. £3,000-4,000
6 THREE UNGLAZED POTTERY WATER VESSELS Possibly Syria or Easter Iran, 11th - 13th century Comprising a tall water jug, with globular body on plain base, with a conical flared neck and curved handle, the hatched and applied decoration consisting of vegetal tendrils and grapes, with an ownership label on the base ‘D. Kelekian 4824 040’, 26cm high; a water jug with bulbous body and wide conical flared neck, rising from a straight circular foot, the decoration consisting of a calligraphic band just below the neck and cross-hatched motif on the base, 21cm high; and a small water jug, with bulbous body and everted rim, on a small circular foot, the decoration consisting of a calligraphic band of foliated Kufic just below the neck, with an ownership label on the base ‘D. Kelekian 3949’, 14.8cm high.
7 A FATIMID MOULDED CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY TILE Egypt, possibly 10th century or later Of rectangular format, carved in relief with floriated Kufic script, with traces of red and yellow pigment, 10.5cm x 35.5cm. Provenance: UK private collection since 1980s. Inscription: ‘For God is the Sovereignty’ (Ar. li’llah al-mulk) £800-1,000
For an in-depth discussion on early Islamic unglazed wares, please see O. Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, Thames and Hudson and The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait National Museum, 2004, pp. 93-155. £600-800 3
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8 AN EARLY GREEN-GLAZED POTTERY OIL LAMP Possibly Syria, 8th - 9th century Of typical shape, with compressed circular body and long rectangular spout, the curved handle surmounted by a leaf-shaped thumbstopper incised with two birds, the body further incised with drop-shaped medallions containing crosses, 8.5cm x 13.5cm.
9 AN EARTHENWARE POTTERY BOWL WITH BIRD DESIGN Possibly Sari or Nishapur, Iran, 11th century or later Of typical conical form, on short circular foot, the earthenware body covered with white slip, the brown and yellow painted decoration depicting a stylised bird in the centre, typical dotted motif around the rim and on the bird’s figure, 17cm diam.
Provenance: UK private collection since 2008. £400-600
Provenance: UK private collection since 1970s. £200-400
10 A WHITE-SLIP POTTERY BOWL WITH CALLIGRAPHIC INSCRIPTIONS Possibly Nishapur, Iran, 10th - 11th century Of conical form, on short circular foot, made of earthenware and covered in white slip, with black undeciphered, highly stylised calligraphy, under a transparent glaze, 32cm diam. and 13cm high. £300-500
11 AN EARTHENWARE LAQQABI POTTERY DISH Possibly Syria, 12th - 13th century Of conical shape, on straight circular foot, with everted flat rim, the red earthenware body covered in white slip, the incised decoration consisting of alternating oval and triangular cartouches with stylised floral patterns painted in turquoise and dark brown, the rim decorated with chevron lattice work, the exterior plain, 30.3cm diam. Provenance: UK private collection since 2005. £2,000-3,000
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12 A MOULDED TURQUOISE-GLAZED POTTERY TILE Kashan, Iran, 13th - 14th century Of rectangular shape, the ground moulded with two animals, possibly a lion and a bull, against a vegetal ground, the upper register with moulded continuous palmettes and trefoils, 19.2cm x 27.5cm. Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 31 August 1995, lot 265. £1,600-1,800
13 A TURQUOISE-GLAZED POTTERY VASE Iran, 12th - 13th century Of cylindrical shape, on short circular foot with wide flared neck, the gadrooned body moulded with long vertical lines, the thick turquoise glaze covering the whole surface except the foot, in a wooden box covered with Japanese silk brocade with shippo pattern and dated approximately to 1920 or later, 8.5cm diam. and 18cm high. Provenance: Japanese private collection in the UK since approximately 1920s. £800-1,200
14 A SMALL TURQUOISE-GLAZED POTTERY BOWL Kashan, Iran, 12th - 13th century Of conical shape, on small circular foot, the frit body decorated with a pattern of black trails under the turquoise glaze, reaching the outer rim of the exterior, 13.5cm diam. and 6cm high. Provenance: UK private collection since 1970s. £600-800
15 A TURQUOISE-GLAZED POTTERY JUG WITH PSEUDO-KUFIC INSCRIPTION Central Iranian world, possibly Ghazni, Afghanistan, 13th century Of pyriform shape, on tall straight foot, the short curved handle and pointed rim forming a spout, pseudo-Kufic calligraphic band painted in underglaze black around the body covered with turquoise glaze, 30cm circumference and 30cm high. Provenance: UK private collection since 1970s. £300-500
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16 A GROUP OF FIVE TURQUOISE-GLAZED CERAMICS Possibly Kashan, Iran, 12th - 13th century Comprising two hemispherical bowls on straight circular foot, one with ridged rim and plain cavetto, 14.5cm diam., the latter with plain rim and incised cavetto, with a thick layer of iridescence both on the interior and exterior, 17.8cm diam.; a circular dish on short straight foot, 15.2cm diam.; a bulbous ewer with flared neck and mouth, on straight foot, with curved handle and spout, 12cm high; and a small vase, with compressed bulbous and ridged body, on a circular splayed foot, with flared neck and wide everted mouth, 15.2cm high.
17 TWO TURQUOISE-GLAZED POTTERY BOWLS Kashan, Iran, 12th - 13th century Comprising a deep bowl of compressed globular shape, on short foot and with straight rim, the frit body decorated with pattern of knots surrounded by a band of pseudo-calligraphy painted in black under a turquoise glaze, the exterior with straight lines with floral motif in the centre, 19cm diam. and 10.5cm high; and a small rounded bowl, on short circular foot, with moulded honey-comb decoration under a dark turquoise glaze, with a thick layer of iridescence, 15cm diam. and 8.5cm high.
For a comparative example to our bulbous ewer, please see O. Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, Thames and Hudson and The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait National Museum, 2004, p. 323. £400-600
Provenance: UK private collection since 1970s. £400-600
18 A TURQUOISE-GLAZED POTTERY VASE WITH FOUR SPOUTS Kashan, Iran, 12th - 13th century Of pyriform shape, on tall splayed foot and with flared neck, the frit body with opaque turquoise glaze, below the neck four small spouts, 45cm circumference and 20cm high. Provenance: UK private collection since 1970s. £600-800
19 A POTTERY BOWL WITH COBALT BLUE STRIPES AND CALLIGRAPHIC BANDS Kashan, Iran, 13th century Of typical conical shape, on short straight foot, the frit body decorated in blue and black under a transparent glaze, the interior quartered by a kaleidoscopic pattern of birds and flowers, inscribed in radial bands with ‘Al Sultan Qadir’ in thuluth script, the exterior with schematic flowers within white medallions interspersed with a green foliate design, 21cm diam. and 10.5cm high. Provenance: UK private collection since 1970s. For similar examples of Kashan blue and black-painted pottery, please see O. Watson, Ceramics from Islamic Lands, Thames and Hudson and The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait National Museum, 2004, pp. 338-339. £1,000-1,500
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21 20 THREE COBALT BLUE UNDERGLAZEPAINTED POTTERY BOWLS Kashan, Iran, 13th century Of different sizes and shapes, the frit body decorated with cobalt blue lines developing from the centre and expanding towards the exterior, the larger bowl further decorated with a calligraphic band on black ground around the rim, on its base the inventory number. “No. 484”, 7cm high and 13cm diam. the largest bowl. £600-800
21 TWO PANEL STYLE SULTANABAD POTTERY BOWLS Iran, possibly 14th century Comprising two hemispherical bowls on short circular foot, the white interior painted in the typical Sultanabad panel style with shades of black and blue, the decoration consisting of radiating panels with stylised vegetal motifs and lattice work, the rim painted in black, the largest 20.5cm diam. £600-800
23 A LARGE COPPER BOWL WITH KUFIC INSCRIPTIONS Iran, 12th - 13th century Of globular form with raised rim, the body engraved with lattice work and a calligraphic inscription in Eastern Kufic against a ground of spiralling vegetal tendrils, 24cm diam. £600-800
22 A BROWN-GLAZED POTTERY JUG Possibly Nishapur, Eastern Iran, possibly 9th - 10th century Of compressed bulbous form with flared cylindrical neck and slightly everted rim, on a short circular foot, the shoulder with a sinuous handle, made of earthenware covered in white slip, the exterior decorated with brown glaze and a painted pseudo-Kufic calligraphic inscription in white below the neck, 15cm high. £500-700
23A FIVE GOLDSMITH’S IRON TOOLS Iran, 12th - 13th century Comprising one star-shaped mould, hollowed with circular shapes of different sizes to mould roundels to suit varied decorations, 7cm long; and four pouring vessels of different sizes, each with round body rising from three plain feet, with flattened rim, long spout and flat handles decorated with incised abstract designs, the smallest 3cm diam. and 7cm long and the largest 5.5cm diam. and 13.5cm long. £1,500-2,000
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24 A KHORASSANI BRONZE EWER North - Eastern Iran, possibly 12th century Of pyriform shape, on splayed foot, with sinuous handle and bullshaped spout, the body engraved with chevron pattern, 21.5cm high. £1,200-1,400
25 A KHORASSANI COPPER-INLAID BRASS VASE North - Eastern Iran, 12th - 13th century Of pyriform shape, on high domed foot, the body worked with honey-comb design, incised with roundels of interlaced strapwork, knots and arabesques, copper-inlaid, pierced scrolling on the upper part of the body, on the neck, mouth and foot continuous benedictory calligraphic bands in Eastern Kufic script, 28.6cm high. £2,000-3,000
26 A BRONZE ROSEWATER SPRINKLER Iran, 12th - 13th century With globular body, on a splayed foot and with a flared neck, the body worked with honey-comb design and the decoration consisting of silver-inlaid y-shaped patterns, benedictory calligraphic inscriptions and engraved drop-shaped medallions, repoussé studs on the area just below the circular rim, 13.2cm high. £1,000-1,200
27 A BRONZE DUCK-SHAPED FINIAL Possibly Ilkhanid Iran, 14th century The cast finial designed as a duck head, the incised decoration consisting of vegetal tendrils and intertwining strap work, the inlaid silver wire still present in some areas, 9.8cm long. £300-500
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28 A KUFIC QUR’AN FOLIO ON VELLUM Abbasid Near East or North Africa, 10th century Arabic manuscript on vellum, 16ll. of black ink to the page, in early kufic script, clusters of gold roundels as verse markers, red reading marks, the sura heading a long rectangular cartouche with gold interwoven lines on black ground, a marginal gold palmette issuing from the heading, gold marker in kufic, the folio 19.5cm x 24.5cm and 31.5cm x 36.2cm including the frame. £2,000-2,500
29 THREE QUR’AN BIFOLIA IN MAGHRIBI SCRIPT ON VELLUM Spain or Morocco, late 11th - 12th century Arabic manuscript on vellum, 5ll. to the page, six leaves conjoined in three bifolia written in bold maghribi script in sepia ink with diacritics in red, blue and green, clusters of gold roundels with red dots as verse markers, the folio 17.7cm x 23.2cm. Comparison can be made with two sections of Qur’anic manuscripts exhibited at the Islamic Art Gallery, The King Faisal Centre in 1985. The catalogue observed that the free-flowing maghribi script was fully developed in Spain and the Maghrib by the late 11th century and it soon became the only cursive style which evolved directly from Kufic. The oblong format of the leaves suggests an early date, i.e. late 11th early 12th century. For further discussion, please see The Unity of Islamic Art, The King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies, 1985, pp. 28-29, no. 11. £1,500-2,000
30 A LOOSE FOLIO FROM A FATIMID QUR’AN Egypt, late 10th - early 11th century Sura 15 (Al Hijr), vv. 21-38 and 39-61, Arabic manuscript on paper, in black ink, 11ll. of thuluth script to the page, diacritic marks in black, later corrections and notes in red naskh, verse markers shaped as blue and gold roundels with dotted design, gold rosettes between the lines, a marginal marker in light blue and gold in the shape of a round medallion with rays partially visible in the back, the folio 45cm x 33.2cm. £400-600
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31 A SELECTION OF SIX QUR’ANIC LOOSE FOLIOS Iran and Egypt, 15th - 16th century Each Arabic manuscript on paper, in black ink thuluth script, comprising Sura 3 (Al Imran), vv. 55-72, Sura 10 (Yunus), vv. 2-18, Sura 25 (Al Forqan), vv. 27-37 and 38-48, Sura 29 (Al Ankabut), vv. 4550 and vv. 63-69 distributed among one folio from a Mamluk Qur’an, 15th century, 11ll., gold and polychrome rosettes as verse markers, the folio 48cm x 36cm and 50cm x 39cm including mount; a folio from a Mamluk Qur’an, 15th - 16th century, 14ll., in sepia ink, gold and polychrome rosettes as verse markers, elaborate illuminated marginal markers, the folio 48cm x 31cm; a bifolio from a Mamluk Qur’an, possibly 15th - 16th century, 7ll., in black ink, gold rosettes as verse markers, marginal notes and corrections in red, the folio 27.5cm x 20cm; two loose folios from Iranian Qur'ans, 15th - 16th century, each 12ll., one in black ink with word-for-word Persian translation in red in nasta’liq underneath the text, the latter in sepia ink with full diacritic marks, both with marginal markers in gold circular and triangular flaming marks, the folios approximately 42cm x 31cm. £2,500-3,000
32 FOUR LOOSE QUR’ANIC FOLIOS Ilkhanid Iran, 14th century Sura 28 (Al Qasas), vv. 58-68, Sura 30 (Al Zumar), vv. 26-32, Sura 38 (Saad), vv. 24-32, Sura 39 (Al Zumar), vv. 22-25 and 26-32, Sura 43 (Al Zukhruf), vv. 4-17, Arabic manuscript on paper, 9ll. to the page, in black ink thuluth script, with word-for-word Persian translation in simple black naskh script underneath the text, aya markings as gold and polychrome rosettes, radiating illuminated marginal medallions with juz’ and other marginal markings, each folio 45cm x 33cm. £1,000-1,500
33 A SELECTION OF THREE LOOSE QUR’ANIC BIFOLIOS Egypt or Syria, 15th century Comprising one bifolio with Juz’ 30, Sura 81 (Al Takwir), vv. 9-18, Arabic manuscript on paper, of black thuluth script, each folio with three lines, the text markers shaped as rosettes in gold, black and ochre pigments, in black mount, the folio 26cm x 17cm and 33cm x 41cm including mount; and two bifolios of another Qur’an, Juz’ 5, Sura 4 (Al Nisa), vv. in part or whole 77, 78, 79, 83, 84, 85, 90, 91, 92, 95, Arabic manuscript on paper, of black thuluth script, each folio with five lines, text markings in gold drop shapes, in ecru mounts, each bifolio 26cm x 37cm and 35.5cm x 46.5cm including mount. £1,200-1,800
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34 A LOOSE FOLIO FROM A MAGHRIBI QUR’AN North Africa, 15th century Sura 11 (Al Hud), vv. 8-11, Arabic manuscript on vellum, of freeflowing maghribi script in sepia ink, 7ll., aya markers of gilt and polychrome discs, marginal mark in stellar circle, diacritic marks in light blue, red and orange, the folio 23.5cm x 22cm. £800-1,000
35 A LOOSE FOLIO FROM AN ANDALUSIAN QUR’AN Southern Spain, 14th - 15th century Sura 27 (Al Naml), vv. 57-61, Arabic manuscript of sepia ink on vellum, 7ll., in free-flowing maghribi script, text and marginal markings in illuminated circles in gold and polychrome pigments, diacritic marks in blue, orange and red ink, the folio 20.5cm x 20.5cm. £600-800
36 TWO SECTIONS FROM QUR’ANS Morocco, signed Abdullah Mohammad Al Kabir, dated Shawwal 1282 AH (1865) Comprising two Qur’anic Juz’ (29 and 30), Arabic manuscript on paper, 65ff. plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 8ll., of black maghribi script, text markers in yellow, red, and blue, sura headings in yellow, in blind-tooled dark leather binding with flap, spine restored, the text panel 12cm x 7.2cm and the folio 16.5cm x 10cm; and Sura 5 (Al Ma’ida), Arabic manuscript on paper, 42ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 10ll., within blue and red ruling, with green, red, silvergrey, and sepia markings, marginal markings in red and green circular motifs, the opening folio illuminated in polychromes, sura heading within rosette and cartouche in madder, ochre, green, and red, re-bound in blind-ruled brown leather with flap, the text panel 11.5cm x 8.5cm and the folio 17cm x 12cm. £1,200-1,400
37 AN OLD DOCUMENT FROM JERUSALEM Israel, 15th century Arabic manuscript on paper, single folio, 20ll. per page, in sepia ink, possibly a land deed, signed by two parties lower right and left, possibly trimmed and re-sized, the folio 39cm x 32.5cm. £1,200-1,600
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38 JUZ’ 19 OF AL JAME’ UL SAHIH AL BUKHARI BY MUHAMMAD AL-BUKHARI (810-870): AN EARLY WORK ON HADITH Andalusia or North Africa, dated towards the end of Rabi’ ul Awwal 862 AH (1457) Arabic manuscript on cream white paper, of maghribi script in black ink, 133ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll., chapter headings in red ink, catchwords, cut-down, bound in brown blindtooled calf leather, the binding with a central roundel finely decorated with intertwining knots reminiscent of 15th-century Nasrid and Mamluk design, the folio 20cm x 13.5cm. £5,000-7,000
39 A BRASS MAMLUK DIVINATION BOWL Egypt or Syria, late 15th - early 16th century Of typical rounded form, the centre marked with a conical boss with flat head, the engraved decoration with cusped medallions around the cavetto and several talismanic inscriptions in thuluth and pseud-Syriac script on the interior and exterior, 20cm diam. Provenance: UK private collection since 1980s. Our “magic” bowl presents several similarities with a divination bowl part of the British Museum collection (OA+.2603). Indeed, both bowls share the same rounded form with a central conical boss; the patina and the zinc component are prevaricating over the typically warm colour of brass, leaving behind only a few sparks of the original brass finishing; and the talismanic inscriptions seem to have been carried out in the same scripts, i.e. thuluth and illegible pseudo-Syriac. Perhaps less lavishly decorated than their Iranian counterparts, these “magic” bowls act as important witnesses of the practice of fal (divination) in the Middle Eastern and North African territories. £2,000-3,000 12
40 A MAMLUK TINNED COPPER BOWL Egypt or Syria, 15th century Of compressed circular form with a slightly everted rim, the body with several bands of incised decoration including geometrical designs, cross-hatching pattern, vegetal scrolls, and calligraphic cartouches inciting to merriment, 16.5cm diam. and 13.3cm high. Provenance: German private collection, acquired in the late 1970s by the vendor while working for a Development Assistance Committee in Afghanistan. £1,500-1,800
41 A STEEL BOWL WITH SILVER OVERLAID DECORATION Syria, late 19th century Of compressed globular shape, with plain base and straight circular rim, the steel exterior acid etched with geometric star motifs filled in with vegetal tendrils and arabesque designs, four octagonal cartouches with calligraphy in thuluth script, evidence of punched inlay marks on the outlines of the design, 15cm diam. and 12cm high. Provenance: UK private collection since 1980s. £1,000-1,500
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42 A SILVERED COPPER BOWL Possibly Mamluk Syria or Iran, late 15th - early 16th century Of rounded form with flat rim, on a circular foot, the exterior finely engraved with panels of intricate interlaced knotted strapwork, arabesque designs and stylised foliage, the interior plain with small floral decoration in the centre repeated also on the base, the silvering possibly later, 4.5cm high and 11.5cm diam. Provenance: UK private collection since early 1980s. The decoration on the surface of this bowl is reminiscent of early 16th - century ‘Veneto-Saracenic’ metal vessels, usually made of copper, mostly brass, and ornate with silver, or less frequently gold, inlay. That said, the shape, the manufacturing techniques and the design of the decorative composition show an interesting similarity to a group of vessels produced within the Aqqoyunlu empire. For an interesting discussion on ‘Veneto-Saracenic’ metal vessels, their different types and the influences and similarities with late15th - century Ottoman and Aqqoyunlu vessels, please read Sylvia Auld, “Master Mahmud and Inlaid Metalwork in the 15th Century” in Stefano Carboni, Venice and the Islamic World 828-1797, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2007, pp. 217-223, and also R. Ward and S. La Niece, “VenetoSaracenic Metalwork: An Analysis of the Bowls and Incense Burners in the British Museum” in D. Hook and D. Gaimster, Trade and Discovery: The Scientific Study of Artefacts from Post-Medieval Europe and Beyond, The British Museum, 1995, pp. 235-259. £1,000-1,500
43 A MAMLUK TINNED COPPER CANTEEN Egypt, late 15th - early 16th century Of elongated oval form with faceted sides, the lid with circular handle, the base and lid incised with a frieze of pole medallions filled with thuluth inscription, geometric interlace and blazons, above and below a band of cable motif, around the handle two half-pole medallions and fish, 25.6cm long by 14.5cm high. Provenance: Bonhams, 5 November 2014, Lot 52 and before that Prosper Holstein (1843-1926), Lyon. Inscription: If you are patient love will achieve its ends, gradually raising itself to the highest level, without protestation. Patience is all you need For a series of canteens with similar inscriptions, made for local emirs and merchants, please see Gaston Wiet, Catalogue du Musee Arabe, Objets en Cuivre, Cairo, 1932, nos. 3368, 3953, 3954, 8453, 8999, 9008. The inscriptions suggest that such canteens were intended for fetes champetres. £1,000-1,500 44 No Lot 13
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45 AN HISPANO-MORESQUE COPPER-LUSTRE POTTERY CHARGER Post-Nasrid Spain, 17th century Of circular form, with everted flat rim and central raised stepped boss with geometric star motif in the middle, the decoration consisting of copper-lustre and cobalt blue vegetal tendrils and pseudo-Kufic calligraphy in the cavetto, on the rim intertwined strap work motif alternating with cobalt blue split palmettes and the Nasrid coat of arms La Ghaliba Illa Allah (Only God is Victorious), the exterior with copper-lustre vegetal scrollwork, 47cm diam. £2,000-3,000
46 AN HISPANO-MORESQUE COPPER-LUSTRE POTTERY VASE Post-Nasrid Spain, late 16th - early 17th century Of bulbous shape, on a short slightly everted foot and with a circular mouth, the neck with four hanging loops in the style of mosque lamps, the copper-lustre decoration divided in several bands consisting of lattice works, vegetal tendrils and floral motifs against white ground, the inner part of the neck decorated with copperlustre straight and jagged lines against white ground, 11.5cm diam. and 21cm high. £800-1,200
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47 A PAIR OF HISPANO-MORESQUE COPPER-LUSTRE POTTERY VASES Post-Nasrid Spain, 17th - 18th century Comprising a tall vase of bulbous shape rising from a circular splayed foot to a waisted neck with a wide circular mouth, the neck with two wide tapered handles, the decoration running around the body consisting of lush vegetal tendrils and a lion-shaped mythical beast, thick foliate scrolling motif on the foot, neck and mouth, 8.5cm diam. and 30.5cm high; a small bulbous jar with everted rim, on a straight circular foot, the decoration consisting of floral tendrils around the body and plain copper-lustre on the foot and rim, 10cm diam. and 14cm high. £400-600 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees
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Arts from the Ottoman Lands
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48 AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION (LEVHA) Ottoman Turkey, possibly 17th century or later Arabic manuscript in black thuluth on paper, the subject of the composition hadith and prayers to the prophet, text markers in gold rosettes, the folio with modern gold and polychrome border laid on illuminated cardboard with a scrolling border of gold, red, and blue, the signature and date Uthman bin Ali, 1091 AH (1680 AD), secured on later mount, the folio 12cm x 18cm and 45cm x 51cm including mount. £2,000-3,000
49 AN OTTOMAN QUR’AN Edirne, Ottoman Turkey, signed Ibrahim al Nameq Zadeh, dated 1239 AH (1823) Arabic manuscript on paper, in black naskh script, 309ff. plus one flyleaf, each folio with 15ll., sura headings in white ink within gold cartouches, juz’ markings in gold and polychrome starbursts, gold text markings, red script markings, within gold, black, and red ruling, catchwords, the opening bifolio sumptuously illuminated in gold and polychromes, bordered by scrolling gold saz leaves, gilt decoration on ribs, red waxed paper paste-down endpapers and free endpapers, bound in tooled gilt calf, the text panel 10.8cm x 6.2cm and the folio 15.7cm x 9.8cm. £4,000-6,000 16
50 AN OTTOMAN QUR’AN Ottoman Turkey, signed Adul Wahhab ibn Usman, dated 1241 AH (1825) Arabic manuscript on paper, in black naskh script, 303ff., plus two flyleaves, each folio with 15ll., the text within gold, black, and red ruling, gold text markings, red text accents, sura headings in white ink within gold cartouches, other marginal markings in gold and polychrome florets, catchwords, the opening bifolio illuminated in gold and polychromes within scrolling gold saz leaves, the gilt green leather doublure overlaid with marbled paper and decorated waxed paper, bound in tooled gilt calf, the text panel 10cm x 6cm and the folio 16.5cm x 10.5cm. £4,000-6,000 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees
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51 AN OTTOMAN QUR’AN Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 307ff., plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll., in black naskh script, text markings in gold rosettes, page markings and sura headings in red ink, juz’ markings in blue and orange medallions, opening bifolio with provincial-style illumination in gold and polychromes, catchwords, rebound in dark blind-tooled flapped leather, the text panel 13.5cm x 7.5cm and the folio 20cm x 13cm. £500-700
53 A MINIATURE QUR’AN Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 502ff., plus six fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll., of black naskh script, sura headings in gold, within black and gold ruling, red and gold text markings, catchwords, marginal juz’ markings in gold, other marginal markings in gold and black, the opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination, with emerald green waxed paper doublures, in tooled, punched, and gilt flapped red calf binding with a trellis pattern, traces of gilding on ribs, respined, the text panel 7cm x 4.2cm and the folio 10cm x 7cm. £1,000-1,200
52 TWO OTTOMAN QUR’AN JUZ’ (3 and 11) Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Comprising Qur’an Juz’ 3, Arabic manuscript on paper, in black ink in naskh script, 20ff. plus one fly-leaf, each folio with 11ll., sura headings and hizb markings in red ink, text markings in gold rosettes, red highlights, within gold and black ruling, catchwords, marbled paper doublures, bound in tooled dark brown flapped calf, gilt central floral medallion, the flap with cloud-band embossing in giltedged medallion,, re-spined, the text panel 17cm x 10.5cm and the folio 27.5cm x 18.5cm; and Qur’an Juz’ 11 of the same Qur’an, 20ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 9ll., decoration, features and measurements as above. £500-700
54 A PRAYER BOOK: AN’AM SHARIF Ottoman Turkey, 19th century, signed Mohammad al Ma’rouf be Hilmi Arabic and Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 26ff. plus two flyleaves, each folio with 11ll., in black naskh script, with gold rosette markers, text within gold, black, and red ruling, catchwords, opening folio with gold and polychrome illumination, several charts containing sacred names, prayers, holy invocations and titles in alphabetical order, the charts of 3x5 boxes, text markings in red, final folio with a flowering vase within a gilt circle, in original gilt painted and stamped morocco binding with flap of tooled and painted brown leather, the text panel 8.7cm x 5.2cm and the folio 14cm x 9.5cm. £1,000-1,200
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55 AN OTTOMAN AL-JAZULI’S DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT Ottoman Turkey, 19th century, signed Al Hajj Saleh al Ma’rouf be Hafez al Qur’an A collection of prayers, Arabic manuscript on paper, in naskh script, 122ff. plus one fly leaf, each folio with 11ll., in black ink with red highlights, text within gold borders with red and black ruling, opening page illuminated and with gold dashes between lines, chapter headings in red ink, text markings in gold rosettes, catchwords, opening of first hizb with delicate tracery illumination in red and gold, bifolio after the names of the prophet charmingly illuminated with a minbar and three cenotaphs visible through a mosque’s trellised arch, seven blind-ruled blank sides, one marked in purple ink with ‘Hassan Sai’d’, commentary at the end later and in inferior ink, in 20th century black calf binding printed with a gilt trellis pattern, the text panel 12.8cm x 7cm and the folio 16cm x 10.5cm. £3,000-5,000
56 AN OTTOMAN AL-JAZULI’S DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT Ottoman Turkey, late 18th - early 19th century A collection of prayers, Arabic manuscript on paper, in black naskh script, 87ff. plus one fly leaf, each folio with 13ll., the text within gold and black ruling, gold circular text markers, illuminated opening page, and chapter openings catchwords, five pages arranged in four columns, each with 10ll. for the names of the prophet, illuminated bifolio with a minbar and mosque interior view, bifolio of titles and attributes of the prophet arranged in two and three columns, bound in blindtooled calf with flap, encased within punched, diced leather satchel of crude construction, possibly un-related, the fly leaf stamped E. Dinc and A. Dinc, the text panel 10.2cm x 5.2cm and the folio 15.5cm x 10.5cm. £2,500-3,000
57 AN OTTOMAN HIJAZA IN THREE PARTS Ottoman Turkey, dated 1287 AH (1871-2) first two sections signed Yusuf Zia ud Din, the third signed Mustafa Showkat Arabic commentary manuscript in three sections, in black ink on beige paper, 26ff., each folio with 15ll., the first two sections in Ottoman-style nasta’liq script, the third in naskh, the opening folio of each section illuminated in gold and polychromes, within gold, black, and red ruling, gold points, most names in red ink, bound in green plastified paper embossed with vegetal motifs, the cover pasted with white paper inscribed ‘Ali Reza Afandi Be Osman Bazari’, the third section presenting a different hand, script and signature and not bound together with the first two section, possibly added later and belonging to a different manuscript, the text panel 13cm x 6.5cm and the folio 20cm x 13.5cm. £500-700
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58 AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION (LEVHA) Ottoman Turkey, late 19th century or later Arabic manuscript on beige paper, the hadith from the prophet’s farewell pilgrimage to Mecca in large black thuluth, arranged in four lines within tooled gold rules, the upper corners decorated with floral sprays, within a gold-sprigged outer border, numerical figure ‘312’ on the lower left corner, possibly relating to date 1312 AH (1895), signed lower left Ahmad Raqem (Boren), framed and glazed, the folio 44cm x 57.5cm and 71cm x 85cm including frame. £4,000-6,000
59 A PRINTED COPY OF AL-JAZULI’S DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT Ottoman Turkey, dated 1314 AH (1898) Arabic print on paper, from an original manuscript in black naskh script, 93ff., plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll., the text within gold and black and red ruling, gold rosette text markings, bifolio 36-37 with a view of Mecca and Medina, hand-coloured in bright opaque polychromes and gold, opening bifolio 40-41 hand-illuminated in cobalt blue and gold and orange opaque pigments with and undulating border, pages numbered, catchwords, printed by Ottoman Publishers, the frontispiece dated 2 Neysan 1314, 23 Zul Hajja 1315 (15 April 1898), the colophon signed Usman, known as Baqayesh Zada, dated 1305 AH (1888 AD), in brown calf tooled restored binding, the text panel 18.5cm x 8.5cm and the folio 12.5cm x 18.5cm. £600-800 60 A PRINTED COPY OF AL-JAZULI’S DALA’IL AL-KHAYRAT Ottoman Turkey, dated 1345 AH (1926-1927) Arabic print on paper, from an original manuscript in black naskh script, 96ff., plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 11ll., the text within gold and black ruling, bifolio 36-37 with a view of Mecca and Medina, hand-coloured in bright opaque polychromes and gold, the opening bifolio 6-7 printed in gold and red, partly hand-coloured, with puce paper doublure, within flapped red cloth binding gold-stamped with an elaborate symmetrical floral pattern around a horizontal lobed medallion, printed by Bahria Publishers, the frontispiece dated 1345 AH (1926-27 AD), the colophon signed Mohammad Rashid Al Hawaseli the Damascene, dated 1340 AH (1921-1922 AD), a second section of the text signed Al Seyyed Usman Nouri, known as Hafez Kitab, dated 1327 AH (1909-1910 AD), in leather spine stained red, the text panel 13.8cm x 9cm and the folio 19cm x 13cm. £600-800
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61 A SELECTION OF TEN SYRIAC KARSHUNI DOCUMENTS Possibly Syria or Jerusalem, late 18th - 19th century Arabic documents in Syriac script known as karshuni or garshuni, ten loose folios on cream white paper, seven folios in vertical document format, three smaller in size, the script in black ink, four folios marked with ownership seals, one undecipherable, another folio dated 1886 with large circular seal in red ink in the centre of the page with a standing figure wearing a clerical cloak and holding a staff and a scroll, of different sizes, the largest folio 35.5cm x 22.2cm. Inscriptions on the seals: Ash’iya al-Qams 99 The Servant ‘Abdallah Ghazal Huri 18(4?)2 The Servant (Saheb?) al-Noor £300-500
63 SHAHAB ED DIN AHMAD BIN IDRIS AL QURAFI (Egyptian Maliki jurist 1228-1285 AH): KITAB AL-DHAKHIRAH (The Stored Treasure) North Africa, dated 27 Dhu al-Hijjah 1315 AH (19 May 1898) Arabic manuscript on French paper, 98ff., each folio with 23ll., of maghribi script, in black and a profusion of polychrome inks, catchwords, text markers of dots in a number of bright colours, within red ruling, text including a concentric zodiac chart and a compass within illuminated surrounds, the paper water-marked F. BARJON A MOIRANS (Isere) in brown blind-tooled flapped calf binding, the text panel 28cm x 16.5cm and the folio 34cm x 22cm. £800-1,000
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62 A CHINESE QUR’AN JUZ’ 6 China, 19th Century Arabic manuscript on paper, 51ff., plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 5ll., of strong black sini script against white ground, the verses marked with gold rosettes, with red highlights, text panels within red rules, nisf juz’ marker in illuminated cartouche, sura heading within gold panel, catchwords, opening bifolio and the closing page with gold illumination with 3ll. each, in contemporaneous flapped, diced calf leather wrap-around binding with blind tooling, with coloured thread headboard, re-cased with blue cotton paste-down preserving the original binding, top left of the cover marked in black ink with number 6, one phrase in the text marked in red with ‘ahesteh khand’ (Pers. read slowly), possibly denoting the use of the manuscript in a seminary, the text panel 17.5cm x 11.5cm and the folio 28cm x 20cm. £4,000-6,000
64 A LARGE QUR’AN Ottoman Provinces, possibly Najd, Saudi Arabia, dated 1265 AH (1849) Arabic manuscript on cream white paper, 262ff. plus one fly-leaf, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh script, with red roundel verse markers, sura headings in red naskh script within rectangular cartouches ruled in red ink, text within double red rules, with marginal notes, catchwords, tracery and sketches, opaque pigmentpainted opening bifolio with polychrome decoration encasing the first two qur’anic suras, sura al-fatiha and sura al-baqara, the decoration consisting of polylobed headpieces with red, green, orange and yellow painted rosettes in the centre, lattice work below them and a three-sided frame of stylised orange cusped palmettes against a dark green ground, dated 1265, produced in Najd, and signed by the calligrapher ‘Uthman bin ‘Abd al-Fariz bin Souveilam al-’Ireni al-Najdi al-Hanbali, in tooled dark red morocco ornate with central cusped medallions with vegetal tendrils and arabesques, the text panel 26cm x 14.5cm and the folio 31.8cm x 20cm. £2,000-3,000 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees
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65 AN OTTOMAN WOODEN ASTROLABIC QUADRANT Ottoman Turkey, 19th century, inscribed Haji Amin Pasha A wooden quadrant with markings in red and black, gilt decoration including a flowering vase, the ecliptic in red, the divided horizon with gilt dotted decoration every five degrees, plumb bob missing, 19cm radius and 2.4cm deep. £800-1,000
66 AN OTTOMAN SCIENTIFIC MANUSCRIPT Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Turkish manuscript on paper, 103ff., each folio with 29ll., the text in black ink in naskh, many charts, tables and diagrams in a variety of colours, predominantly on the subjects of astrology, the zodiac, and the calendar, bound in embossed green board with flap, reinforced calf spine, the text panel 20.3cm x 15.5cm and the folio 25cm x 18cm. £4,000-6,000
67 AN OTTOMAN ALMANAC AND CALENDAR Ottoman Turkey, possibly for the year 1241 AH (1826) Turkish and Arabic manuscript on paper, with a multitude of charts and numbers, the naskh text in a variety of colours, 14ff., within black and gold rulings, the horizontal rulings in red, many marginal notes, inscribed ‘extracted by the head astrologer Ahmad bin Issa bin Lutf-ullah al Maulawi’, bound in marbled paper, the text panel 20cm x 10.5cm and the folio 22cm x 15cm. £600-800
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68 AN OTTOMAN CARVED MARBLE TURBAN Ottoman Turkey, late 18th - early 19th century Carved in the round, with the globular form carved with diagonal lines representing the folds of the turban cloth, charming grey veneering of the marble, approximately 30cm high. Provenance: UK private collection since early 1980s. £2,000-3,000
69 AN OTTOMAN CARVED MARBLE TURBAN Ottoman Turkey, late 18th - early 19th century Carved in the round, with the ogival form carved with diagonal lines representing the folds of the turban cloth, the shape usually associated with members of the religious elite, on blacksteel mount, approximately 43cm high. Provenance: UK private collection since early 1980s. £2,000-3,000
70 A LARGE OTTOMAN CARVED MARBLE TURBAN Ottoman Turkey, late 18th century Carved in the round, the base covered with the turban’s fine diagonal folds and surmounted by a tall cylindrical headdress with elegant facets, the shape usually associated with high Ottoman dignitaries, members of the political elite and of the Sultan’s entourage, approximately 37cm high. Provenance: UK private collection since early 1980s. For a figural representation of an Ottoman dignitary wearing this type of headdress, please see Christie’s South Kensington, 21 October 2016, lot 148. £3,000-5,000 22
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72 AN OTTOMAN STEEL KNEE GUARD Ottoman Provinces, 15th - 16th century The knee guard of convex oval form surrounded with mail and incorporating a thigh guard consisting of six rows of rectangular overlapping plates, with incised decoration consisting of a stylised arabesque, once possibly inlaid with precious metals as evident from punched marks and traces of silver and gold wire, just above the decorative medallion the engraved mark (tamga) of the Ottoman Arsenal based in the church of Saint Irene in Istanbul, 79cm x 58.5cm. 71 TWO OTTOMAN STEEL POLE AXES (BARDICHE) Ottoman Turkey, 16th 17th century The steel blade of typical crescent-moon shape, one pole axe with the narrow lower end flattened and braced against the wooden shaft, the latter with circular pierced design on the inner side of the blade, both secured with steel studs onto later wooden shafts, respectively 72cm and 66.8cm high including shaft. £400-600
The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection preserves a number of greaves and knee guards from the Timurid, Mamluk and Ottoman periods, all of which are stamped with St. Irene Arsenal mark (tamga). There is evidence to suggest that these knee and leg armours were produced concurrently both in Egypt and Syria and in Anatolia and Iran throughout the 15th and 16th centuries. Our lot seems to show a high degree of indebtedness in terms of shape, design and style to a knee guard in the Furusiyya collection (Inv. R-153, cat. 290) attributed to Egypt or Syria and dated to the Mamluk period, 15th century. For an in-depth and extended study of 15th - century knee guards and armorial suits, please read Bashir Mohamed, The Arts of the Muslim Knight, The Furusiyya Art Foundation Collection, SKIRA, Milan, 2007, pp. 291-357. £4,000-6,000
73 AN OTTOMAN JADE-HILTED KNIFE Ottoman Turkey, 17th century With a slightly curved single-edged steel blade, the dark green jade hilt of octagonal shape with the pommel designed as a faceted dome and with inset red paste at the top, the scabbard of brocaded orange satin silk with metal threads and possibly later, 33.5cm including scabbard. Literature: G. M. Sugana and F. Koval, Portraits of Greatness: The Life and Times of Mohammed, The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd, London, 1968, p. 26. £3,000-5,000
73A AN OTTOMAN POWDER FLASK Ottoman Turkey, 17th century Of oval form, clad in stretched dark-brown leather, the front decorated with a central gold-damascened rosette filled with Chinese clouds motif, the conical spout also inlaid in gold and presenting an inscribed palmette and cusped cartouche, in the back the leather sawing in evidence and two steel hoops, 20cm x 18.5cm including the spout. £300-500
74 A SILVER TROUSSE DAGGER Ottoman Turkey, late 18th century The single-edged steel blade plain except for a small jagged floral motif near the ricasso, the handle holding the blade within two dark wooden panels with three silver nails, the wooden sheath covered in black leather and silver, tughra and assay marks, 24.3cm long including the sheath. £800-1,200
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75 AN IZNIK POLYCHROME POTTERY BORDER TILE Ottoman Turkey, late 16th century Of rectangular size, decorated with green, white and relief red scrolling rosettes, stylised lotus flower and saz leaves on an underglaze cobalt blue ground, 16.3cm x 28cm including the frame. Provenance: UK private collection since 1980s.
76 A SQUARED IZNIK POTTERY TILE Ottoman Turkey, 17th century Of squared form, the blue and turquoise painted decoration against white ground and consisting of a floral spray of tulips and carnations rising from a vase, the central composition flanked by two tall cypress trees and primroses, framed, 27.8cm x 28.6cm including the frame. £800-1,200
Four similar Iznik polychrome tiles on underglaze cobalt blue ground sold in Sotheby’s, London, 8 October 2014, lot 161. £1,800-2,200 77 AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH Ottoman Turkey, 17th century Of typical shallow form, with flat everted rim, on circular foot, the white interior painted in bole red, cobalt blue and green within black lines, with a floral bloom in the centre made of carnations, tulips, and a prunus branch rising from a leafy tuft, the rim with wave and rock border, with circular blue and green design on the exterior, 29.8cm diam. Provenance: Bonhams, London, 23 November 2011, lot 101. £1,000-1,500 78 AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH Ottoman Turkey, 17th century Of typical shallow form, with flat everted rim, on circular foot, the white interior painted in bole red, cobalt blue and green within black lines, with a wheel of flowers issuing from a central roundel, the rim with alternating vegetal and flowerhead motif, with circular blue motifs on the exterior, inventory number 278 on the base, 26cm diam. Provenance: Bonhams, London, 23 November 2011, lot 110; Greek private collection formed in the 1930s. £800-1,000 79 AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH Ottoman Turkey, 17th century Of typical shallow form, with flat everted rim, on circular foot, the white interior painted in bole red, cobalt blue and green within black lines, with a millefleurs background composed by alternating bands of rosettes and vegetal buds, the rim with alternating foliate and flowerhead motifs, with circular blue and green designs on the exterior, 26.3cm diam. £800-1,000
80 AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH Ottoman Turkey, late 17th - early 18th century Of typical shape, with sloping rim on short foot, the white interior painted in bole red, cobalt blue and turquoise within black lines, with a central cypress tree rising from a tuft of grass and surrounded by rosettes and tulips, with blue and black stylised wave and rock border, plain exterior, 31.5cm diam. £1,000-1,500 81 AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH Ottoman Turkey, late 17th century Of typical shape, with sloping rim on short foot, the greenish white interior painted in bole red, cobalt blue and green within black lines, with a central saz leaf emerging from a tuft of grass and surrounded by carnations, hyacinths and tulips, with black stylised wave and rock border, exterior with blue and green circular motifs, 28.5cm diam. £1,000-1,500 82 AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH Ottoman Turkey, 17th century Of typical shape, with everted rim on short foot, the white interior painted in bole red, cobalt blue and green within black lines, with a central stylised rosette motif with trilobed petals spreading to the exterior, with blue and black stylised wave and rock border, the exterior with blue and green decorative motifs, 25.4cm diam. £800-1,000 83 AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH Ottoman Turkey, 17th century Of typical shallow form, with flat everted rim, on short circular foot, the white interior painted in bole red, cobalt blue and turquoise within black lines, with a central arabesque motif with split palmettes against a turquoise ground, the rim with black stylised wave and rock border, plain exterior, 26.8cm diam. Provenance: Millon, 7 December 2011, lot 81. £1,000-1,500
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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTOR
84 λ A MOTHER-OF-PEARL, BONE AND IVORYINLAID DISPLAY CABINET Ottoman Provinces, possibly Syria, 19th century Of uneven octagonal shape, with four shelves, the second shelf from the top with two protruding glass cabinets, the top embellished with a dome-shaped structure made of a grid of individual wood tassels joint together, the battlement underneath the dome with carved palmette motifs and mother-of-pearl marquetry work, the first and third shelf from the top designed as a palatial interior with columns and balustrades, the exquisite ivory and mother-of-pearl inlay designed as stars, infinite knots and lattice work, the arches on second and fourth shelf carved in the fashion of vegetal tendrils, approximately 218cm x 95cm. £1,200-1,800
86 A SET OF TWO SYRIAN UNMADE SLIPPER TOPS Syria, early 20th century Comprising a pair of unmade slipper tops, the charming panel slittapestry woven in red, blue, and dark green silks against an off-white ground with a meandering vine of blooming tulips, professionally mounted on stretched raw silk on board, 25cm x 30cm and 28cm x 36cm including mount; and another pair of unmade slipper tops, the panel finely woven in red, yellow, and blue silks on off-white ground with a delicate design of blooming boughs, the toes with leaves sprouting out of a geometric key, professionally mounted on stretched raw silk on board, 24.5cm x 29cm and 28cm x 36cm including mount.
85 λ AN OTTOMAN MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND TORTOISE SHELLINLAID CASKET AND MIRROR Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Comprising a casket of rectangular form with hinged coffered top, resting on four feet outlined in ivory, each side of the body with panels of mother-of-pearl diamond-shaped sections forming a charming lattice design, the interior with modern deep purple velvet padding and a rectangular mirror, 16cm x 21.8cm; and a hanging mirror with hinged flaps, the exterior decorated in the same fashion of the casket with mother-of-pearl diamond-shaped sections, the polylobed top with a crescent moon finial, the interior lined in red cotton, the back with blue printed wallpaper with blooming roses, 41.2cm x 26.5cm. £800-1,200
87 λ AN OTTOMAN HARDWOOD AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID OCCASIONAL TABLE Ottoman Provinces, early 20th century Of decagonal form, the wooden support inlaid with mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell, the top with a concentric pattern, the tortoiseshell central circle inlaid in mother-of-pearl with ‘Bismillah al Rahman al Rahim’, the borders with bands of bone and wood, the base with stylised arches, 43cm diam. and 45cm high. £700-900
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88 λ FIVE IVORY PERFUME BOTTLES North India and Ottoman Turkey, late 18th - early 19th century Comprising three Indian perfume bottles, each of squared shape resting on a circular foot, with hatched edges and spiked stopper finials, the largest 6cm; and two Ottoman perfume bottles, each of bulbous shape, the base carved as a floral collar, with flower-shaped coral stoppers, the largest 7.8cm. £400-600
89 λ A COLLECTION OF TWENTY-TWO SPOONS Ottoman Turkey, 18th and 19th century Of typical shape, a combination of bone, tortoiseshell, mother-ofpearl and coral, the majority made in separate sections, average length 25cm. £3,000-4,000
90 A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF TOPHANE POTTERY Ottoman Turkey, late 19th century Comprising a tea cup, a coffee pot, a zarf and a gilt pipe furnace, the incised decoration with gilt highlights and consisting of star, crescent moon and sun symbols, lattice work, floral sprays and fishes on the coffee pot, a calligraphic cartouche in naskh script on the tea cup, stamped with tughra mark, the coffee pot the largest 17.5cm high and the tea cup the smallest 3.7cm high. £1,000-1,200
90A A FORK WITH CARNELIAN HANDLE Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Of typical shape, with two lateral elongated prongs and a smaller central irregular prong, the ricasso and prongs with golddamascened decoration, the handle made of a single piece of carnelian encrusted with coral and turquoise stones, an undeciphered jagged inscription just below the encrustation, 19.3cm long. £500-700
90B λ AN IVORY-HILTED DAGGER France or Germany, 19th century The double-edged blade with pronounced medial ridge, the plain ricasso decorated with protruding T-shaped extensions, the carved ivory handle decorated on one side with a standing man holding a dagger in his right hand and a scimitar (shamshir) in his left hand, his outfit reminiscent of the Ottoman janissaries’ order in Egypt and North Africa in the 19th century, below him bow and quiver; on the other side a vase with two loop handles on a pedestal and floral motifs, 24cm long. £400-600
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91 AN OTTOMAN FIRMAN Ottoman Turkey, 18th century Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, in diwani script, 10ll., alternate lines in red and black ink, the black lines sprinkled with gold, at the top an imposing and elegant tughra of Sultan Abdul Hamid I (ruled 1774-1789 AD) in black ink, above that a small heading in red, 70cm x 24cm. £1,000-1,500
93 A METAL-THREAD EMBROIDERED WHITE FELT HANGING AND A BLUE SATIN SILK PANEL Ottoman Turkey, first half 20th century Comprising a sufi hanging of fine white felt, couched in metallic threads wound around a cotton core on cut-out cardboard, with a bold and elaborate symmetrical design of a lantern suspended from an arch above a pair of columns, beneath a flowering bush, the hanging edged with a fringe of metallic thread wound around a cotton core, 152cm x 91cm excluding fringe; and a panel of blue satin silk, possibly from a bed cover, the panel couched in white metallic thread wound around a cotton core with a quatrain in Osmanli Turkish referring to Rodolfo Sciuffi, dated 1349 AH and 1931 AD and mentioning the rising Fascist Party in Italy, the top left and lower right of the panel couched in pink and green silks with a rose each, backed with natural cotton, 46cm x 72cm. £400-600 28
92 λ A SET OF CALLIGRAPHER’S TOOLS Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Comprising eight calligrapher’s tools of different sizes, all of typical shape, among them an ivory inkwell, of globular form and with its own lid; four knives with carved ivory and wooden handles; a burnishing pen; a sprinkler; and two ivory qatt zan, tools for the final angled cut of the reed pen, the longest tool 20.5cm. £1,500-2,000
93A THREE OTTOMAN EMBROIDERED TOWELS Ottoman Turkey, 20th century Comprising a runner of homespun off-white linen, embroidered in a variety of stitches in blue, pink, yellow, and ecru double carnation rosettes highlighted in metallic thread wound around a silk core, the ends with green silk fringe, 126cm x 48cm; a sash of off-white linen, the ends embroidered on alternative sides with floral arrangements in coloured silks and metallic thread highlights, edged in crouched ecru silk, 194cm x 27cm; a hand towel of off-white homespun linen, the ends worked in green, red, and purple silks with stylised vases, highlighted in flattened metal strips, 72.5cm x 51cm. £200-400
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94 AN OTTOMAN BEADWORK CASKET Ottoman Provinces or Central Asia, 19th century Of rectangular form, of canvas laid on wood, the three sides and flapped lid worked in polychrome and gold bead highlights against a white beadwork ground, the lid with an extended multi-lobed and cusped central medallion infilled and surrounded by floral clusters, within a darker border, the seams with black and gold metal thread bands, the back, base and interior lined in two different red cottons, 37cm wide, 25cm deep, 14cm high. £300-500
96 TWO LIGHT GREEN-GLAZED CANAKKALE POTTERY EWERS Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Each with bulbous body, long tapering neck and braided handle, the vegetal decoration painted over light green glaze, with applied rosettes and floral sprays on the body, approximately 39cm high. £800-1,000
95 A SET OF SIX SILVER ZARF HOLDERS WITH PORCELAIN CUPS Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Each silver holder on a short rectangular pedestal, with flaring and ridged foot and body, the rim decorated with a pierced crescent moon design and arched edges, each with tughra and assay marks, 6cm high. Provenance: Bonhams, Knightsbridge, 29 April 1998, lot 330. £400-600
97 A YELLOW-GLAZED CANAKKALE POTTERY EWER Ottoman Turkey, 19th century With bulbous body, long tapering neck and curved handle, the mouth designed as a mythical beast, painted green splashes on the sides and centre, applied rosette, bird and floral spray on the body, approximately 33.5cm high. £600-800
98 TWO DARK GREEN-GLAZED CANAKKALE POTTERY EWERS Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Each with bulbous body, long tapering neck and braided handle, the vegetal decoration painted in copper-lustre over dark green glaze, with applied rosettes and floral sprays on the body, approximately 40cm high. £800-1,000
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99 A GILT CLEAR GLASS EWER, POSSIBLY BEYKOZ Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Of pyriform shape supported on a shallow splayed base with flattened serpentine spout and broad curved handle, with conical stopper, the body with gold and polychrome painted scrolling floral decoration, the stopper of clear glass decorated with xshaped designs, 25cm high. £300-500
100 A BEYKOZ OPALINE GLASS SPRINKLER Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Of pyriform shape supported on a shallow splayed base, gold painted decoration as lush foliate scrolling on the foot, body and neck, the stopper of clear glass and round shape, 27cm high. £400-600
101 AN OTTOMAN SILVER SWEETMEAT DISH Ottoman Turkey, late 19th century The dish divided in three plates, each plate designed as a vine leaf, the handle realistically modelled as vine branches, the soldering area between the different plates smartly camouflaged with grape bunches, with tughra, sah and assay marks, 8cm x 19cm. £600-800
102 A SILVER COFFEE SET AND LIDDED CONTAINER Ottoman Algeria, 19th century Comprising a coffee pot of pyriform shape, rising from a short circular foot to a flared neck and spout, the dome-shaped lid hinged onto the sinuous handle, the embossed decoration consisting of floral tendrils, rhomboidal patterns, and vegetal scrolls, silver French marks on the lid, neck and foot, 20.5cm high; and a lidded sugar bowl, of hemispherical shape, on a circular foot, the embossed decoration consisting of abstract vegetal designs contained within rounded arches with pillars surmounted by a crescent moon, the lid decorated with floral and vegetal motifs, silver French marks on the foot, 17.5cm high. £700-900
102A A QUR’AN CASE Morocco or North Africa, 20th century Of rectangular form with triangular lid, intricately decorated with very fine wire, granulation and green and yellow vitreous material, possibly once present as cloisonné, the central panels decorated on one side with an eight-pointed star and on the other with two cylindrical structures with hemispherical domes, the rest of the decoration consisting of palmettes and lattice work, 11.3cm x 7.2cm. £200-300
103 TWO OTTOMAN SILVER SPOON WARMERS Ottoman Turkey, 19th - 20th century Of deep conical shape with a wide circular mouth, resting on an embossed hemispherical foot, the body with pierced floral and foliate decoration, a band of stylised leafy palmettes around the base, more floral and abstract designs on the foot, the body and the foot connected with screws, 12.5cm high. £500-700
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104 A MING BLUE AND WHITE ROSEWATER SPRINKLER FOR THE OTTOMAN MARKET Possibly China, 17th century The body of typical bulbous form, on a short circular foot, with a tall thin silver neck, the blue painted decoration against a white ground consisting of a stylised vegetal motif with floral bulbs and lush leaves, the silver neck a 19th-century addition, 36.2cm high. £500-700
105 A BLUE AND WHITE BOTTLE FOR THE OTTOMAN MARKET Possibly China, 17th century Of typical bulbous form, on short splayed foot, with a tall thin neck, the blue painted striped decoration alternating with a white ground embellished with lush vegetal scrolls, 20.9cm high. £800-1,200
106 AN OTTOMAN SILVER TRAY WITH SULTAN ABDUL HAMID II TUGHRA Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Of oval shape, with ridged everted rim, the incised decoration consisting of vegetal sprays, cusped palmettes and lush tendrils against a chased ground, in the centre a laurel crown framing the tughra of Sultan Abdul Hamid II (r. 1876-1909) surrounded by fivepointed stars and a flower rising from green tuft, assay, tughra and sah marks on the whole surface both in the front and back, 38.5cm x 29.3cm. £1,000-1,200
107 TWO OTTOMAN SILVER ROSEWATER SPRINKLERS Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Each with bulbous body, on a splayed foot, with an elongated tapering neck, one with rounded finial and incised arabesques motifs, 20.3cm high; the latter with conical finial, incised floral motifs, tughra and assay marks on the body and base, 18.5cm high. £300-500
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108 AN EMBROIDERED RUNNER OF OFF-WHITE LINEN Possibly Crete, Ottoman Greece, late 19th - early 20th century The homespun ground couched in red and blue twisted silk threads with a vibrant design of stylised flowers and pointed tulips, the edges scalloped in couched red silk threads, professionally backed with padding, mounted on off-white cotton, and stretched, 190cm x 40cm. £600-800
108A TWO LARGE BOWLS WITH ARMENIAN INSCRIPTIONS Ottoman Armenia, 18th century Comprising a round tinned copper bowl, with a foliated scroll and an inscription in Armenian characters running around the rim, 21.5cm diam; and a round brass bowl with straight base and everted rim, overall plain, one side decorated with a cartouche containing an inscription in Armenian characters, 24.2cm diam. £800-1,200
110 A SILVER COFFEE POT Ottoman Turkey, 20th century Of pyriform shape, on short straight foot, the hinged domed lid with flowerhead finial, with plain spout and sinuous handle, the chased decoration on the body consisting of two bands of stylised motifs, with tughra and assay marks on neck, lid and handle, 20.2cm high. £300-500
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109 A GROUP OF THREE KUTAHYA POTTERY VESSELS Ottoman Anatolia, 18th century Comprising a small hemispherical cup, on short straight foot, decorated on the exterior with the typical red, green, blue and yellow stylised leaves and lattice work, 7cm diam.; a shallow dish of conical shape, on straight circular foot, red, green, black and yellow painted floral tendrils on the rim and central floral bloom, 18cm diam.; and a larger cup with handle and same stylised leaf pattern in red, black and blue, 9cm diam. £600-800
111 A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-ENCRUSTED BELT AND BOX Ottoman Greece, 19th century Comprising a belt with interwoven red, blue and white wool thread, the white metal belt plaque decorated with a central medallion of mother-of-pearl, the engraved decoration consisting of a crowned double-headed eagle with a crown and a heraldic shield with a rampaging animal in the centre, 53cm long; and a cusped silver box, with hinged lid and incised scrolling motif on the base, the lid encrusted with an engraved mother-of-pearl panel depicting a crowned double-headed eagle holding a sceptre and a sword, 5.7cm x 6.5cm. £300-500 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees
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112 AN OTTOMAN VOIDED SILK VELVET AND METAL-THREAD (ÇATMA) FRAGMENT Ottoman Turkey, Bursa or Istanbul, late 16th century Of squared form, with crimson silk velvet ground and beige silk and metal thread rows of carnation fan palmettes, mounted and stretched, 56cm x 56cm. Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 15 October 1985, lot 278. £1,800-2,000
113 A BRONZE CANDLESTICK Ottoman Turkey, 18th century Rising from a flaring bell-shaped base through a thin waist to a deep drip-tray, the narrow faceted shaft with pronounced collar and tuliphead finial, 34cm high. For a very similar example made in brass, please see Christie’s London, 7 April 2011, lot 325. £800-1,200
114 A FINE KILIM FLAT-WOVEN LENGTH Ottoman Turkey, late 19th - early 20th century The band slit tapestry-woven in near-black, red, and white silks and cotton with an alternating geometric pattern, professionally backed with padding and stretched on a frame, mounted on off-white silk,15cm x 58cm and 20cm x 63cm including mount. £400-600 33
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115 FOUR OTTOMAN MEN’S COSTUMES Ottoman Turkey, late 19th century Comprising a robe of hand-woven indigo and off-white striped silk, handstitched in contrast pink thread, lined in off-white cotton, the front flaps lined in dark blue cotton, centre back seam; a robe in red and white striped satin silk, machine-stitched, but otherwise similar to the indigo robe; and two large kaftans of beige striped watered silk, machine stitched, each costume approximately 125cm long. £200-300
116 AN OTTOMAN SILVER FEZ STAND AND SIX-SIDED CAP Ottoman Turkey, late 19th - 20th century Comprising a fez stand of typical shape, etched with scrolling bands and blank medallion, the base tooled with repeating sinuous patterns, stamped several times with mark ‘90’ in Ottoman script, 30cm high; and a plum-coloured silk velvet cap, each panel worked in metal threads and spangles with a floral design, edged with metal thread cording, hung with a matching tassel, lined with puce silk, numbered ‘51’ in Ottoman script in black ink inside, 18cm diam. £300-500
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117 FIVE CENTRAL ASIAN TRIBAL HATS South and Central Asia, possibly Turkmenistan, 20th century Variously worked in coloured silks and metal threads, one with a woven band, including one Sindhi cap in chain-stitched pinks and purple and green, highlighted in metal threads and inlaid with small mirror pieces, average diameter 18cm. £200-300
118 A CARVED HARDSTONE BOWL Possibly Ottoman Greece, 19th century Of circular form, the exterior ornate with carved floral designs and vegetal tendrils, reminiscent of Mughal hardstone carvings but slightly cruder, the interior plain, 16cm diam. £200-300
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120 AN OTTOMAN SILVER INCENSE BURNER FOR CHRISTIAN MARKET Ottoman Turkey, late 19th century Of typical globular shape, on a splayed foot, with four chains attached to a hanging hoop, pierced and engraved with lattice bands, with a cross on top of the lid and with tughra, sah and assay marks on the lid, body and foot, 56.5cm high including chains. £600-800 119 A KUTAHYA POTTERY JUG Ottoman Turkey, late 19th century On short slightly splayed foot, with globular body rising to a tall cylindrical neck, with curved handle on the shoulder, the bole-red, blue, yellow, green and aubergine painted decoration on white ground consisting of dense floriated tendrils and arabesques design, marked on the base in underglaze cobalt blue by ‘Hilmi Kutahya’, 28.8cm high. £300-500
121 A QUR’AN HOLDER AND A SILVER BOWL WITH ANIMAL DECORATION Ottoman Balkans, 19th century Comprising a Qur’an holder of rectangular shape, one side with embossed decoration consisting of a mosque with two minarets and the dome decorated with a crescent moon, the other side with an engraved six-pointed star, rosettes and crescent moons, 8.5cm x 11cm; and a silver bowl chased in high relief with animal decoration, a deer in the centre, birds, hares and other quadrupeds in the cavetto, with tughra and sah marks, 14cm diam. £250-450
122 TWO BIBLE HOLDERS Ottoman Balkans, 20th century Comprising a rectangular bible holder, one side embellished with embossed decoration presenting a central medallion with rampant lions divided by a cross and above them a crown with another cross, two figures flanking the medallion, one with a halo wearing a religious cloak and holding a cross, the latter in secular clothes holding a scimitar, on the other side an engraved double-headed eagle with the number ‘63’, the chain with small leaf-shaped pendents, 10cm x 15cm; and a squared bible holder, on one side embossed with a depiction of St. George slaying the dragon, on the other engraved with a floral arabesque, plain chain, circular pendants drooping from main body dated 1322 AH (1904), 7.8cm x 8.5cm. £300-500 35
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123 A CAUCASIAN DAGGER (KINDJAL) Caucasus, 19th century With flat wide double-edged spike blade, with scrolling gold-damascened decorations, centre groove, with two-sided wood hilt, 58.5cm. £600-800
124 A LARGE ENGRAVED COPPER-ALLOY CIRCULAR TRAY Ottoman Balkans, 19th century With flat rim, the engraved decoration composed of bulbous vases, domed pavilions flanked my tall towers, interspersed with elongated drop-shaped stylised cypress trees arranged around a central roundel with a six-pointed star in the centre, the borders with hatched lattice work, 84cm diam. A similar tray was offered at Christie’s South Kensington, 9 October 2015, lot 408. For further discussion on Ottoman Hungarian metalwork, please see Geza Feher, Craftsmanship in Turkish-Ruled Hungary, Corvina, 1975. £500-700
125 A CAUCASIAN SILVER DAGGER Possibly Georgia, 19th century The double-edged steel blade of typical form, the forte with protruding conical elements, the handle and wooden sheath covered in silver with niello decoration consisting of cusped cartouches containing lush vegetal tendrils, in the back the Ottoman symbol of the crescent moon and star, approximately 36cm including the sheath. £800-1,200 36
126 TWO OTTOMAN POCKET DAGGERS Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Comprising a hardstone-hilted pocket dagger with single-edged steel blade, the silver sheath incised with floral motifs and lattice work, 17cm long; and a pocket dagger with parcel-gilt silver handle with doubleedged steel blade with medial ridge, the sheath decorated with silver rosette-shaped filigree work and two chain strings with carnelian beads, 15.4cm long. £500-700 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees
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127 A SILVER FRUIT CUTTER KNIFE Ottoman Balkans, 19th century With curved single-edged blade engraved with floral scrollwork and a central stylised rosette with anthropomorphic features, the handle meticulously decorated with silver filigree work, studs, and applied vegetal and figural ornaments, the tip of the handle with a human figure wearing a turban, a serpent on the outer ridge of the handle, the hanging hoop secured at the end of the blade, 13cm long. £200-400
129 λ A CAUCASIAN IVORY TOBACCO BOX Possibly Dagestan, Caucasus, 19th century Of rectangular shape, with hinged lid, the gilt silverinlaid decoration on the lid consisting of stylised lush vegetal tendrils contained within a central oval medallion and four triangular cartouches on the corners, the design reminiscent of Ottoman book binding, 7cm x 11cm. £500-700
128 λ A LARGE-EARED WALRUS IVORY-HILTED YATAGHAN Ottoman Turkey, 19th century The long single-edged blade of typical form, the forte encrusted with tear-drop coral beads and decorated with floral design and fine filigree, the filigree patterns extending to the tang’s ridge, the walrus ivory hilt of typical shape with large curved ears, the silver-inlaid blade signed by Khalil Sahebi Mustafa on one side and decorated with an abstract vegetal motif on the other, 78.5cm long. £800-1,200
130 A TURKMEN GUNPOWDER FLASK Turkmenistan, 19th - 20th century Of elongated bulbous shape, possibly made out of a gourd or local vegetable, decorated with two bands of white metal and copper, encrusted with turquoises and carnelians, 16cm long. £300-500
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131 A LARGE EGYPTIAN CEREMONIAL HANGING Egypt, 20th century Of rectangular shape, the appliqued piece made of red, white, grey and yellow cotton with a red square band applied with a calligraphic greeting framing two concentric hexagonal bands of radiating geometric designs, encapsulating a complex geometric starburst centre, the horizontal white outer borders above and below appliqued with a bolder repeating stellar design, 347cm x 248cm. Inscription: And all the perfection and honour in its splendour and lustrous form. £600-800
133 A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION IN THE SHAPE OF AN EAGLE Possibly Turkey or North Africa, 20th century Of rectangular form, the calligraphic composition carved out from a single piece of wood and shaped as an eagle on a perch, possibly quoting Sura alFath (The Conquest, Victory), Sura 48 in the Qur’an, 48cm the eagle and 78cm with the frame. £500-700 38
132 A PROCESSIONAL BRASS FLAG STICK Ottoman Provinces, possibly Syria, 18th - 19th century Of typical form, with a tall wooden shaft covered in brass sheets and leather, some leather straps still present, the rounded top made of two different brass sheets hammered to shape, the repoussé decoration consisting of floral and calligraphic bands and lattice work, 185cm high. £300-500
134 A WATER FLASK WITH GOLD OVERLAID DECORATION Omdurman, Sudan, early 20th century Of bulbous form, with tall cylindrical neck and pierced lid, three strips of yellow gold overlaid on the neck, rounded handle on the shoulder, resting on a circular beadwork base, 19.3cm high. £250-450
134A AN IRAQI BRASS TRAY Iraq, 20th century Rectangular brass tray with raised rim, engraved figural design in the centre and engraved sub-standard Arabic inscription on the rim, dated 11 Muharram 1338 AH (6 October 1919), 45.5cm x 65.5cm. An interesting counterpart of this tray can be found in a circular brass tray part of the Victoria and Albert Museum collection (M.17-2002). Indeed, both trays are decorated with engravings commemorating specific events in modern Iraqi history. Our tray, like the V&A one, presents an inscription all around the rim, which helps us identifying the locations, the date and the characters involved in the events. On one side, the engravings illustrate the downfall and military repression of a northern province, called Tuwayrij, by the order of the general governor Cornell (Corniel) Wallis; on the other, Iraqi villagers are heading towards Karbala. For the full translation, feel free to contact the department. £400-600 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees
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135 A LARGE SUSANI Nurata, Uzbekistan, late 19th - early 20th century
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136 A SUSANI RUIDJO (BRIDAL BEDSPREAD) Uzbekistan, late 19th - early 20th century The homespun cotton ground in three joined panels chain stitched and basma stitched and couched in coloured silks with prominent dark pink schematised carnations and teal blue stems, the reduced centre with a trellis grid containing disc-like flowers, all the flower heads voided to reveal a delicate petal and core pattern echoing velvet weaving, 203cm x 117cm. ÂŁ400-600
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137 TWO LARGE POLYCHROME-PAINTED POTTERY DISHES Possibly Hungary, 20th century Of circular form, on short splayed foot, the vibrant polychrome-painted decoration consisting of a floral bloom with stylised lotus flowers, rosettes and acanthus leaves, the colours reminiscent of Fischer Budapest porcelain production and the design possibly inspired by large Iznik wares, one signed on the base with ‘No. 1449-5’ in gold and marked ‘479-4 EJB’, the latter signed ‘No. 1449-22’ in gold and marked ‘479-4’, 46cm diam. £400-600 138 A LARGE SAFAVID-STYLE SAMSON POTTERY BOTTLE Samson, France, late 19th century Of pyriform shape, rising from a splayed circular foot to a slightly tapering ringed neck, gently flattened on either side, painted in blue on white ground, the decoration on the body consisting of a qilin-stylised lion attacking a deer amidst profuse floral motifs and further animals, such as deers, cranes and egrets, on the foot hatched lines and circular designs with dropping pendants and similar decoration repeated on the ringed neck, storks and Chinese-shaped clouds motif just below the mouth, 35cm high. The form and style of this bottle are typical of pieces produced by the Samson atelier in the late 19th century. The colour combination is reminiscent of Safavid blue and white ware produced in Iran in the 17th century and the animal decoration is directly inspired by Persian miniature paintings and most specifically, hunting scenes. This bottle embodies the European artists’ fascination for Middle Eastern and Persian artistic traditions and their concurrent reinterpretation and adaptation in the late 19th century Western ceramic production. £600-800 139 A FISCHER J. BUDAPEST POTTERY EWER WITH DRAGON HANDLE Budapest, Hungary, late 19th - early 20th century The drop-shaped pierced body with gold and polychrome painted decoration, rising from a splayed foot, with tapering neck, dragon-shaped handle and bamboo stick spout in pure Oriental menagerie style, marked on the base with underglaze blue, impressed factory marks, 31.2cm high. £200-300 140 A LARGE IZNIK-STYLE POTTERY DISH Marked ‘BFK’, Belgium, late 19th - early 20th century On straight circular foot, the blue, green and red painted decoration on white ground with a floral spray of tulips, carnations and hyacinths rising from a tuft of leaves intersected by a central saz leaf, the sloping rim with alternated blue tulips and red carnations, the exterior with oval and spiralling decoration in blue and green, the base marked ‘BFK 24 E’, 49.8cm diam. £800-1,200
141 AN IZNIK-STYLE POTTERY BASIN Ulisse Cantagalli, Florence, Italy, late 19th century The vase with bulbous body and straight rim, the painted decoration consisting of three main registers of dotted tulip sprays rising from green cintamanis, on blue field, the base with maker’s mark, 23.5cm diam. Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 21 October 2016, lot 212. In the 19th century, collecting Islamic works of art became a major trend across Europe, which possibly led several European craftsmen to draw inspiration from the captivating shapes of Islamic artworks and produce their own interpretation of them. This trend is particularly evident in the field of ceramics and most specifically, Iznik pottery was one of the favourite models frequently ‘reinvented’ by makers such as Samson, Theodore Deck and Cantagalli. As a perfect example, this basin was produced in Florence by the Manifattura Cantagalli, which was founded in 1878 by Ulisse Cantagalli (1839-1901) and his brother Giuseppe. Two Cantagalli bottles with the same iconography of paired tulips on blue ground sold at Christie’s South Kensington, 9 October 2015, lot 448 and 22 April 2016, lot 419. £800-1,200 142 AN IZNIK-STYLE CANTAGALLI POTTERY TANKARD Florence, Italy, late 19th century On plain base, of tall cylindrical form, the blue, green and red decoration on white ground reminiscent of Iznik ceramics, alternated saz leaves and tulips around the body, rosette bands around the rim and on the base, with Ulisse Cantagalli’s rooster mark under the base, 25.2cm high. £600-800 143 AN HISPANO-MORESQUE CANTAGALLI POTTERY VASE Florence, Italy, late 19th century The bulbous body rising from a splayed foot to a tapering cylindrical neck, with a slightly everted rim and two wide handles with ridged flanks, the decoration divided in concentric bands and consisting of copperlustre spiralling vine tendrils and cobalt blue stylised grapes, with Ulisse Cantagalli’s rooster mark on the base, 41.3cm high. £600-800
144 A PAIR OF IZNIK-STYLE POTTERY VASES Possibly France or Belgium, 19th century Each of pyriform shape, rising from a flat circular foot, with a tapering neck and ridged mouth, the polychrome painted decoration consisting of a floral bloom with swaying saz leaves, surrounded by foliate tendrils, blue tulips, and stylised blue and red carnations, on a white ground, each 26.5cm high. £400-600 145 A LARGE OTTOMAN STYLE POTTERY EWER AND ITS BASIN Possibly Gien, France, late 19th century Comprising a pyriform ewer on circular splayed foot, with serpentine spout and handle, decorated with large floral blooms on a ground of elaborate floral scrollwork, 49cm high; and a basin, with squat round body rising from a short straight foot to a wide flat rim, 42cm diam. £800-1,200 146 A PAIR OF FRENCH POTTERY MOSQUE LAMPS France, 20th century Each with an hourglass-shaped body resting on a short circular foot, the flared neck opening into a wide circular mouth, the polychrome painted decoration on the body consisting of roundels of pink and light blue chrysanthemums against a bright orange ground, on the neck with roundels of purple chrysanthemums alternated with pink primroses, the interior painted in light blue, marked on the base ‘E.C. 471’, approximately 29cm high and 21.2cm diam. £400-600 146A TWO ALHAMBRA-STYLE POTTERY WALL HANGINGS Possibly France, late 19th - early 20th century Of cusped, polylobed shape, the white base painted in amber yellow, green, light blue and brown, in the style of Nasrid Spain wall decorations and with a central roundel with the Nasrid motto La Ghaliba Illa Allah (Only God is Victorious) against a ground of stylised split palmette tendrils, 44cm high. £400-600 147 TWO HISPANO-MORESQUE COPPERLUSTRE POTTERY BOWLS Late 19th - early 20th century Each of deep circular shape with slightly everted rim, the decoration consisting of a central stylised floral motif painted in cobalt blue against copper-lustre scrolling foliage and intricate vegetal motifs, the rim of one bowl decorated with pseudo-calligraphy and the other with stylised palmettes, the exterior decorated with tendrils and dots, 38.4cm diam. £300-400
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148 λ THREE OLIVE-WOOD AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID RELIQUARY CROSSES Jerusalem, 18th - 19th century Each of typical shape outlined in ivory, mounted on a triangular base, the fine mother-of-pearl marquetry work both in the front and reverse, the base richly decorated with Christian symbols, such as the monogram ‘IHS’, Jesus’ hands next to the cross and the dove against a floral ground, two presenting the figure of St. Francis, recognisable by his cloak, rope belt and the stigmata on his hands, on top of all three crosses a cartouche inscribed with the initials ‘INRI’ (Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum), the tallest 84.2cm high. £2,000-3,000
150 TWELVE ARMENIAN POTTERY VESSELS Jerusalem, early 20th century Of different sizes and shapes, the earthenware body decorated with lush vegetal and floral motifs, arabesques, geometric motifs and lattice work, the polychrome decoration reminiscent of Ottoman Iznik pottery, the largest dish 25cm diam. and the tallest lamp stand 26cm high. £1,000-1,200
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149 AN OCCASIONAL MOTHER-OF-PEARL-REVETTED TRIPOD TABLE Jerusalem, early 20th century Of typical shape, the wooden support clad in three shades of motherof-pearl, the circular top with a chess board on a long and narrow tripod base, 43cm diam. and 76cm high. £500-700
151 λ A BIBLE AND PORTABLE CRUCIFIX Jerusalem, 20th century Comprising a holy Bible, text in English, 1000 pages plus 8 pages of maps at the end of the book, printed by The British and Foreign Bible Society in 1905, Cambridge University Press, in black leather binding with carved wooden book covers, ‘Jerusalem’ inscribed on the front, 15.5cm x 10.5cm; and a portable crucifix made of mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell, Christ on the cross flanked by mourning Virgin Mary, the cross carved and painted with green and red floral tendrils, 23.2cm x 18.4cm. £200-400
152 λ A CHRISTIAN MOTHER-OF-PEARLREVETTED DIORAMA Jerusalem, 20th century Of squared shape, with eight protruding spiked panels, the wooden carcass entirely clad in engraved and pierced mother-of-pearl panels, the central composition representing the Nativity of Jesus with mother-of-pearl figurines encased within a vine scrolling border, the cusped panel above the central composition with a roundel depicting the Annunciation, glazed and on a stand, approximately 34.8cm x 30.6cm. £400-600
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Arts from Iran and Central Asia
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153 TWO ILLUMINATED OPENING FOLIOS Iran, early 16th century Comprising an illuminated opening folio from the Shahnama, Ferdowsi, Persian manuscript with black ink on paper, in nasta’liq script, the text arranged in four columns within blue, red, and gold ruling, the elaborate heading in gold and polychrome pigments, chapter heading in red ink, folio laid on fresh paper with additional ruling, the lower section of the folio cut-down, 11 lines remaining, in modern brown mount, the folio 20cm x 14cm and 32.5cm x 26.5cm including mount; and an opening bifolio from the Haft Awrang, Jami, the opening of the story of Yousuf and Zulaikha, Persian manuscript on paper, text columns in black nasta’liq script, the illuminated heading elaborately worked predominantly in cobalt blue, polychrome pigments and gold, in modern white mount, the folio 19cm x 23cm and 28cm x 31.3cm including mount. £1,500-2,000
155 A SULTANABAD POTTERY BOWL Iran, possibly 14th century Of deep form with wide everted rim, underglaze painted with spotted deer to well and dove-like birds to the cavetto, on a ground of dense floral ground, lotus panel decoration reminiscent of Chinese celadon on the exterior, 21cm diam. Provenance: UK private collection since 1970s. £600-800 44
154 A TIMURID BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY JUG Iran or Central Asia, 15th century Of globular form, on short circular foot rising to a cylindrical neck with straight rim, on the shoulder a simple loop handle, the body painted in blue against white ground, the decoration consisting of abstract vegetal scrollwork on the body and straight vertical lines on the neck, subtle layer of iridescence on the neck, 12cm high. £2,000-3,000
156 A FINE STEEL SADDLE-AXE (TABARZIN) Iran, 17th - 18th century Of typical form, the steel single-edged blade of curved shape, with square peen and crescentic cutting edge, engraved on both sides with flower-heads, vegetal tendrils, arabesques and calligraphic cartouches with poetry and benedictory wishes, signed by Kajal the Smith, 12cm long. For an enlightening essay on 17th and 18th - century Persian saddleaxes and a thorough discussion on their decorative patterns, please read A. S. Melikian-Chirvani, ‘The Tabarzins of Lotf ’ali’ in Robert Elgood, Islamic Arms and Armour, London Scolar Press, 1979, pp. 116133. £600-800 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees
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157 TWO ILLUSTRATED SAFINA FOLIOS North Western Iran, late 15th century Opaque pigments and gold on paper, black ink, the folios secured on a cardboard base, each illustrating aspects of the poetry in nasta’liq script above and below, each peopled in the background by observers behind a flowery hill against a burnished gold sky, on one folio a saraban leading two camels through a rocky landscape and on the latter a prince leading an elegant dog to a gold water dish held up by an attendant, the versos with elegant poetry relating to the pleasures of gardens and the sufferings of love, the folios 18cm x 9.8cm each and 27.5cm x 35.5cm including mount.
158 A SELECTION OF FOUR IRANIAN RINGS Iran and Central Asia, possibly 15th - 18th century Comprising a gold ring with finely incised band, a thin sheet of gold leaf engraved with calligraphy mounted on claw setting, 1.4cm diam.; a jade seal ring with mirror reverse calligraphic engraving and plain gold band, the extremities of the band with ridged decoration possibly reminiscent of Timurid dragon heads, 1.8cm the bezel; a silver seal ring with incised band terminating in dragon heads, the decoration on the base consisting of lush vegetal tendrils, 1.6cm the bezel.; and a gold rectangular seal ring with circular band decorated with cusped fringes on the exterior, the seal engraved with calligraphy and floral decoration, 2.3cm the bezel. Inscription on gold ring: Oh the One who is the Master of the Pious Ones! Cover the Wickedness of the Wicked Ones Inscription on jade seal ring: Confident in the Absolute King, [God’s] Servant Yar Ahmad Inscription on silver seal ring: Blessing to Mohammad, the Victorious Inscription on gold seal ring: Muhammad Sadr al-Din Khan 1210 (1796 AD) £2,000-3,000
Please note that each painting is offered with its appropriate French Export Certificate for Cultural Goods (no. 155536 and 155537). £2,500-3,000
159 A SAFAVID QUR’AN Iran, 17th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 357ff., each folio with 14ll. of elegant naskh, text panel within gold and blue rules, gold dots between verses, sura headings in gold outlined by gold rules, all folios sprinkled in gold, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination around text in clouds reserved against gold ground and bordered with thin band of gold and polychrome palmettes and vegetal scrolls, following bifolio with gold illuminated margins, colophon with name of scribe Mohammad Reza Mohammad Shafi’ Al Qommi in the year 1077 AH (1666), the date possibly added later, in floral lacquer binding, re-spined, polychrome lacquer doublures with stylised narcissi, the text panel 10.5cm x 5.8cm and the folio 14cm x 8.3cm. £2,400-2,600
160 TWO SAFAVID MINIATURE PAINTINGS Iran, late Safavid period, 18th century Comprising a battle scene from the story of Siavash, extracted from the Shahnama (The Book of Kings) by Ferdowsi, opaque pigments, gold highlights and black ink nasta’liq script on paper, the restored paper arranged in the foreground with verses from the story of Siavash, the middle ground with a row of mounted warriors in armour attending the meeting of the two heroes, and the same two heroes on foot in a hilly landscape, an arrow and a dagger in mid-air flying toward Siavash, who in keeping with his promise of peace does not defend himself against Afrasiyab in the background, mounted, framed and glazed, the folio 20.2cm x 8.5cm and 32cm x 24.3cm including the frame; and Joseph feeding his brothers, Persian prose manuscript in black nasta’liq script on paper, illustrated in opaque pigments with a crowned Joseph eating with Benjamin in a canopied pavilion, the other brothers eating in pairs, attended by servants, in off-white mount, framed and glazed, the folio 21.7cm x 11.5cm and 34.5cm x 23cm including the frame. £800-1,200 45
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161 A SAFAVID QUR’AN Iran, dated 993 AH (1585) Arabic manuscript on paper, 231ff., each folio with 15ll., of black naskh script, sura headings in red ink within gold cartouches, marginal section markers in gold, text block within gold, blue and pale green ruling, shamsa bifolio and opening bifolio with illumination in gold and polychrome pigments, the first bifolio of text within gold clouds, post-Quran-reading prayers text in black nasta’liq, further divination pages in Persian in nasta’liq, library black stamp front and back: moraje’e va taftish shod (returned and inspected), molahezeh shod saneh 1306 (viewed year 1888-89) in blue ink in shekasteh nasta’liq over the stamp, re-bound in diced calf leather, blind ruled, the text panel 19cm x 12.5cm and the folio 27cm x 19cm. £15,000-20,000
162 A QUR’AN Iran, late 17th century, dated 1094 AH (1682) Arabic manuscript on paper, 494ff., plus 5 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll. of black naskh script, text panel within gold, red and blue rules, gold dots between verses, sura headings in white on a gold background outlined by orange rules, the first four folios with sura 17, aya 88, ownership’s commentary, hidden meanings of the Arabic letters, pre-Qur’an readings and prayers, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination encasing text in white naskh outlined in black and reserved against gold ground, flanked by bands of polychrome floral scrolls, colophon with three cusped calligraphic cartouches in white naskh reserved against gold ground and dated 1094 AH (1682 AD), in later lacquered binding with polychrome floral decoration within cusped medallion and calligraphic border possibly of the late Zand or early Qajar period, the spine possibly restored in the 20th century and some folios showing transferred printed marks of newspapers in black ink, possibly caused by direct contact with printed documents during re-spining process, the text panel 10cm x 5cm and the folio 13cm x 8.5cm. £2,500-3,000
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163 TWO LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ BOXES Zand or early Qajar Iran, 18th century Of rectangular shape, the black exterior elaborately worked with monochrome ochre with scrolling vegetal forms, the lids bordered with Persian poetry in naskh script, the inscribed lobed medallions edged in white, one inscribed in Persian ‘farmayesh Tabatabaie amal aghall-as-sadat Ali Naghi Isfahani’, commissioned by Tabatabaie, the work of the least of sayyads, Ali Naghi Isfahani, the base with more austere decoration within double borders, 10.5cm deep, 16.5cm wide, 7.5cm high. £800-1,200
164 A SAFAVID TINNED COPPER BOWL Iran, 17th century Of compressed bulbous shape with flared neck and everted rim, the body engraved with calligraphic cartouches against a cross-hatched ground and geometric design on the neck, with dense floral and vegetal motifs in the centre, and with further abstract lattice work on the bottom, 17cm diam. and 14.5cm high. £600-800
165 A LARGE SAFAVID TINNED COPPER BOWL Iran, 18th century Of hemispherical form with everted sloping rim, standing on a splayed foot, the engraved decoration consisting of a frieze of cusped floral medallions and arabesques around the body and a calligraphic band of fine continuous nasta’liq script below the rim, the inscription invoking the names of the 12 Imams of Shi’ah belief and of Fatima, the Prophet’s daughter, 26cm diam. £600-800
166 A LATE SAFAVID DOOR KNOCKER Iran, 18th century The knob of drop-shaped form, with linear decoration on the front side, the area around the nail decorated with cusped figures, possibly reminiscent of the typical Central Asian dragon heads motif, the finial designed in the shape of an arabesque, 19cm long. £1,000-1,200
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167 A QAJAR QUR’AN Iran, early 19th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 355ff., plus three fly-leaves, 12ll. of black naskh to the page, with Persian interlinear translation in red nasta’liq, within double black rules, gold roundel verse markers, sura headings in red thuluth, text within silver and polychrome rules, marginal markers, illuminated opening bifolio preceded by index page and double shamsa page, in polychrome laquer binding with typical gul-o-bulbul (rose and nightingale) motif, ownership note dated 1251 AH (1835), the text panel 21.3cm x 13.4cm and the folio 29.5cm x 20cm. £4,000-6,000
168 A QAJAR QUR’AN Iran, 19th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 242ff., plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 16ll. of neat black naskh occasionally in clouds reserved against gold ground, illuminated panels left blank for sura headings, marginal medallions marking various points in the text, occasional marginal notes in small nasta’liq, opening bifolio with gold and polychrome illumination framing 6ll. of text, in contemporaneous lacquer binding with arabesque design, the text panel 13.4cm x 6.7cm and the folio 18.6cm x 12.3cm. £4,000-6,000 48
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169 A LARGE QUR’AN IN FINE LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ BINDING Qajar Iran, dated 1285 AH (1868) Arabic manuscript on beige paper, 345ff., each folio with 12ll., in naskh calligraphy, in black ink within blue horizontal ruling, with gold, red, and blue text border, the opening bifolio grandly illuminated in cobalt blue and gold within a red border, the following bifolio with burnished gold around the text, marginal section markers in gold and blue floral medallions, sura headings in red ink on gold within illuminated cartouches, catchwords, opening illuminated shamsa, possibly later addition, re-spined binding of an identical pair of fine lacquer panels, with irises, lilies and primulas on a gilt ground within a calligraphic border, the inner sides with scrolling gold flowers against a Chinese-red ground around a central black medallion with Chinese cloud-bands, the text panel 22cm x 14.7cm and the folio 34.5cm x 21cm. £8,000-10,000
170 A QUR’AN Qajar Iran, 19th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 382ff., plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 12ll. of strong black naskh in clouds reserved against gold ground, red Persian interlinear translation in nasta’liq on the first four folios, text panels within gold, black and blue rules, catchwords, marginal hizb, nisf juz’ and juz’ markers in illuminated cartouches of various forms, sura headings in gold naskh on red, blue or green ground and within gold and polychrome illuminated panels, opening bifolio with elegant gold and polychrome illumination framing 6ll. of text in clouds reserved against gold ground, in restored lacquer binding with modern spine and polychrome floral scrolls within minor floral borders, the doublures with painted floral designs in gold on red ground, the text panel 18.5cm x 10.2cm and the folio 27cm x 17.2cm. £13,000-15,000 49
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171 A QAJAR ALBUM OF SHAHNAMA FOLIOS Iran, late 19th century Persian manuscript, in black ink, nasta’liq script on white paper, 22ff., each folio with an average of 15ll., text arranged in four columns, each folio with a miniature scene vividly and literally illustrating the text of heroic deeds of Rustam, Garshasb, and others against Divs and the masked man Nighabdar, within red rulings and blue borders, concertina-bound on board, bound in dark calf leather, with minimal blind-ruling, printed end papers dating from the 20th Century, the text panel 25cm x 16cm and the folio 32cm x 20cm. £2,000-3,000
172 A QAJAR MURAQQA’ MANUSCRIPT OF IMAM ‘ALI’S MORNING PRAYERS Iran, dated 1289 AH (1872-73) and signed Zein ul Abedin al Sharif Shirazi Arabic manuscript on paper, mounted on board in concertina format, in naskh calligraphy, 14ff., 7ll., comprising seven bifolios, each pair in a different arrangement of colours respectively in black, white, gold, red, gold, white, black, chapter heading within illuminated cartouches in cobalt blue, turquoise, red and gold, text markers of gold rosettes and cypress butis, the text within gold and coloured rulings, bound in blind-ruled brown calf, the text panel 19cm x 13.3cm and the folio 28cm x 20cm. According to the introductory folio, the manuscript was made for the prime minister of Iran, Mirza Hossein Khan Moshir ul Dowleh, in charge from 12/12/1871 to 9/1873. £300-500
173 A QAJAR BULL-HEADED MACE Iran, 19th century Of typical shape, with tall long brass shaft incised with rosettes grouped in diamond-grid pattern, the mace in the shape of a bull’s head, naturalistically rendered, incised with vegetal scrolls and lattice works, approximately 75cm high. £800-1,200
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174 TWO CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITIONS Qajar Iran and India, late 19th - early 20th century Comprising a Persian calligraphic panel, signed by Abdol Ali Mousavi, commissioned by Ali Akbar Shabdari, nasta’liq script in black ink on glazed paper, laid on cardboard, in large pen with the names of the panj tan: Allah, Mohammad, ‘Ali, Fatima, Hassan, and Hossein, and quotes and prayers relative to each in small pen, the folio decorated with gold circles, in black mount, the folio 23cm x 28cm and 39cm x 44cm including mount; and an Indian calligraphic panel, signed by Raja Mirza Hishmat Ali Afsar, dated 1325 AH (1907-8 AD), chalipa diagonal format quatrain, Persian manuscript in black ink on lightly-marbled paper, in nasta’liq script, edged with red paper, mounted, framed, and glazed, the text panel 18.5cm x 11.8cm and 28.5cm x 21.5cm including frame. £500-700
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175 A STEEL SHIELD WITH ENCRUSTED BOSSES Qajar Iran, 19th century Of circular shape with reinforced edge, incised with vegetal patterns, scrolling design and calligraphic cartouches, the four bosses in the centre still showing some sign of encrustation with turquoises, 43.5cm diam. £400-600
176 THREE SAFAVID STEEL FLINT STRIKERS Iran, 17th century Comprising two of curved form with stylised dragon head terminals and incised with dotted and hatched motifs, the third of curved form plain with arched side terminating in a stylised pierced palmette, the longest 22.8cm. £800-1,000
177 A QAJAR SILVER-INLAID DAGGER Iran, mid-19th century The watered-steel double-edged tapering blade curving upward and with central ridge, the ricasso incised with a lion attacking a bull on both sides, the hilt and original scabbard with traces of silver inlay and incised decoration consisting of animals, human figures, one in particular wearing a crown, and vegetal tendrils within cusped medallions, 38.8cm including the scabbard. £800-1,200 178 No Lot 179 A LATE QAJAR GOLDDAMASCENED ARMGUARD (BAZUBAND) Iran, 19th century Of typical form, engraved with floral and animal decoration, with golddamascened scrolls and tendrils, original clasps and three leather straps, 34cm. £200-400
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180 λ A SILVER-INLAID FLINTLOCK PISTOL Qajar Iran, 19th century With belled iron barrel, profusely inlaid with silver foliate scrolls, encrusted with ivory buttons and rosettes, walnut full stock, the butt incised with the Qajar emblem of the rampaging lion holding a sword against a rising sun, 55cm. £1,400-1,600
181 TWELVE STEEL FLINT STRIKERS Iran and India, 18th century Comprising ten of curved form with stylised bird or dragon head terminals, one of oval form with curled terminals, one with arched sides terminating in trefoil motifs, the largest 16.5cm long. £1,200-1,400
182 A QAJAR MOULDED POTTERY TILE Iran, 19th century Of rectangular format, encased in an iron frame, with polychrome painted figural decoration of a horse-riding lady, flowers and grass tufts in the background, 21.2cm x 16.8cm. Provenance: UK private collection since early 1990s. £300-500
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183 A LARGE TINNED COPPER BOWL Qajar Iran, 19th century, dated 1246 AH (1830) Of round form, on a small raised foot, with a thin everted rim, decoration divided in three panels, the top with calligraphic inscriptions with the names of the twelve Imams of Shi’a belief against a scrolling floral motif, the centre with a large foliated scrolling band with split palmettes and stylised flowers, the bottom with a register of cusped round medallions with arabesques and flowers in the centre, 30.5cm diam. £600-800
185 TWO QAJAR POTTERY VASES Iran, late 19th century Comprising a black painted turquoiseglazed vase, with circular slightly everted rim, the decoration consisting of a central band with floral tendrils and fishes separated by hatched motifs, abstract palmettes and a zizag panel decorating the neck area, 28.3cm high; and a blue and black painted transparent-glazed pot, with straight circular rim, the decoration consisting of a central band with a landscape scene, a rider and horse, birds and blooming flowers, cobalt-blue dotted design ornating the rim, 12.8cm high. £200-400
184 A QAJAR MONUMENTAL BLUE AND WHITE BASIN Qajar Iran,19th century Of large hemispherical shape, on short circular foot, the painted blue and black decoration consisting of a central animal scene with an ox attacked by a smaller quadruped with clawed paws and spiny tail against a foliate ground, the cavetto with bunches of three rosettes each rising from a grass tuft divided by stylised columns, the rim with blue oval cartouches against a scrolling ground, the exterior with same decoration of cavetto, 37.5cm diam. £600-800
186 A MONUMENTAL QAJAR SILVER- AND GOLD-INLAID TRAY Iran, 19th century Of typical circular form, with everted sloping rim, the engraved silver and gold-inlaid decoration divided in multiple bands and polylobed medallions and consisting of undeciphered calligraphy and vibrant animal and figural decoration, the back decorated with concentric bands of red pseudo-calligraphy, 82.8cm diam. The figural decoration engraved on this tray deserves particular attention. The four cartouches surrounding the central polylobed medallion present confronting rulers: one of the rulers holds a gold-inlaid shaft and another one holds a gold-inlaid apple or pomegranate, symbol of physical power and regeneration. The cartouches immediately below the central roundel depict animated hunting scenes alternated with winged creatures with musical instruments. The third band presents animal and vegetal decoration, whilst the fourth depicts courtly banquet scenes with dancers and acrobats, an erotic scene and lastly, episodes from Leyla o Majnun and Khosrow o Shirin, the two great romantic epics of Nizami’s Khamsa. The monumental size, the ornate precious metal inlay and the dynamic, eccentric decoration suggest a high-rank, or even royal, commission. £600-800 53
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187 A POLYCHROME KUBACHI POTTERY DISH Iran, circa 17th century Of circular shape, with flat everted rim and short circular foot, the white ground painted in blue, green, red, brown and ochre with a central blooming tree surrounded by vibrant floral sprays, the rim with x-shaped pattern on blue ground, 34cm diam. £500-700
188 A BLACK AND TURQUOISE-GLAZED KUBACHI POTTERY DISH Possibly Tabriz, Iran, circa 1600 Of circular form with sloping rim, on short circular foot, the decoration with roundels of stylised floral motifs and central arabesque within seven-pointed star, the exterior with lines and jagged designs, 25cm diam. £600-800
190 THIRTY HARDSTONE SEALS, INTAGLIOS AND TALISMANIC PENDANTS (TA’VIZ) Iran, 19th century and earlier Comprising 20 carnelian seals and ta’viz, 2 rock crystal ta’viz and 8 coloured hardstone seals and ta’viz, all of different shapes and in various shades and types, all engraved, mostly with religious invocations and auspicious blessings, the largest 5.5cm x 7.5cm. £3,000-4,000
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189 A TURQUOISE-ENCRUSTED CHAIDAN (TEA BOX) Iran, late 19th - early 20th century Of cylindrical shape, on circular foot, the turquoise-encrusted etched black-stained hardstone body decorated in two rows, the upper with repeating flowers, and the lower with a continuous scroll, red glass accents throughout, the handles with feline heads, the eyes set with red cut glass, with matching lid, 9cm diam. and 14cm high. £800-1,000
191 A MINIATURE QUR’AN Qajar Iran, 19th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 105 ff., plus 2 fly-leaves, between 40ll. and 46ll. to the page written in minute ghubari script in gold ink, sura headings in black ink against gold rectangular panels, final page with postqur’anic reading do’a, the illuminated opening bifolio comprising intertwining gold split-palmettes tendrils against a cobalt blue background, white dots and bright red oval decorations, in brown morocco binding with a complex hand-painted gold interlace of scrolling arabesques, encased in an octagonal talismanic silver case, possibly used as bazuband, with incised floral decoration and calligraphy, 4.7cm x 4.7cm. £1,500-2,000
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192 FORTY-EIGHT HARDSTONE SEALS AND INTAGLIOS Ottoman Turkey and Iran, 19th century and earlier Comprising 15 carnelian seals, 8 agate seals, 1 diamond-shaped lapis lazuli intaglio, 24 coloured hardstone seals and intaglios, all of different shapes and in various shades and types, all engraved, mostly with religious invocations and auspicious blessings and two with Ottoman tughras, average 2cm long each. £4,000-6,000
193 A QAJAR CARNELIAN SEAL Iran, 19th century The seal of oval shape, the nasta’liq inscription against a floral ground, the carnelian mounted on an incised base, its shape possibly inspired from the West, attached to a solid gold chain made of hoops and rectangular lozenges with s-shaped design, 51cm long including the chain. £1,200-1,400
194 A QAJAR CARNELIAN SEAL Iran, dated 1844 Of conical shape, the gold mounting ridged and with concentric horizontal bands, the rectangular carnelian intaglio with the inscription ‘Charles James Bayonne(?)’ and the date 1844 on a ground of tendrils and scrollwork, the inscription suggesting a Western commission to an Iranian craftsman, 4.5cm long and 1.3cm the bezel. £500-700
195 TWO QAJAR OPALINE SEALS Iran, dated 19th century Each of conical form, with tapering handle and a rectangular seal format, the calligraphy engraved in mirror reverse, the bezel approximately 2.4cm x 2.8cm. Inscription 1: Oh God! Bestow Blessings upon Muhammad and his Family 1218 (1803 AD) Inscription 2: There is no god but the God, the King, the Truth that makes all things manifest, his servant Baqir 1263 (1846 AD) £1,500-2,000
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196 A QAJAR LACQUER PAPIER MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE WITH TOOL COMPARTMENT Qajar Iran, 19th century Of rectangular form, with hinged flap, the front decorated with an embracing couple in lavish interiors, the back with a couple holding hands, the polychrome painted scenes encased within a border of gold vegetal tendrils, the interior with stylised daffodils rising from a leafy tuft against a black ground, a secret compartment containing tools now empty on the bottom side, the interior of the compartment with gold scrollwork against a red ground, the back decorated with daffodils on red ground, 21cm x 13.7cm. £1,200-1,400
197 TWO QAJAR LACQUER PAPIER MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) Qajar Iran, late 18th - 19th century With rounded ends and sliding tray, the top and sides painted with horizontal composition of the typical gulo-bulbul motif, naturalistic rendering of flora and fauna, one pen case polychrome painted against black ground and the latter black against gold ground, the internal tray and the underside decorated with gold scrolling vine and floral tendrils against red ground for the first one and black ground the latter, approximately 23.5cm long. £1,200-1,400 198 A QAJAR LACQUER PAPIER MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) Qajar Iran, 19th century With rounded ends and sliding tray, the top and sides painted with horizontal composition of female portraits in roundels alternating with the typical gul-o-bulbul motif, polychrome painted against gold-sprinkled dark ground, the internal tray and the underside decorated with gold tendrils with stylised lotus flowers against red ground, signed Ya Sadiq Alwa’ad, 22cm long. £1,000-1,200 199 A QAJAR LACQUER PAPIER MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) Qajar Iran, 19th century With rounded ends and sliding tray, the top and sides painted with gold vegetal scrolling and stylised lotus flowers against black ground, the internal tray and the underside decorated with similar design, 23cm long. £600-800
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200 A QAJAR LACQUER PAPIER MÂCHÉ MIRROR CASE Qajar Iran, 19th century Of rectangular form, with hinged flap, the front and back decorated with a polychrome gul-o-bulbul motif against gold-sprinkled dark ground, naturalistic rendering of flora and fauna, two borders of gold floral and vegetal tendrils, the interior with ‘Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad and the first Imam in Shi’a Islam, depicted seated on a terrace, with a halo and holding his sword Zulfiqar (split-bladed sword), 24.2cm x 15.6cm. £800-1,200
201 TWO QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ BOOK COVERS Iran, 19th century Comprising a Christian scene of The Annunciation, on a rectangular panel of lacquered polychrome papier-mâché, laid on wooden board, with the crowned Virgin enthroned in an interior, a book open on a dias before her with Isiah 7:14 (Ecce Virgo Concipiet et Pariet Filium: The Virgin will give birth to a son), the archangel Gabriel kneeling before her at the threshold, with arms crossed in Persian mark of devotion, God appearing from the cloud outside with a triangle of holy trinity above his head, possibly commissioned for the binding of a bible for the Armenian Church of Urmia, the Byzantine style of the painting suggesting Russian influence, 20cm x 31cm; and the latter panel painted with the meeting of Roxanne and Alexander The Great, on a rectangular panel of lacquered polychrome papier-mâché, mounted on cardboard, the decoration depicting the classic East-meets-West scene of the Soghdian princess of Bactria sporting a nimbus and being presented to the enthroned and helmeted warrior in armour, the story a Qajar-era favourite, 20cm x 31cm. £2,500-3,000 57
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202 TWO KALAMKARI TEXTILES Iran, 19th century Comprising a kalamkari prayer mat, possibly Isfahan, of glazed white cotton, printed and painted in indigo, blue, madder, pink, and yellow with a prayer niche within an architectural gateway, the central niche in-filled with delicate floral butis, topped with the phrase from the daily prayer ‘sobhan e rabbi a’la wa be hamdeh’ above, the outer register of decoration with alam palmettes, the lower edge with a red and white chevron band above a cartouche printed with the name of Haji Ahmad’s workshop ‘nemooneh ghalamkar az karkhane haji Ahmad abu Ta… A’la’, lined with contemporaneous, probably Russian red and white floral printed cotton, original edging in the round with bias-cut blue satin, 120cm x 85cm; and a kalamkari hanging of fine cotton, possibly India for the Persian market, printed and painted in pastel hues in the style of a palampore with a tall and stylised cypress tree stemming from a hillocky ground symmetrically populated by peacocks and fierce tigers hunting terrified prey, the composition framed by an arch and flanked by registers of chevron bands, the top stamped with three blocks of the same letters and numbers in Persian forming a chart: F, 6,3,6,1,0, 190cm x 110cm. £200-400
203 A CARVED WOOD SPOON (QASHUQ) Possibly Abadeh, Iran, late 19th century Of typical form with boat-shaped bowl and elongated pointed handle, the ending of the handle reminiscent of Russian kovsh vessels, the decoration consisting of floral tendrils, rosettes and calligraphic inscriptions praising the worth of the spoon on rectangular and cusped medallions on the exterior, the interior completely smooth, 24.5cm long. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has a selection of spoons similar to our example, some more lavishly carved and with pierced decoration. Reporting on the Museum’s Iranian holdings to date in May 1873, Major R. Murdoch Smith assessed the collection of spoons and suggested they came from the Iranian town of Abadeh (between Isfahan and Shiraz). This was the main centre of Persian wood carving during the period of 1800-1900. This town was famous for its elaborately carved spoons (qashuq) and small boxes, all made of either pear or lime wood, and carved with a common pocket-knife. £200-300
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204 λ A SAZ OUD WITH IVORY AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAY Possibly Bukhara, 19th - 20th century Of typical shape, with long neck, inlaid with ivory, bone, mother-of-pearl and coloured wood, the machine heads on the full length of the neck and shaped as rosettes, the body with a pyriform ivory-inlaid sounding board, its back painted in white, green, red, yellow and pink, the decoration consisting of vegetal tendrils, arabesques and stylised floral motifs, 121cm long. £300-500
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205 JALAL AL-DIN RUMI (D.1273 AD) MATHNAWI-I MA’NAWI Possibly Mughal India, 17th century Poetry, Persian manuscript on paper, 270ff., books 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 each folio with 25ll., book 2 with 23ll., with two end pages, in black kitabat nasta’liq arranged in four columns (the last two pages of book 4 arranged in two columns), with red inter-columnar rules and blue text panel outlines, headings in red nasta’liq, illuminated headpieces for each of the six books in gold and polychromes, heavily annotated in the margins, in restored blind-tooled leather binding, the text panel 20.5cm x 12cm and the folio 26.5cm x 17.5cm. The notes on the front page indicate the purchase of this book by Prince Sultan Muhammad Murad Bakhsh (1624-1661), youngest son of Emperor Shah Jahan and Empress Mumtaz Mahal, Subedar of Balkh until 1647, in Ahmedabad in 1646 for the sum of 70 Rupees. There is also a library stamp in Persian nasta’liq which read ‘muraje’eh va taftish shod’. Overlaid in hand in blue ink: molahezeh shod Saneh 1306 (1888 AD). The extensive property information one finds on this book leads to speculate the book must have been kept in high regards by its previous owners and considered a precious belonging. £8,000-10,000
207 ATHLETES EXERCISING Possibly Mewar, Northern India, late 18th century Opaque pigments on paper with gold highlights, depicting three lungi-clad athletes in a pyramidal composition exercising, their clothing scattered into bundles, within typical red outer border, mounted, framed, and glazed, the folio 16.5cm x 12.7cm and 27cm x 22cm including frame. £400-600
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206 AN INDIAN QUR’AN Northern India, dated 21 Ramadhan 1152 AH (1739) Arabic manuscript on paper, in black naskh script, 432ff., plus five flyleaves, each folio with 13ll., all text panels sprinkled with gold, the text within gold and black ruling, outer ruling in black, text accents in red, aya markings in gold circles, marginal markings with the letter ‘ayn’ in floral gilded eight-pointed stars, catchwords, sura headings in white ink against gold cartouches, the opening bifolio elegantly illuminated, eight bifolios with sumptuous border illumination in gold, blue and red, the texts within clouds against burnished gold, some biro notes on the fly-leaves and other folios, in 19th century binding, re-bound and re-spined, the leather delicately painted with scrolling patterns in gold and polychromes, the doublures with floral bundles in the Kashmiri style, the text panel 13.5cm x 7cm and the folio 18.5cm x 10.5cm. £3,000-5,000
208 LADIES IN CONVERSATION IN THE ZENANA Provincial School, Mughal India, late 18th century Opaque pigments on paper, the scene depicts elegant ladies seated on cushions, on a canopied balcony, being brought rose petals by an attendant, to be placed on the burning charcoals in the brazier between them, t he group observed by an older attendant, in modern mount, edged with brocaded silk, backed with brocaded puce silk, the folio 19.5cm x 12.5cm and 34cm x 26.5cm including mount. £800-1,200 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees
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209 EMPEROR AURANGZEB GOES HUNTING Possibly Deccan or North India, 19th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the dark blue and red borders decorated with fine vegetal and floral motifs in gold ink, the scene described by a calligraphic line on the horizon above the main figural composition, 36.8cm x 26.5cm the folio excluding the cardboard frame. Inscription: Alamgir Badshah seekarkun jaate hue, the Emperor Alamgir (Aurangzeb) goes hunting The painting presents a note dated 1953 on the back, which states that an expert of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, carried out research on this painting and concluded that it is a later version of a well-known 17th-century composition, possibly made in Jaipur and dated approximately to 1800. £2,000-2,500
211 A LADY BATHING ON A TERRACE Mughal India, late 18th - early 19th century Tinted drawing heightened with gold on paper, court lady standing in the centre of the composition and attendant offering her a tray with cosmetics, blue, red and gold borders framing the composition, 27cm x 16cm. £200-400
210 TWO DEER IN COMBAT Mughal India, late 17th - early 18th century Grisaille miniature on paper, ink and white wash, in gold ruling, page numbered 41 and marked ‘pen of Hunhar’, mounted in ecru raw silk, framed and glazed, the painting 20.5cm x 15.5cm and 42cm x 35cm including frame. £1,200-1,500
212 VISHNU AS MATSYA SLAYING THE DEMON ANJANA Provincial School, Northern India, 18th - 19th century Opaque pigments on paper, painted with the god Vishnu defeating the asura (demon) Anjana, hidden in a conch shell, and recovering the vedic knowledge, emerging from water against a wooded landscape, holding his attributes such as the conch shell, the golden disc, the mace, and the lotus, shallowmounted in green silk and glazed, 28cm x 21.5cm including mount and frame. £400-600
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213 FIVE COMPANY SCHOOL PAINTINGS Possibly Delhi, North India, mid-late 19th century Opaque pigments on cream white paper, depicting lush green and red floral decorations and vegetal tendrils, reminiscent of the preparatory drawings and models for pietra dura inlay, of different rectangular sizes, the largest 18.5cm x 14cm without the frame; 34cm x 29cm including the frame. £1,000-1,200
215 A LACQUERED WOOD PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) Possibly Kashmir, Northern India, late 18th century Of elongated polygonal casket-like form, the lid with three iron hinges, the interior with three levels of rectangular compartments, the polychrome painted decoration consisting of several panels of floral bloom filled in with rose sprays, tulips, hyacinths, stylised daisies and carnations and birds on the exterior and of cusped floral medallions and vegetal tendrils on the interior, 30.5cm x 7.5cm. £800-1,000
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214 A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL South Asia, possibly Pakistan, 20th century, signed Mir ‘Ali Sura 1 (Al Fatiha), Arabic manuscript on brown paper, in nasta’liq script in black ink, the text infilled with filigree scrolls in gold ink within a cloud frame, the painted gold ground with scrolling foliage and blue and ochre flowerheads, framed between two sheets of glass, verso stamped ‘Faqir collection 9’, the folio 35cm x 21.5cm and 38cm x 29cm including frame. £500-700
216 A GEM-SET JADE PENDANT North India, late 19th century Cusped, the kundan gold-inlaid decoration with a bird perched in a floral spray set with turquoise, ruby and foiled gems, 3.7cm x 2.9cm. £400-600
217 A MUGHAL JADE FLY-WHISK FINIAL North India, 19th century Of conical shape with wide circular rim, the screw connected to the handle still present, the jade surface encrusted with rubies set with kundan technique and shaped as floral bunches, 3.5cm high. £300-500
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218 A POLYCHROME PIETRA DURA-INLAID ALABASTER JUG North India, 19th century Of typical globular shape, the gadrooned body resting on a circular feet, with flared neck, everted rim and curved spout, the hardstone inlay presenting polychrome floral sprays and tendrils on the whole surface, 13.8cm high. £800-1,200
219 A PIETRA DURA-INLAID ALABASTER HUQQA BASE India, late 19th century Of typical globular shape, on plain base, with flared neck and circular rim, the carved alabaster body inlaid with ten chevron lines of black hardstone, possibly basalt, 21.8cm high. £400-600
220 λ A CARVED AND PIERCED IVORY BOX India, late 19th century Of oval shape, pierced ivory decoration consisting of a delicate floral scrolls on sides and lid, the lid attached with white metal hinges, 7.8cm x 11cm. £300-400
221 λ A MUGHAL IVORY BOX India, late 18th - early 19th century Of rectangular shape, with brass hinges, with four raised foot, scrolling and floral pattern carved on all four side panel and on the lid, the interior is smooth, 5.7cm x 22.3cm. £1,000-1,500
222 λ A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF SINHALESE IVORY CARVINGS Sri Lanka, 18th - 19th century Comprising a squared comb handle, with traditionally dressed lady in frontal squatting position, the frame with chequered pattern, 8.6cm x 8.2cm; an ear wax remover in the shape of a female attendant, 8.1cm high; a lion, 8.2cm high; a round bottle, 6.5cm long; and a curved panel with floral sprays and vegetal tendrils emerging from a kirtimukha, the monster face in the centre of the composition, 40.7cm long. £300-500 63
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223 λ AN INDIAN PORTRAIT MINIATURE Company School, Delhi, North India, late 19th century Opaque pigments on oval ivory medallion, portraying an aged man with long white beard, wearing rosary beads around his neck and holding one in his hand, dressed in green a favourite colour for Muslims, his name Faqir Noor al-Din, Light of the World, written in sepia ink on the back, mounted, framed and glazed, 7.5cm high excluding hanging hoop. £180-200
225 λ FOUR IVORY PAPER KNIVES India and Burma, 19th - 20th century Comprising an Indian paper knife with round blade, the handle decorated with a floriated capital supporting an elephant; an Indian paper knife with spike blade, the handle decorated with a foliated capital with a large flower in the centre and supporting an elephant being attacked by a lion; an Indian paper knife with spike blade with lattice work, the handle decorated with a floriated capital supporting an elephant; and a Burmese paper knife with spike blade with lattice work, the handle decorated with Burmese figures dressed in traditional outfits, standing on a plain pedestal, the longest 48cm. £1,500-2,000 64
226 λ AN IVORY FLY WHISK India, 19th century Of typical shape, the ivory handle worked and incised with linear motifs, 56cm long. £200-400
224 λ FOUR INDIAN PORTRAIT MINIATURES Company School, Delhi, North India, late 19th - early 20th century Opaque pigments on oval ivory medallions, portraying members of Indian nobility such as Nur Jahan, Emperor Akbar, Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, and Maharaja Pratap Singh of Orchha, their names written in pencil on the back, mounted, framed and glazed, 6cm high excluding hanging hoop. £600-800
227 λ AN IVORY WALKING STICK India, late 19th century Of typical shape, the ivory stick worked to imitate tree bark, with celluloid curved handle, 88cm high. £300-500
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228 A PAIR OF REPOUSSÉ PARCEL-GILT SILVER DOOR FRAGMENTS Possibly Lucknow, North India, 18th - 19th century Comprising two parcel-gilt silver door fragments, the repoussé decoration consisting of a fish with curved body and raised tail in the centre and lush floral sprays in the background, mounted on dark blue felt panels, approximately 46cm x 26cm each. The decorative motif of the fish seems to have been particularly prominent in the arts and architecture of Lucknow and of the Awadh region during the nawabs’ rule. Scholars are inclined to believe that the nawabi fish emblem derives from the Mughal insignia of exalted rank known as mahi-ye maratib (Fish of Dignity). This title was conferred to the first nawab Saadat Khan by the Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah in 1720. From the first quarter of the 19th century onward, the fish emblem had become so ingrained in Lucknow’s artistic vocabulary to appear on nawabi palatial architecture, decorative arts and even on the dynastic coat of arms. For further details on nawabi Lucknow and the fish emblem, please see S. Markel, “‘This Blaze of Wealth and Magnificence’: The Luxury Arts of Lucknow”, in S. Markel and T. B. Gude, India’s Fabled City: The Art of Courtly Lucknow, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), 2010, pp. 212-219. £600-800
229 AN INDIAN SILVER FILIGREE INCENSE CONTAINER Karimnagar, Deccan, India, late 19th - early 20th century Designed as a peacock with his tail wide open, standing on a circular pedestal in the centre of a finely decorated dish with floralcollar rim, the wings and head movable, a chain attached to the beak, the filigree decoration consisting of several intricate scrolls and whirling designs, 17.1cm high. £600-800
230 A GOLD-DAMASCENED (KOFTGARI) FOOTED BOX India, 19th century Of rectangular form, on four ridged feet, with raised lid and everted rim, the sides and lid decorated with gilt floriated and foliated scrolls, the top of the lid presenting a movable duck decorated with the same golddamascened scroll design, the interior with green velvet lining possibly added later, 15 x 14cm. £400-600
231 A SILVER HORSE North India, late 19th century Realistically designed as a horse, made of silver sheets worked on a wooden model and then soldered together, 30cm x 27.3cm. £300-500
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232 A PAIR OF LARGE CALLIGRAPHIC WOOD DOORS AND FRAME North India, 18th century Of rectangular shape, the doors each with appliqué studs and divided into thirty-six square panels, the upper twenty-seven filled with calligraphy repeating the name of Allah and the Prophet Muhammad, the remaining nine at foot’s height each with a floral medallion, the frame also carved with a line of calligraphy repeating the second sura of the Qur’an, sura albaqara, ayah 197, interrupted by boteh (paisley) motifs, with inner border of chequered motif and traces of greenish brown paint overall the exterior surface, 230cm x 150cm. Provenance: Sotheby’s, London, 27 April 1995, lot 323. £2,000-3,000
233 A RECTANGULAR BRASS CASKET Possibly Deccan, Central India, 18th century Of rectangular shape raised on four short plain feet, with coffered lid surmounted by a copper-alloy handle, the lock plates of the same material and consistent in style, incised with geometrical and scrolling motifs on a hatched ground, 17cm x 17cm. A similar brass casket with taller feet and less abstract decoration is illustrated in M. Zebrowski’s publication Gold, Silver and Bronze from Mughal India, Alexandria Press, 1997, p. 284, fig. 481. £500-700
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234 AN INDIAN SILVER WINE OR SPIRIT FLASK (CHUSKI) AND SILVER FILIGREE DISH India, 19th century Comprising a silver chuski of typical bulbous shape, on a gently splayed foot, with a thin flared neck surmounted by a domed lid with spike finial, the handle designed as a vegetal tendril, the curved, s-shaped spout with chain attached to a screw stopper, gadrooned base and punched decorative motifs, 15.5cm high; and a silver filigree dish, of typical shape, on circular foot, with rising ridged borders, the decoration consisting of fine spiralling tendrils and an infinite knot in the centre, 14.5cm diam. £200-400
235 A GOLD-DAMASCENED (KOFTGARI) RECTANGULAR BOX India, 19th century Of rectangular form, the lid hinged onto the body, the decoration consisting of gilt floral and foliated scrolls within cusped cartouches on the sides and within a rectangular frame on the lid, the base with a cross-hatched starlike motif, 10.5cm x 18.2cm. £400-600
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236 λ A NORTH INDIAN IVORY AND BONE INLAID CHEST OF DRAWERS Hoshiarpur, India, early 20th century Of tall squared shape, resting on four bulbous feet, with six rectangular and two squared drawers, three main sides and top panel finely inlaid with ivory and bone, the decoration consisting of intricate vegetal scrolls and floral tendrils within cusped and flowershaped medallions,134cm x 60cm. £600-800
238 A BRASS MORTAR AND PESTLE Northern India, 18th century The mortar of bulbous form with slightly everted rim, on a small circular straight foot, with triangular pattern running around the cast body, 8cm diam. and 8.5cm high; the pestle of typical form, with round pommel and conical ending, 18.5cm long. £300-500
237 A CHILD’S WAISTCOAT AND A HANGING OF BLACK SATIN SILK Iran and India, 18th century and 20th century respectively Comprising a child’s waistcoat, 18th - century Iran, brocaded pale green satin silk, woven in golden threads wound around a red silk core with a repeating hunting scene of a rider holding aloft a sabre, an elephant rider, lion, peacock, rabbit, and gazelle, among scrolling foliage, with front-opening, two small front pockets, edged in yellow satin silk bias tape, lined with white cotton, the piece framed within two sheets of glass, 49cm x 46cm including frame; and a black satin silk hanging, 20th - century India, laid on red silk gauze, elaborately worked in metallic threads and coloured floss silks and gold spangles forming an arch containing birds and flowers above a moustachioed tiger hunting a gazelle, the black field flecked with gold spangles, a bird in flight below the point of the arch, 198cm x 130cm. £150-250
239 A KASHMIRI COLLAPSIBLE OCCASIONAL TABLE Kashmir, North India, 19th - 20th century Of octagonal form, the wooden support clad in papier-mâché, painted in the traditional hazar floral pattern in circular bands, the hinged folding legs in arched form, 50cm diam. and 53cm high. £500-800
240 A BRASS LOTUS-SHAPED VASE India, 19th century Of bulbous shape, on a circular splayed foot, with a tall flared neck and wide everted rim, the body and neck worked in the fashion of lotus petals, 26cm high. £600-800
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241 λ AN INDIAN IVORY GAMING BOARD Vizagapatam, India, 19th century Composed of two rectangular sections hinged together, the top panel inlaid with an ivory chess board within a scrolling foliate border, the interior with a backgammon board with alternating ivory and ebony inlay, the borders incised with continuous foliate tendril, full set of red and white chess and backgammon pieces, 46.6cm x 45.6cm. £1,000-1,200
242 A PARCEL-GILT SILVER TIARA India, 19th century Of typical circular form, the repoussé decoration consisting of a central floral and vegetal bloom highly stylised and flanked by two peacocks, 18cm diam. £1,200-1,400
243 A BRASS MUGHAL TRAY Northern India, 18th century Of circular form with everted rim, decorated with concentric bands of incised floral and vegetal motifs, 33.5cm diam. £400-600
244 λ THIRTY INDIAN IVORY GAMING PIECES North India, 18th - 19th century All of different shapes and sizes, depicting a grand variety of figures from different Indian casts and professions, most figurines polychrome and gold painted, fresco of the Indian society and its traditions, the tallest 11cm high. £3,000-5,000
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245 A MUGHAL PARCEL-GILT SILVER ROSEWATER SPRINKLER North India, 18th century Of typical bulbous form, rising from a splayed foot with pronounced floral collar, with tall tapering neck, the finial shaped as a budding lotus flower, the chased decoration on finely punched ground consisting of rosettes within diamond-grid pattern, lush tendrils and foliate motifs, 26cm high. £800-1,200
246 A LATE MUGHAL COBALT BLUE GLASS BOTTLE North India, late 18th - early 19th century Of bulbous shape, with ribbed body, on splayed circular foot, with tall and thin neck, 19.2cm high. £800-1,200
247 A PAIR OF INDIAN SILVER PERFUME BOTTLES Gujarat, India, 19th century Each of compressed bulbous shape, rising from a short splayed foot, with a thin flared neck, topped with hemispherical lids, the silver-overlaid decoration on the body consisting of lush floral scrolls and stylised foliage, 11.6cm and 11.3cm high. £300-500
248 TWO INDIAN SILVER WINE OR SPIRIT FLASK (CHUSKI) India, 19th century Each of typical bulbous shape, on a gently splayed foot, with a thin flared neck surmounted by a lid with bird finial, the finely curved handle and sshaped spout with chain attached to a screw stopper and decorated with applied silver birds, the base with foliate design, the large 15.1cm high and the small 11cm high. £400-600
249 A RECTANGULAR INDIAN BRASS LOW TABLE Baroda, Gujarat, India, late 19th century Of typical shape, made of a wooden core covered in hammered brass sheets, with varying scrolling foliate ornament, on four paw feet, on the back a paper label stating ‘Prepared by Chhaganlal and Vrajlal, Sons to Mistry Raghunath Tribhovan, Visnagar N. Gujarat, Baroda State’, 42cm x 51.5cm. The Tribhuvan family, made of the father Raghunath and the two sons Chhaganlal and Vrajlal, were famous specialist craftsmen who produced silver and brass-covered furniture. Their production seemed to be particularly appreciated and sought after in the West and possibly thus why, their pieces are often marked and signed in English. All their furniture tends to share the same features, i.e. square, with scrolling foliate ornaments and pronounced paw feet. A similar example of Tribhuvan brass low table sold at Christie’s, 22 May 2008, lot 310. £700-900
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250 A LONG KASHMIRI SHAWL India, late 19th century Twill tapestry woven predominantly in red wools with long palmettes and scrolling flowers around a black centre, the short edges bordered with harlequin bands embroidered in coloured silks with floral festoons echoing the inner border, 313cm x 141cm. £500-700
251 A LACQUERED RAWHIDE SHIELD (DHAL) Kashmir, North India, 19th century Of rounded form, with four applied flower-collared brass bosses, the lacquered decoration divided in three registers, the centre with two circular medallions with foliated and floriated bands against white and red background, the middle with red floral scrolls against black background, and the edges repeating the same foliated and floriated band on white background present in the central medallion, the reverse with gilt decoration on red ground, with straps, 46.5cm diam. £400-600
252 λ AN IVORY-HILTED POCKET KNIFE India, 18th - 19th century The single-edged steel blade with thicker fuller, the spike ending in a curled design, the vegetal gold-damascened decoration on the blade and forte, the ivory handle with poetic inscription in Persian, the leather sheath with an iron hanging hoop at the top and small ivory bulb at the bottom, 23.5cm including sheath. Inscription: Out of sorrow because of you, I am driven to despair. This knife has reached my bones. The inscription quotes a famous couplet from a poetic composition by ‘Urfi Shirazi, born in Shiraz and moved to India to work at the Mughal Emperor Akbar’s court in 16th century. £500-700
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253 A ZULFIQAR (SPLIT-BLADED) SWORD India, 19th century With curved serrated blade, split perpendicularly starting from pierced point and widening towards the end, with Indian tulwar hilt with tapering knuckle guard with small circular pommel with a central spike, 79cm including handle. This sword showcases an interesting blending of Islamic tradition and Indian design. The curved blade is characteristically Islamic in style and the cloven tip alludes to Zulfiqar, the split-bladed sword associated with Imam ‘Ali, which is believed to have been given to him by the Prophet Muhammad. Instead, the hilt, with its distinctive knuckle guard and end-spike, is typically Indian and reminiscent of early Indian swords. £500-700
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254 A SELECTION OF TINNED COPPER VESSELS Kashmir, North India or Central Asia, 19th - 20th century Comprising a small globular teapot, on a plain base with curved handle, the incised decoration consisting of arabesques and vegetal scrolls within cusped medallions, 18.5cm high; an elongated pyriform ewer, on a splayed foot and rising to a tapering neck, with a domed lid and a flaring spout, the handle shaped as a vegetal tendril, incised lattice work and floral decoration all over the body, 40cm high; and two samovars, of typical bulbous shape, with domed lids and dragon-handles, the decoration consisting of arabesques, lattice work, split palmettes, rosettes and calligraphic bands, 35.5cm and 28.8cm high. £600-800
256 SIX TINNED COPPER DRINKING BOWLS Kashmir, North India or Bukhara, Central Asia, late 18th century Comprising six drinking bowls each of slightly different size and shape, mostly with rounded body and some with everted sloping rim, the engraved decoration reminiscent of Safavid metalware and consisting of several bands of intricate lattice of split palmettes, rosettes, foliate tendrils, some calligraphic cartouches left incomplete and some filled with poetry in sabk-e hendi (Indian style) in nasta’liq script, the largest 10.5cm high and 18cm diam. £800-1,000
255 A MUGHAL BRONZE REPOUSSÉ TRAY India, late 18th century Of circular shape, with raised everted rim, the repoussé decoration depicting five lions in the centre and two winged anthropomorphic figures against lush floral and vegetal tendrils, ring-punched marks in the background, 32.5cm diam. £600-800
257 AN ENAMELLED SILVER LIDDED BEAKER Kashmir, North India, late 19th century Of cylindrical form on plain base, with a compressed hemispherical lid with rounded finial, the blue and green champlevé enamelled decoration with floral sprays on both the body and lid, signed on the base by the maker Asad Khabu (?), 17.8cm high. £400-600
258 A FINE SQUARE KASHMIRI SHAWL India, late 19th century Of brightly-coloured wools, twill-tapestry woven in traditional format of narrow strips, shaped and invisiblymended together with stylised palmettes and scrolling butis converging towards a residual black centre, the harlequin borders of pashmina wool embroidered in coloured silks with floral palmettes within scrolling arches, a cotton tape on verso printed in black ink with no. 36217, 215cm x 215cm. £400-600 71
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259 λ AN ANGLO-INDIAN BRASS-BOUND IVORY-INLAID WRITING BOX Hoshiarpur, India, 19th century Of rectangular shape, with brass handle on each side, the hinged top revealing a dark blue velvet-lined fitted interior with several drawers and compartments and a rectangular mirror, the decoration on both the interior and the exterior consisting of exquisite ivory and bone marquetry featuring lush vegetal tendrils, lattice work and arabesques, on the lid concentric bands of rosettes, tulips and floral tendrils on the top and the mark ‘E.H. GOODMAN’ on the front side, 15cm x 38cm. £1,200-1,400
260 A SPINACH JADE FOOT SCRATCHER India, 19th century The hardstone shaped as a Brahminy duck with ornate collar, on an oval foot with engraved chevron and fish-scale motifs, the base with chequered design, two rubies for eyes in kundan setting, 12cm high. £1,600-1,800
262 A SET OF TWO INDIAN ENAMELLED SILVER FIGURINES Possibly Benares, India, late 19th - early 20th century Comprising a larger statuette with a covered hathi howdah (palanquin on elephant’s back), a mahout and two foot guards, mounted on a polychrome enamelled stepped pedestal on a rectangular silver base incised with floral motifs, the statuette fully decorated with green, blue, white and pink enamels, richly caparisoned with pearl strands hanging from the howdah and the base, 20.5cm x 14.8cm; and a smaller statuette with a row of riders on horse, camel and elephant-back, mounted on an polychrome enamelled base of elongated rectangular shape and decorated in a similar fashion to the larger statuette, 11cm x 18cm.
261 A JADE BELT BUCKLE AND PENDANT Mughal India, 18th - 19th century Comprising a belt buckle of oval shape, with floral collar, 7cm x 6.3cm; and a circular pendant with foliate collar, the incised decoration consisting of a leafy shrub with spiralling tendrils on one side and a calligraphic roundel and rosette band on the other, 6.5cm high. £600-800
263 TWO INDIAN STEEL BELT HOOKS India, 18th century Comprising two u-shaped steel belt hooks, the first with lion head finial, the longer side topped by a domed squared structure, 7.7cm high; the latter with bird head finial, the longer side topped by a pyramidal knob, 9.8cm high. £400-600
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264 AN EARLY GOLD-DAMASCENED WOOTZ STEEL QUOIT (CHAKRAM) Punjab, North India, 18th century Of circular form with sharp outer edge, the wootz steel blade with gold koftgari leaf decoration running on the inner circle of both sides, 21cm diam. £3,000-5,000
265 A GOLDDAMASCENED STEEL DAGGER (KHANJAR) North India, 18th century The single-edged curved steel blade with final medial ridge and thick fuller, silver inlaid floral decoration on the ricasso, the handle with typical shape with curved round pommel and fine gold and silver inlay depicting vegetal and floral tendrils, 45cm long. £600-800
266 λ AN IVORY-HILTED DAGGER (PESH KABZ) India, late 18th - early 19th century With long straight singleedged blade, the ricasso with gold-damascened floriated design, the stepped ivory panels fitted to the steel tang with five studs, the tang with borders of gold-damascened abstract design running all around the handle, leather-clad wooden scabbard, 43.5cm including scabbard. £1,000-1,200
267 λ AN UNUSUALLY LARGE NORTH INDIAN KHYBER KNIFE WITH WALRUS IVORY HANDLE North India, late 18th - early 19th century With characteristic single-edged tapering blade, with a thick ridge and T-shaped backedge, koftgari (gold-damascened) floral scrolls and palmettes decorating the hilt, the handle made of two-sided walrus ivory, 83cm long including handle. For a similar, less decorated example, please refer to Christie’s South Kensington, 26 September 2012, lot 1. £800-1,000
268 λ AN INDIAN TIGER-TOOTH DAGGER (KHANJAR) North India, 19th century The tapering double-edged watered steel blade with pronounced medial ridge, with reinforced tip, the ricasso on both sides with a panel of chiselled foliate decoration, the cusped hilt formed from two slabs of ivory joined together with three iron studs, 29.5cm long. £600-800
269 AN UNUSUAL GOLD-DAMASCENED STEELHILTED DAGGER (KHANJAR) North India, 19th century With edged wootz damascus watered steel blade, the steel handle overlaid with gold-damascened (koftgari) foliate tendrils and floral scrolls along the edges and on the pommel, the scabbard of red velvet with metal-thread trimmings, 31.5cm including scabbard. Daggers and swords in which the hilt as well as the blade are of wootz damascus watered steel are relatively rare. A tulwar attributed to the 18th century and with similar gold overlay work around the edges of the hilt was offered at Christie’s London, 7 April 2011, lot 189. £500-700 73
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270 A PAIR OF NORTH INDIAN ARMGUARDS (DASTANA / BAZUBAND) North India, 18th century A pair of dastana (avambrace / arm guard) shaped to the fore-arm and decorated with borders of gold-damascened running foliage, hinged wrist-plate en suite, original internal velvet lining and velvet-lined hand-defense studded with brass nails, 48.5cm. £3,000-4,000
272 A GOLD-DAMASCENED (KOFTGARI) PARADE SHIELD North India, 19th century Of circular form and rounded profile with central bosses, dense foliate background decoration, the surface worked with applied brass floral scroll bands, the interior with hand padding and holding straps, 38cm diam. For examples of similar parade shields, please see Christie’s, London South Kensington, 21 October 2016, lot 369 and 15 October 2004, lot 48. £600-800 74
271 A COPPER-GILT ELEPHANT AXE (BHUJ) Gujarat, India, 19th century A broad single-edged blade with silveroverlaid floral patterns, fixed to a shaft through a typical elephant-head piece, silver and gold-overlaid copper shaft incised with floral patterns similar to the blade, the pommel concealing a dagger (20cm long), with its own dark blue velvet sheath with copper-gilt floral mounts, 56cm. £1,500-2,000
272A A GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL HELMET (KHULA-KHUD) Gujarat, India, 19th century Of domed form with ridged body, with applied plume-holders and nose guard, gold-damascened (koftgari) decoration of scrolling flowers on the exterior, the skirt of fine iron mail, the interior with possibly later velvet fitted cap, 21cm diam. and 20.5cm high. £1,200-1,400 *See inside front cover for information regarding fees
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273 AN INDIAN FIRANGI SWORD India,18th century The double-edged steel blade with thicker fuller, the ricasso, handle and hand guard finely inlaid in gold with floral motifs, at the top the typical spiked pommel and an undeciphered goldinlaid inscription, 111.8cm long. £1,600-1,800
274 A THANJAVUR STEEL SPEARHEAD Thanjavur (Tanjore), South India, 17th century Of typical shape, the doubleedged blade with medial ridge mounted on steel shaft with faceted surface and decorated with incised hatched motifs, the ricasso decorated with two makaras and a central stylised palmette, 45.5cm long. £1,200-1,400
275 A SINHALESE DAGGER (PIHA KAETTA) Sri Lanka, 18th century With broad single-edged steel blade with fuller along the back edge, the forte covered with cast and engraved silver and brass panels, the carved wood hilt with brass and silver mounts and silver pommel-cap, the silver scabbard mounted on wood and decorated with filigree work, 34.5cm long including scabbard. £800-1,000
276 A GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL DAGGER (KARD) India, late 18th - early 19th century The single-edged steel blade with final medial ridge and thick fuller, the gold-damascened decoration on the ricasso consisting of rosettes and on the handle vegetal tendrils and a Devanagari inscription reading the name of Bopere Rao Ji Shri Ratan Singh Ji, the handle culminating in a hemispherical pommel with removable lid, 35cm long. £1,800-2,200
276A A SOUTH INDIAN STEEL SPEARHEAD Thanjavur (Tanjore), South India, 19th century With curved double-edged steel blade with central ridge, the steel shaft of elongated cylindrical form with conical base, four decorative rings and profuse silver-inlaid floral and vegetal decoration, 38.8cm long. £500-700 75
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277 A BIDRI SILVER-INLAID WATER JUG India, 19th century Of typical form, with bulbous body on short foot, with a flared cylindrical neck and everted rim, the central silver-inlaid band with figural decoration comprising a lion, a horse and buildings with spiked finials and a bulbous structure in front, reminiscent in design to Hindu sanctuaries and Persian imamzadeh, on a vegetal and floral scrolling ground, vine tendrils band just below the neck and similar figural decoration with buildings and birds on the neck, 11.3cm high. £600-800
278 A BLUE AND TURQUOISE MULTAN POTTERY HUQQA BASE Sindh, Pakistan, late 19th century Of bulbous form, rising from a straight foot, with a cylindrical neck with constricted aperture and flaring mouth, spout on shoulder with cusped pronounced surround, the body and spout decorated with stylised palmettes and vegetal motifs, the neck decorated with bands of pointed leaves, lush foliage and geometric motifs, 24.5cm high. £200-300
279 λ AN INDIAN BONE AND IVORY-INLAID OCCASIONAL TABLE India, early 20th century Of hexagonal form, the light wood inlaid with bone and ivory marquetry work in a delicate circular floral pattern, the arched legs similarly inlaid, 39cm diam. and 48cm high. £400-600
280 A SQUARE KASHMIRI SHAWL India, 19th century Twill tapestry woven in predominantly deep reds with an elaborately scrolling design of stylised flora converging towards a residual black centre, typically made in narrow strips shaped into curves and invisibly-mended together in traditional technique, the borders twilltapestry woven as well as embroidered with floral palmettes, the four corners embroidered only, added narrow harlequin outer-edge, 189cm x 188cm. £400-600
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281 A DECCANI BRASS STEM CUP Possibly Golconda, Deccan, Central India, 19th century Of hemispherical shape, rising from a conical foot, the interior engraved with Arabic calligraphy reciting the Verse of the Throne (Ayat al-Kursi), Sura al Baqara 2, v. 255, and a central stylised rosette, the exterior engraved with a continuous floral tendril, 13.2cm diam. Brass and tinned brass stem cups of this shape and with engraved Qur’anic verses on their interiors seem to have been en vogue in Golconda, Deccan from at least the 16th century onward. It seems that they would have mostly been used as vessels of devotion during Islamic liturgical ceremonies and prayers. For further information, please refer to M. Zebrowski, Gold, Silver and Bronze from Mughal India, Alexandria Press, 1997, p. 343. £800-1,200
282 A BIDRI DIVINATION BOWL Bidar, India, 18th century Of rounded form on short flat foot, with everted rim, the interior decorated with the Verse of the Throne (Ayat al-Kursi), Sura al Baqara 2, v. 255, in naskh script, the central roundel with an invocation to ‘Ali and the Panj Tan, the People of the Cloak (also known as Ahl al-Kisa’ in Arabic), the exterior with stylised petals and geometric designs, 13.5cm diam.
283 A CEREMONIAL SINDHI TOPI Province of Sindh, Pakistan, late Raj, 19th Century Of cylindrical proportions, the emerald green silk velvet, mounted on cardboard, heavily worked in zardozi in a variety of metal threads and spangles, in a number of different embroidery stitches with an elaborate design of radiating flowers and butis, highlighted in coloured silk boucle and French knot stitches, the top lined in puce silk, the drum wadding and lining missing, possibly a commission by an important ruling family such as the Thalpurs of Hyderabad (ruled c.1780-1843), 29cm diameter of top, 15cm high and 18.5cm diameter of drum.
283A A KETTLE-SHAPED BRASS EWER Deccan, Central India, 18th century Of globular shape solidly cast, with gadrooned body rising to a pinnacle like an onion dome, on a straight slighlty splayed foot, with centrally placed arched handle with opening in the middle and a straight spout, 29cm high. The characteristic shape of this ewer seems to have first evolved in Iran in the late 16th century and then spread to India. It seems that this type of ewer was particularly appreciated and reproduced in the Deccani plateau. For further information, please refer to M. Zebrowski, Gold, Silver and Bronze from Mughal India, Alexandria Press, 1997, p. 153. £1,000-1,200
For a similar piece, please see figure 40 in Rosemary Crill, Hats from India, V&A Museum, 1985. £2,000-3,000
Provenance: Christie’s South Kensington, 7 October 2011, Lot 323, Works From The Collection of The Late Simon Digby. The inscriptions on this bowl are particularly relevant as they provide interesting hints regarding the religious inclination of the bowl’s owner. Indeed, the central roundel presents an invocation to the Panj Tan, the People of the Cloak, i.e. the Prophet Muhammad, his daughter Fatimah, his cousin and son-in-law ‘Ali, and his two grandsons Husayn and Hassan. This specific group of people is mentioned for the first time in the Hadith of the Cloak, in which there is an account of an incident where Muhammad gathered Hassan, Husayn, ‘Ali, and Fatimah under his cloak. This hadith is central to Shi’a beliefs and lays one of the foundations of Shi’a conception of the Imamah, which states that the patrilineal descent of Muhammad’s daughter has a special divine spiritual leadership over the Muslim community. £1,600-1,800
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284 A LIFE-SIZE REPRODUCTION OF A BRASS WEIGHING CHAIR DESIGNED FOR OFFICIAL WEIGHING CEREMONIES Possibly India, 20th century Comprising the overall weighing structure including a weighing chair with a throne-like shape, the backrest designed with scrollwork, below the seat a secret rectangular copper compartment; the balancing arms hanging from the centre, with a flower-shaped brass bob indicating the weight of the two components being measured, beautifully worked in brass and silver to reproduce lush scrolling motifs; the scale itself with an octagonal platform, wooden core and covered with a thick iron panel, connected to the balancing arm with four brass chains linked to four sturdy hoops; and the standing structure of triangular shape with four tall poles, approximately 300cm x 215cm. Provenance: UK private collection purchased by the present owner from a gallery in Geneva, Switzerland, over forty years ago (circa 1980s). In the Indian Subcontinent, weighing ceremonies of kings and eminent leaders have been a customary practice for centuries. Their origins are deeply rooted in ancient Indian traditions and their first epigraphic and documentary evidence dates back to approximately the 6th century (A. Schmiedchen, ‘The Ceremony of Tulapurusa: the Puranic Concept and the Epigraphical Evidence’ in G. Adalbert, J.R. Mevissen and R. Salomon, Script and Image: Papers on Art and Epigraphy, Motilal Banarsidass, pp. 145 – 165). The fascinating weighing chair in our sale is reminiscent in style and design of the models produced in India since at least the 17th century, as illustrated in a well-known Mughal miniature owned by the British Museum, London, depicting Prince Khurram, the future Emperor Shah Jahan, being weighed against gold, silver and precious goods in front of his father, the Emperor Jahangir, dated circa 1615. Our weighing scale is likely to have been produced in the 20th century. However, its shape and design differ from the regular 20th-century models, which would have included a weighing footboard, normally of square or rectangular shape, and a central column registering the weight. Its inspiration seems to hark back to the classical Indian tradition. If the link to Mughal India appears quite strong, the link to an eminent figure who took part in several weighing ceremonies in times closer to our days seems even stronger. Indeed, photographic and documentary evidence shows that Sultan Muhammad Shah Aga Khan III (1877 – 1957) was weighed on a similar weighing chair on 19th January 1936 in Mumbai in occasion of the Golden Jubilee of his khanate. The weighing ceremonies organised by the Aga Khan were not only get-together opportunities for the Ismaili community to show their support to their religious leader, but they soon became fundraising activities supporting charitable causes. Indeed, the equivalent of the Aga Khan’s weight in gold or diamonds would be invested to support and improve the quality of life of the Ismaili believers, to build schools, universities, hospitals and create employment. The weighing chair in our sale is likely to be a life-size reproduction inspired by the sensation generated by these events in the first half of the 20th century. £2,000-3,000 78
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285 A THANJAVUR SILVER AND COPPER-INLAID TRAY AND LOTA WATER JUG Thanjavur (Tanjore), South India, late 19th - early 20th century Comprising a large circular tray, the repoussé silver and copper-inlaid decoration divided in three concentric bands, in the central band Shiva Nataraja (The Lord of Dance) surrounded by a circle of fire whilst he performs the tandavam dance, in the middle band representations of Lord Shiva squashing the demon of ignorance flanked by dwarfs playing musical instruments against vegetal tendrils, and in the external band lotus flower scrolls blooming from vases and flanked by mythical makaras, 62cm diam.; and a lota water jug, of bulbous shape with flared neck and everted rim, the repoussé silver-inlaid decoration consisting of standing figures playing musical instruments, a row of Brahminy ducks, and several bands of vegetal and floral motifs, 26.4cm high. £800-1,000
286 A SILVER GILT MIRROR AND BRUSH Thanjavur (Tanjore), South India, late 19th - early 20th century Each of typical shape, the decoration chased in high relief with gilt mythical and divine figures on a lush silver foliate ground, the foliate scrolling reminiscent of Cutch silverware, the figure on the base of the mirror handle holding a typical Indian parasol, the back with Hindu god Karttikeya, the god of War, also known as Skanda or Murugan in the south, in the centre riding his vehicle, the peacock, and shown in the act of clenching his right hand possibly once holding his typical attribute, the vel, a mythical lance, winged and mythical creatures surrounding the god, the mirror 28cm long and the brush 13cm. £700-900
287 A LARGE INDIAN SILVER REPOUSSÉ BOWL Lucknow, North India, late 19th century Of compressed circular form on plain base, the fine repoussé decoration with village and hunting scenes, a unicorn and mythical figures with feline heads and human bodies, a vegetal tendril and leafy stylised palmettes running above and below the main decorative band, the base incised with an elephant within a floral roundel, 23.9cm diam. The style and decorative technique of lots 287 and 288 are strikingly similar to contemporary Burmese silver thabeik bowls, so in vogue at the end of the 19th century. However, the subject matter, the lack of a particular plot, the continuous decorative frieze and the boldness of the figures all seem to suggest an Indian origin, most specifically Lucknow. For a detailed list of similarities and differences between Burma and Lucknow silversmith production, please see Wynyard R. T. Wilkinson, Indian Silver 1858-1947: Silver from the Indian sub-continent and Burma made by local craftsmen in Western forms, London, 1999, pp. 127-143. Lastly, the ‘Elephant and Tree’ mark on the base of this bowl seems to be consistent with Lucknow maker’s marks type. The ‘Elephant and Tree’ mark is usually found on pieces of consistently high quality of workmanship (p. 142). £1,200-1,600
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288 AN INDIAN SILVER REPOUSSÉ BOWL Lucknow, North India, late 19th century Of deep circular form on plain base, with flattened rim, the fine repoussé decoration with human figures and demons, possibly depicting scenes from the local lore, of particular interest the presence of a winged figure slaying a demon and a group of soldiers wearing turbans and holding guns and a quoit (chakram), intricate floral tendrils and beaded bands on the top and bottom of main repoussé band, the base incised with a lotus flower, 23.5cm diam. £800-1,200
289 A MISCELLANEOUS SELECTION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN SILVERWARE Late 19th - 20th century Comprising two Sinhalese lime holders, of typical circular shape with attached utensils, the longest 19.5cm; two Thai boxes, one octagonal, the latter oval, both with silver decoration on niello consisting of vegetal scrolling tendrils and animal motifs such as a dancing monkey and a tiger hunting, approximately 3.7cm high; and an octagonal silver box, possibly from Malaysia or Singapore, the chased decoration consisting of vegetal sprays within four-sided cartouches, 6cm high. £500-700
290 λ A SELECTION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN SILVER Cambodia or Thailand, 19th - 20th century Comprising a bulbous vase with long cylindrical neck, on a circular slightly everted foot, embossed decoration consisting of abstract flaming design in a regularly spaced diamond grid pattern, stylised arch-shaped design on the base, possibly reminiscent of lotus leaves, 23.8cm high; a teapot with ivory handle, on a circular foot, the base decorated with four Garudas (mythical beings half man and half eagle), the body presenting a similar decoration to the vase, 23cm high; and a circular bowl, on a straight rounded foot, bands of kirtimukhas on the base and on the lid, the rest of the embossed decoration consisting of floral motifs, 12cm high and 11cm diam. £600-800
291 λ A MISCELLANEOUS SELECTION OF MALAYSIAN ITEMS Malaysia and South East Asia, 19th - 20th century Comprising a tortoiseshell hair ornament with engraved silver head, 10.5cm high; a portable huqqa base made of coconut and ornate with silver sheets designed with vegetal motifs, 18.4cm high; and two parcel-gilt silver tiaras mounted on yellow cotton, with floral sprays and spike finials, 8.8cm high. £400-600 80
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292 A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID LACQUER LID AND BOWL Possibly Thailand, 19th century Comprising a lid of oval form with splayed sides, the exterior with iridescent mother-of-pearl inlay depicting floral bands with stylised lotus flowers encased by two narrow bands of circular and cusped motifs, the interior with plain red lacquer, 29.7cm diam. and 8cm high; and a bowl of compressed bulbous form, on a tall faceted foot, with slightly everted rim, the mother-of-pearl-inlaid decoration consisting of swirling leaf designs encased by cusped motifs and lattice work, the interior with plain red lacquer, 21cm diam. and 13.8cm high. £300-500
294 λ AN IVORY-HILTED BURMESE DHA Shan State, Myanmar, 19th century With single-edged steel blade, the ivory hilt deeply carved with figures clad in traditional outfits against a vegetal background, in original wood-lined silver sheath decorated with wires of stylised filigree work, 54cm including sheath. £600-800
293 λ FOUR INDONESIAN KRIS DAGGER HANDLES Indonesia, 19th century Comprising a brass-covered wooden handle, encrusted with glass and hardstones and worked in the form of a mythical figure of the local folklore, 14cm high; a small ivory handle carved in the shape of a seated demonic figure with fangs, 9cm high; a bone handle carved in the shape of an elephant god, possibly a local interpretation of the Hindu god Ganesha, 11.5cm; and a curved ivory handle carved with fine vegetal and floral motifs, 8cm long. £600-800
295 SEVEN BURMESE OPIUM WEIGHTS Myanmar, 17th - 18th century Of typical form, made of bronze, each supported by a polygonal base, five of them decorated with Brahminy ducks, the remaining two with lion-shaped beings reminiscent of Chinese guardian lions also known as shishi, the smallest 4.8cm and the tallest 9cm high. £300-500
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1. BEFORE THE SALE 1.1 Agent for the seller Unless otherwise agreed, Chiswick Auctions Ltd, hereafter referred to as CA LTD acts as agent for the seller. The contract for sale of the property is therefore made between the Seller and the Buyer. ,MĂ&#x2026;VQ\QWV[ For the purposes of the current Terms and Conditions, the Seller shall JM LMĂ&#x2026;VML I[ \PM W_VMZ WN \PM /WWL[ 1\ Q[ QUXTQML \PI\ \PM ;MTTMZ Q[ \PM legitimate owner and is authorised to sell the Lot. The Bidder is any registered person participating in the auction, and the Buyer is the successful Bidder for a particular Lot. The Lot means the item(s) put up for sale by CA Ltd and to which the present Terms and Conditions apply. +I\ITWO]M LM[KZQX\QWV[ Any representation in any catalogue or otherwise as to the origin, date, age, attribution, genuineness or estimated selling price of any lot is a statement of opinion only. Such statements do not constitute a representation warranty or assumption of liability by CA Ltd in relation to the Lot. Any prospective Buyer should satisfy themselves prior to the sale as to the reliability of the catalogue description. The absence of mention related to prior restorations in the Catalogue descriptions does not imply that the good is exempt thereof. Photographs of any Lot provided by CA Ltd are for indicative purposes only and are not deemed to be a precise representa-tion of the said Lot. The Buyer is advised to seek independent expert advice in order to be assured of the authenticity and true state of the good. 1V[XMK\QWV Prior to auction, prospective purchasers are strongly advised to personally examine personally any property in which they are interested to satisfy themselves in relation to matters which may concern them. +WVLQ\QWV ZMXWZ\ CA Ltd may issue a Condition Report on request prior to the sale. <PQ[ +WVLQ\QWV :MXWZ\ Q[ NWZ QLMV\QĂ&#x2026;KI\QWV X]ZXW[M[ WVTa IVL KIVVW\ JM considered as giving a precise account of the Lotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s true state. Thus, some imperfections and faults may not be accounted for in the Condition Report. As aforementioned, and in the absence of any contractual value of the Condition report, it is the Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sole duty to inspect in person the Lot in order be assured of its true condition and CA Ltd shall not be responsible for assertions within the Condition Report hereto. -TMK\ZQKIT[ )TT MTMK\ZQKIT Q\MU[ IZM [WTL I[ [MMV IVL +) 4\L Wâ&#x20AC;ŤŮşâ&#x20AC;ŹMZ[ VW O]IZIV\MM I[ \W the working condition of such items or their safety. 1\ Q[ \PM *]aMZÂź[ L]\a \W \ISM VMKM[[IZa [\MX[ \W JM I[[]ZML \PI\ \PM 4W\ is safe for normal use. -[\QUI\M[ Estimates are based on various factors inherent to the situation of the market at the time of the sale, as well as considerations such as the
condition, rarity, or quality of the item etc. Estimates are only indicative and represent the opinion of CA Ltd. Estimates provided by CA Ltd cannot constitute a guarantee as to the value of the good. Subsequently, goods may sell at prices lower or higher than the provided estimates. 1.8 Reserves 5IVa 4W\[ IZM Wâ&#x20AC;ŤŮşâ&#x20AC;ŹMZML []JRMK\ \W I ZM[MZ^M _PQKP Q[ \PM KWVĂ&#x2026;LMV\QIT minimum sale price. The reserve will never exceed the low estimate printed in the catalogue. CA Ltd may open the bidding on any Lot below the reserve by placing a bid on behalf of the seller, and may in their discretion continue to bid up to the reserve price. This can be achieved by bidding in response to other bidders or alternatively by placing consecutive bids. ! :MOQ[\ZI\QWV \W \PM [ITM 6M_ JQLLMZ[ _QTT VMML \W ZMOQ[\MZ XZQWZ \W \PM [ITM 1\ Q[ [\ZWVOTa advised bidders register at least 24 hours before the sale. Registration thereafter shall be at the auctioneerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entire discretion. 1V\MZVI\QWVIT JQLLMZ[ UIa JM ZMY]QZML \W ZMOQ[\MZ PW]Z[ JMNWZM \PM sale and to submit bank details. A deposit may be requested prior to each sale. Failure to register shall result in the impossibility for the bidder to purchase a Lot. 8ZWWN WN QLMV\Q\a Bidders not previously known to CA Ltd will be required to provide: Â&#x152; 7â&#x20AC;ŤŮťâ&#x20AC;ŹKQIT XZWWN WN QLMV\Q\a QV \PM NWZU WN I XI[[XWZ\ WZ XPW\WKIZL LZQ^QVO TQKMVKM 6W W\PMZ NWZU[ WN 1, IZM IKKMX\IJTM Â&#x152; 8ZWWN WN ILLZM[[ WN UIQV ZM[QLMVKM 7VTa Wâ&#x20AC;ŤŮťâ&#x20AC;ŹKQIT LWK]UMV\[ showing name and address will be accepted. â&#x20AC;˘ Both landline and mobile telephone numbers â&#x20AC;˘ A bank reference for foreign bidders may be requested Â&#x152; +WZXWZI\M KTQMV\[ _QTT PI^M \W XZW^QLM I KMZ\QĂ&#x2026;KI\M WN QVKWZXWZI\QWV XZQWZ \W \PM I]K\QWV ITWVO _Q\P \PM ZMXZM[MV\I\Q^MÂź[ 1, QV IKKWZLIVKM with the abovementioned requirements for proof of identity. Any Bidder that does not match the provided identity for registration may not purchase during the sale. 2. DURING THE SALE )\\MVLIVKM I\ I]K\QWV Attending the auction in person is recommended. CA Ltd has the right in their absolute discretion to refuse participation QV IVa I]K\QWV \W ZMRMK\ IVa JQL IVL \W ZMN][M ILUQ[[QWV \W \PM XZMUQ[M[ Bidders are not obliged to be present in person at the auction. Absentee bidders shall be required to make necessary arrangements with CA Ltd prior to the sale. 8MZ[WVIT JQLLQVO Bidders attending the auction in person shall be required to collect a number plate prior to the sale.
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+WUUQ[[QWV JQL[ +) 4\L _QTT ][M ZMI[WVIJTM Mâ&#x20AC;«Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬WZ\[ \W KIZZa W]\ +WUUQ[[QWV JQL[ received by them prior to the sale for the convenience of clients who are not present at the auction in person. Execution of Commission bids is a free service provided to help clients and CA Ltd does not accept liability for any failure to execute a Commission bid or for errors and omissions in connection with it. +WUUQ[[QWV JQL[ [PITT JM M`MK]\ML I\ \PM TW_M[\ XW[[QJTM XZQKM []JRMK\ to competing bids and reserves. Although CA Ltd will endeavour to inform Buyers, it is the Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s responsibility to check if they have been successful in purchasing a Lot. 1V \PM M^MV\ WN U]T\QXTM KWUUQ[[QWV[ I\ \PM [IUM XZQKM \PM KWUUQ[[QWV set at the older date shall be taken into account.
<ZIV[NMZ WN ZQ[S[ Purchased Lots shall be at the Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s risk in all respects from the fall of the hammer, and neither CA Ltd nor their agents shall be responsible for any loss or damage of any kind, whether caused by negligence or otherwise.
<MTMXPWVM JQL[ 1N I JQLLMZ Q[ VW\ IJTM \W I\\MVL QV XMZ[WV IV I]K\QWV +) 4\L _QTT ][M ZMI[WVIJTM Mâ&#x20AC;«Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬WZ\[ \W KWV\IK\ XZW[XMK\Q^M *]aMZ[ _PW UISM IZZIVOMUMV\[ prior to commencement of the sale to bid by telephone. +) 4\L KIVVW\ JM PMTL ZM[XWV[QJTM QV \PM M^MV\ WN Q[[]M[ Iâ&#x20AC;«Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬MK\QVO KWVVMK\Q^Q\a resulting in the loss of a chance of purchasing the Lot for the Bidder.
/ZW]VL[ NWZ KIVKMTTI\QWV ]VLMZ \PM XZM[MV\ [MK\QWV [PITT QVKT]LM J]\ VW\ be limited to any dispute relating to the attribution or provenance of the Lot, ownership and title, fraud or deceit, lack of relevant licences WZ KMZ\QÃ&#x2026;KI\M[ IVa []J[MY]MV\ KPIVOM[ QV LWUM[\QK WZ QV\MZVI\QWVIT legislations restricting the sale of export of goods etc. 1V \PM M^MV\ WN QV\MZVM\ WVTa I]K\QWV[ \PM *]aMZ [PITT PI^M I LIa right to retract, after reception of the Lot, under EU Consumer Law. Public auctions are not covered by this right to retract.
1V\MZVM\ JQL[ Some sales may be available to internet bidding, as well as personal I\\MVLIVKM 1V \PQ[ M^MV\ +) 4\L [PITT VW\ JM PMTL ZM[XWV[QJTM NWZ Q[[]M[ Iâ&#x20AC;«Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬MK\QVO KWVVMK\QWV *QLLQVO WV JMPITN WN [WUMWVM ) *]aMZ UIa JQL Ja XZW`a 1V \PQ[ M^MV\ XZWWN WN QLMV\Q\a WN JW\P \PM Buyer and the proxy must be communicated to CA Ltd prior to the sale. A copy of the mandate shall also be required. *QLLQVO WV IV Q\MU Bid incrementing is at the auctioneerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entire discretion. >QLMW \ZIV[UQ[[QWV For the purpose of the sale, Lots may be displayed on video during the I]K\QWV 1V \PM M^MV\ WN \ZIV[UQ[[QWV Q[[]M[ +) 4\L [PITT VW\ JM PMTL responsible for any subsequent outcome. ! 7VTQVM WVTa I]K\QWV[ Some auctions may be available to bidders only through an online XTI\NWZU 1V \PQ[ M^MV\ *]aMZ[ PI^M I LIa XMZQWL I\ ZMKMX\QWV WN \PM Lot to withdraw from the sale, in accordance with EU Consumer Law. ,Q[X]\M ZM[WT]\QWV L]ZQVO \PM I]K\QWV Any dispute shall be settled at the auctioneerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s absolute discretion. Under no circumstances will a sale be cancelled after the fall of the hammer, except at the auctioneerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s entire discretion. 3. CONTRACT FORMATION AND EFFECTS 3.1 Contract of sale The contract of sale is between the Buyer and the Seller. The Buyer shall be the bidder at the highest price at the fall of the hammer. The sale is deemed complete once the auctioneer announces its completion by the fall of the hammer and the contract shall be binding thereafter between the Buyer and the Seller and CA Ltd. ?PMV I *]aMZ X]ZKPI[M[ U]T\QXTM 4W\[ MIKP 4W\ Q[ \PM []JRMK\ WN I separate contract of sale. <ZIV[NMZ WN XZWXMZ\a Property of the goods shall pass to the Buyer only once CA Ltd has received full payment for the goods, this includes the price at the fall of the hammer as well as Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premium, relevant taxes, and costs in relation to shipping.
+IVKMTTI\QWV WN \PM [ITM At the fall of the hammer, the contract is formed between the Buyer and CA Ltd and is binding thereafter. Under no circumstances can the Buyer cancel the sale. CA Ltd may at its entire discretion, during or after the auction, cancel \PM [ITM WN \PM 4W\ WZ ZMWâ&#x20AC;«Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬MZ IVL ZM[MTT \PM 4W\ QN Q\ JMKWUM[ I_IZM WN any error or dispute of any nature, whether or not title has passed to the Buyer, and up to a period of 6 months after the said sale.
3.5 Returns and refunds CA Ltd will only issue a refund using the same method of payment originally used by the Buyer to pay for the purchase, or by bank transfer. The Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s refund will be processed without undue delay and in any M^MV\ _Q\PQV VW UWZM \PIV LIa[ WN \PM LIa \PM *]aMZ OI^M +) 4\L notice of cancellation. 1N \PM *]aMZ M`MZKQ[M[ \PMQZ ZQOP\ WN ZM\ZIK\QWV _PMV I]\PWZQ[ML \W LW [W by Law, CA Ltd shall proceed to issue a complete refund, comprising the hammer price of the Lot, buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premium and shipping fees. However return fees shall remain at the expense of the Buyer. 4. AFTER THE SALE 8IaUMV\ All purchased lots must be paid for on the day of the auction. Commission bids must be paid for no later than the day after the auction. Payment must be in cash, debit, credit card or bank transfer. Cheques are not accepted. +I[P XIaUMV\[ [PITT VW\ JM ZMKMQ^IJTM NWZ IUW]V\[ W^MZ Ã&#x201A; ZMOIZLTM[[ of the payment being for one or multiple Lots. Payments made by someone other than the registered Buyer shall not be accepted. Title will not pass to the Buyer until CA Ltd has received all amounts due to them in cleared funds even if the Lot has been released to the Buyer. *]aMZ¼[ 8ZMUQ]U The Buyer will pay CA Ltd a premium of 25% on the hammer price XT][ >)< WV \PI\ KWUUQ[[QWV WV \PM Ã&#x2026;Z[\ Â&#x160; IVL XT][ >)< WV \PM JITIVKM \PMZMIN\MZ ) *]aMZ¼[ 8ZMUQ]U WN ! XT][ >)< Q[ charged on Wine & Spirits Lots. The standard rate of VAT is charged on the premium except on Lots marked â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;â&#x20AC; â&#x20AC;&#x2122; where normal VAT rules apply and the standard rate of VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium. 1V WZLMZ \W ZMKMQ^M I ZMN]VL WN >)< IUW]V\[ 1UXWZ\ >)< I[ applicable) non-EU buyers must: (a) have registered to bid with an address outside of the EU; and J M`XWZ\ \PM TW\ NZWU \PM -= _Q\PQV LIa[ WN KWTTMK\QWV NWZ TW\[ IVL 3 months of collection for all other lots and immediately afterwards provide us with satisfactory proof of export. (c) Details of the documents which you must provide to us to show
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+WTTMK\QWV Purchased Lots can be collected from the auction room after the sale PI[ MVLML WZ JM\_MMV IU IVL XU ]X ]V\QT KTW[M WN J][QVM[[ WV the Friday following the sale. Special arrangements may be made for collection on Saturday at CA Ltdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discretion.
4.3 Taxes The Buyer is responsible for paying VAT on any Lot, above hammer price and Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premium. The rate applicable shall be the legal rate at the date of the sale. /WWL[ []KP I[ JWWS[ IVL IV\QY]M JWWS[ U][QK UIX[ IVL KPIZ\[ M\K IZM []JRMK\ \W bMZW ZI\ML >)< 1V ILLQ\QWV IVa QUXWZ\ \I`M[ \PI\ UIa JM QVK]ZZML [PITT JM XIQL Ja \PM Buyer above hammer price, VAT and Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premium. The present paragraph applies in particular to imports within the United-States and Australia. The Buyer is advised to verify such matters prior to the sale.
4.7 Storage Purchased Lots not collected before 6pm on the day after the sale shall QVK]Z [\WZIOM KPIZOM[ WN Â&#x160; XMZ 4W\ XMZ LIa WZ XIZ\ \PMZMWN +) 4\L shall be entitled to retain purchased Lots sold until all sums due have been XIQL \W +) 4\L 1N IVa X]ZKPI[ML TW\ ZMUIQV[ ]VKWTTMK\ML LIa[ IN\MZ \PM [ITM [\WZIOM KPIZOM[ [PITT \PMZMIN\MZ JM Â&#x160; XMZ LIa IVL +) 4\L [PITT in accordance with the Law, have the right to sell the purchased Lot to recover payment of storage charges outstanding. Any balance proceeds of sale received after payment of all sums outstanding and due to CA Ltd shall be held for the account of the Buyer.
)Z\Q[\ :M[ITM :QOP\[ ,ZWQ\ LM ;]Q\M 4W\[ UIZSML _Q\P »)::¼ UIa JM []JRMK\ \W I TM^a Droit de Suite is a royalty payable to a qualifying artist or to the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heir each time a work is resold during the artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lifetime and up to I XMZQWL WN aMIZ[ IN\MZ \PM IZ\Q[\¼[ LMI\P :WaIT\QM[ IZM KITK]TI\ML on a cumulative sliding percentage scale based on the hammer price excluding the buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premium. The royalty does not apply to Lots [MTTQVO JMTW_ \PM [\MZTQVO MY]Q^ITMV\ WN Ã&#x201A; IVL \PM UI`QU]U ZWaIT\a XIaIJTM WV IVa [QVOTM 4W\ Q[ \PM [\MZTQVO MY]Q^ITMV\ WN Ã&#x201A; Royalties for Droit de Suite are as follows:
;PQXXQVO Any shipping costs that may arise subsequently to the sale shall be at the Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expense. Such costs may include but not limited to postage, import and export permits where required and any other licence necessary for goods to be shipped outside of the European Union. +) 4\L LWM[ VW\ Wâ&#x20AC;«Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬MZ QV[]ZIVKM NWZ [PQXXQVO 0W_M^MZ +) 4\L UIa arrange insurance upon the Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request and at the Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expense. CA Ltd cannot be held responsible for any damages that may be incurred to goods prior to the fall of the hammer.
Â&#x152; .ZWU \W Ã&#x201A; Â&#x152; .ZWU Ã&#x201A; \W Ã&#x201A; Â&#x152; .ZWU Ã&#x201A; \W Ã&#x201A; Â&#x152; .ZWU Ã&#x201A; \W Ã&#x201A; Â&#x152; -`KMMLQVO Ã&#x201A; :MUMLQM[ NWZ VWV XIaUMV\ 1N \PM *]aMZ NIQT[ \W UISM N]TT XIaUMV\ QV KTMIZML N]VL[ _Q\PQV \PM \QUM required as aforementioned, CA Ltd shall be entitled to exercise any one or more of the following rights or remedies additional to such other rights or remedies available: â&#x20AC;¢ To cancel the sale â&#x20AC;¢ To charge interest at 4% per annum above the base rate of Lloyds Bank Plc. â&#x20AC;¢ To resell the Lot on such terms by auction or otherwise entirely at CA Ltdâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discretion. The Buyer will be liable for all costs including legal fees incurred in the sale and will remain liable for any shortfall arising upon sale. Â&#x152; <W Wâ&#x20AC;«[Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬M\ IOIQV[\ IVa []U[ _PQKP +) 4\L UIa W_M \PM *]aMZ \PM outstanding sums unpaid by the said Buyer Â&#x152; ?PMZM \PM *]aMZ W_M[ []U[ \W +) 4\L QV ZM[XMK\ WN LQâ&#x20AC;«Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬MZMV\ transactions, to discretionarily apply any sum paid by the Buyer for discharge of any owed sums. Â&#x152; <W ZMN][M MV\Za \W \PM *]aMZ I\ IVa N]\]ZM I]K\QWV IVL WZ ZMRMK\ IVa N]\]ZM JQL[ Ja \PM *]aMZ IVL WZ [MMS I LMXW[Q\ NZWU \PM *]aMZ entirely in the discretion of CA Ltd. â&#x20AC;¢ To exercise a lien over the Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s property in the possession of CA Ltd as collateral for any outstanding sums owed and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a person holding security over any such property, whether by way of pledge, security interest or in any other way to the extent permitted by Law. â&#x20AC;¢ To commence legal proceedings for the recovery of the total amount due together with interest, legal fees and costs. â&#x20AC;¢ To take such other action as is permissible by Law and in the discretion of CA Ltd.
! 4W[[ WZ ,IUIOM CA Ltd does not accept liability for loss or damage occurring to Lots after \PM [ITM +) 4\L _QTT ][M ZMI[WVIJTM Mâ&#x20AC;«Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬WZ\[ _PMV PIVLTQVO XIKSQVO IVL shipping of Lots purchased, but shall not be responsible for any loss or damages that may occur whilst the said Lot is in any third partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s care. +]T\]ZIT /WWL[ QUXWZ\ IVL M`XWZ\ ZM[\ZQK\QWV[ +]T\]ZIT OWWL[ UIa JM []JRMK\ \W QUXWZ\ IVL M`XWZ\ ZM[\ZQK\QWV[ =VLMZ EU Regulations related to the trade of cultural goods, export licences may be required for export outside of the European Union if the itemâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s value exceeds the EU threshold. Under UK Law, a licence may also be required for intra-EU trade. Licenses are issued by Arts Council England and it is the Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s duty to WJ\IQV \PMU ;WUM KW]V\ZQM[ ZM[\ZQK\ \PM QUXWZ\ WN [XMKQÃ&#x2026;K K]T\]ZIT OWWL[ For example, the United States prohibits the import of pre-Columbian monumental or architectural sculpture or murals, as well as any cultural OWWL[ QV XZW^MVIVKM NZWU [WUM KW]V\ZQM[ []JRMK\ \W IZUML KWVÃ&#x2020;QK\[ The Buyer must verify local legislation prior to the sale in order to be assured that import or export is possible. +1<-; QUXWZ\ IVL M`XWZ\ ZM[\ZQK\QWV[ +MZ\IQV MVLIVOMZML [XMKQM[ IZM TQ[\ML QV \PM +1<-; +WV^MV\QWV 4Q[\ML [XMKQUMV[ IVL IVa XIZ\[ WZ XZWL]K\[ \PMZMWN IZM []JRMK\ \W Q[[]IVKM WN IV export permit when leaving the European Union. )XXMVLQ` 1 [XMKQM[ IZM IT[W []JRMK\ \W Q[[]IVKM WN I XZQWZ QUXWZ\ XMZUQ\ from the country in which the goods are to be imported. Such permits are necessary before applying for export permits and it is the Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s duty to initiate the proceedings with the relevant authority. The Buyer must be aware that certain countries prohibit the import of some species or any parts or products derived thereof. For example, the United States prohibit all import of African elephant ivory, and any item containing parts that may merely resemble African elephant ivory must be accompanied by relevant documentation stating it is not the latter. ?WZSML Q\MU[ \PI\ IZM LI\ML JMNWZM ! IZM M`MUX\ NZWU QUXWZ\ restrictions for intra-EU trade and shall not require export licences. Please be aware that all Lots marked with the symbol Æ&#x20AC; IZM []JRMK\ \W +1<-; ZMO]TI\QWV[ 85
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4QUQ\I\QWV WN TQIJQTQ\a ZMOIZLQVO +1<-; M`XWZ\ TQKMV[M[ Where licences are required for importing or exporting outside of the European Union, it is the Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s duty to obtain them. CA Ltd cannot be held responsible if the Buyerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s application for an export permit is unsuccessful. Subsequently, in the event of failure thereof, CA Ltd shall not permit cancellation or rescission of the sale. ?IZZIV\QM[ CA Ltd does not provide the Buyer with warranties relating to any Lot, unless required by Law. )]\PMV\QKQ\a _IZZIV\a 1V \PM M^MV\ WN I 4W\ JMQVO [WTL I[ I]\PMV\QK ]VLMZ \PM KI\ITWO]M description and the Buyer provides evidence in the form of a written report by a recognised expert or test results that the said Lot is not, CA Ltd will refund the purchase price. <PM *]aMZ [PITT OQ^M VW\QKM \W +) 4\L _Q\PQV LIa[ NZWU SVW_TMLOM or any event giving reasons for suspecting that the item is not authentic, and within one year of the said sale. Any claim thereafter shall not be receivable. For the purposes of the present paragraph, authenticity shall JM LMÃ&#x2026;VML I[ \PM [\I\M WN I 4W\ \PI\ Q[ OMV]QVM IVL VW\ I NWZOMZa WZ I KWXa 5. ANTIQUITIES AND TRIBAL ART 1UXWZ\ IVL M`XWZ\ ZM[\ZQK\QWV[ IVL ZMO]TI\QWV[ )ZKPIMWTWOQKIT OWWL[ W^MZ aMIZ[ WN IOM ]VTM[[ KW^MZML Ja M`MUX\QWV WN TQUQ\ML [KQMV\QÃ&#x2026;K QV\MZM[\ _QTT ZMY]QZM IV -= 4QKMVKM NWZ M`XWZ\ \W I third country, regardless of their value. 1\ Q[ ZMKWUUMVLML \PI\ \PM *]aMZ KWV\IK\ \PM -`XWZ\ 4QKMV[QVO =VQ\ at Arts Council England in order to be assured the good is or not of TQUQ\ML IZKPIMWTWOQKIT WZ [KQMV\QÃ&#x2026;K QV\MZM[\ Archaeological goods found on United-Kingdom soil or in UK \MZZQ\WZQIT _I\MZ[ W^MZ aMIZ[ WN IOM [PITT ZMY]QZM I =3 4QKMVKM regardless of their value and regardless of the export destination. 7\PMZ IZKPIMWTWOQKIT WJRMK\[ ZMOIZLTM[[ WN \PMQZ WZQOQV _QTT ZMY]QZM IV 1VLQ^QL]IT 4QKMVKM WZ 7/-4 LMXMVLQVO WV \PMQZ ^IT]M Both European-Union and UK Licences may be required simultaneously NWZ [WUM Q\MU[ 1\ Q[ \PM *]aMZ¼[ L]\a \W ]VLMZ\ISM \PM VMKM[[IZa [\MX[ CA Ltd cannot be held responsible and the sale cannot be cancelled in the event of failure to obtain the relevant licences. 6. JEWELLERY /MU[\WVM \ZMI\UMV\ IVL M[\QUI\M[ Many gemstones on the market have been treated so as to augment their appearance, in a reversible or permanent manner. Treatments under the present section may be but not limited to: â&#x20AC;¢ Heat treatment to enhance sapphires and rubiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; clarity and colour Â&#x152; 7QT IVL ZM[QV \ZMI\UMV\[ NWZ MUMZITL[ IXXTQML QV LQâ&#x20AC;«Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬MZMV\ _Ia[ \W enhance clarity of the stone â&#x20AC;¢ Staining Â&#x152; 1ZZILQI\QWV â&#x20AC;¢ Coating Estimates provided by CA Ltd are deemed to be based on the fact that the OMU[\WVM UIa PI^M JMMV []JRMK\ \W IVa \aXM WN \ZMI\UMV\ QV \PM XI[\ +) Ltd shall not be responsible in the absence of mention thereof. ) KMZ\QÃ&#x2026;KI\M UIa JM Q[[]ML Ja I TIJWZI\WZa XZW^QLQVO _Q\P LM\IQTML information on the condition of the gemstone and any treatment applied \PMZM\W <PM *]aMZ U][\ JM I_IZM \PI\ LQâ&#x20AC;«Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬MZMV\ TIJWZI\WZQM[ PI^M LQâ&#x20AC;«Ùºâ&#x20AC;¬MZMV\ approaches as to the degree or type of treatment for a particular gemstone. 1N I KMZ\QÃ&#x2026;KI\M IKKWUXIVQM[ \PM 4W\ \PM *]aMZ U][\ JM I_IZM \PI\ Q\ Q[ merely a statement of the laboratoryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s opinion and in no way can CA Ltd
JM PMTL ZM[XWV[QJTM NWZ IVa UMV\QWV[ \PMZMQV ;]KP KMZ\QÃ&#x2026;KI\M[ IZM LMMUML to be delivered with the Lot for informative purposes only. -[\QUI\ML _MQOP\[ 1N I [\WVM¼[ M`IK\ _MQOP\ IXXMIZ[ _Q\PQV \PM JWLa WN \PM LM[KZQX\QWV \PM [\WVM PI[ JMMV ]V UW]V\ML IVL _MQOPML Ja +) 4\L 1N \PM _MQOP\ WN a stone is stated to be approximate, the stone has been assessed by CA 4\L _Q\PQV Q\[ [M\\QVO IVL \PM LMÃ&#x2026;VML _MQOP\ Q[ I [\I\MUMV\ WN WXQVQWV only. This information is given as a guide and bidders should satisfy themselves with regard to this information as to its accuracy. ;QOVI\]ZM[ â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;) LQIUWVL ZQVO Ja @â&#x20AC;&#x2122;: When the makerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name appears in the title, in Chiswick Auctionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; opinion the piece is by that maker. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;) LQIUWVL ZQVO [QOVML @â&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Has a signature that, in Chiswick Auctionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; opinion, is authentic but may contain gemstones that are not original, or the piece may have been altered. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;) LQIUWVL ZQVO UW]V\ML Ja @â&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Has been created by the RM_MTTMZ QV +PQ[_QKS )]K\QWV[¼ WXQVQWV J]\ ][QVO [\WVM[ WZ LM[QOV[ supplied by the client. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;5ISMZ¼[ UIZS NWZ @â&#x20AC;&#x2122;: Has a makerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mark which in Chiswick Auctionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; opinion is authentic. Some items may include parts or products derived from endangered [XMKQM[ []KP I[ Q^WZa WZ KWZIT ;]KP Q\MU[ UIa JM []JRMK\ \W QUXWZ\ WZ M`XWZ\ ZM[\ZQK\QWV[ ;MM [MK\QWV WV +1<-; ZMO]TI\QWV[ NWZ UWZM LM\IQT[ 7. CLOCKS AND WATCHES All Lots are sold as seen. Clocks and watches are therefore not deemed to be sold in working condition. Absence of reference thereof in the description does not imply that the Lot is in good condition and _Q\PW]\ LMNMK\[ WZ PI[ JMMV []JRMK\ \W ZMXIQZ WZ ZM[\WZI\QWV CA Ltd makes no representation or warranty that any clock or watch Q[ QV _WZSQVO WZLMZ )[ KTWKS[ IVL _I\KPM[ WN\MV KWV\IQV Ã&#x2026;VM IVL complex mechanisms, bidders should be aware that a general service, change of battery or further repair work, for which the Buyer is solely responsible, may be necessary. Most clocks and watches are likely to have been repaired in the past, and as a result may include parts that are not original thereto. The United-States restrict the importation of watches such as Rolex, Frank Muller or Corum. Such models can only be imported personally by the Buyer and CA Ltd cannot assist with shipping thereof. Some watches may include leather straps derived from endangered species. Buyers may be required to obtain appropriate permits for QUXWZ\ WZ M`XWZ\ X]ZXW[M[ QV IKKWZLIVKM _Q\P +1<-; ZMO]TI\QWV[ CA Ltd acts in compliance with such legislations and shall take necessary steps where required. Subsequently, watches may be deemed sold without their straps. 8. FURNITURE =XPWT[\MZML N]ZVQ\]ZM IN\MZ ! According to The Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations ! N]ZVQ\]ZM \PI\ _I[ ]XPWT[\MZML IN\MZ \PM [\ WN 2IV]IZa ! Q[ []JRMK\ \W ZM[\ZQK\QWV[ QV \PM =VQ\ML 3QVOLWU Exempt upholstered furniture that does not meet such requirements is deemed sold for purely aesthetic purposes.CA Ltd shall not be ZM[XWV[QJTM NWZ TI\MZ IT\MZI\QWV[ \W \PM N]ZVQ\]ZM UISQVO Q\ ]VÃ&#x2026;\ NWZ [ITM 9. FINE ART .QVM )Z\ XIQV\QVO[ I[ QVKT]LML QV \PM KI\ITWO]M LM[KZQX\QWV »@ ¼" 1V +PQ[_QKS )]K\QWV[¼ WXQVQWV Q\ Q[ IV I]\PMV\QK work by the artist.
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»)\\ZQJ]\ML \W @ ¼" 1V +PQ[_QKS )]K\QWV[¼ WXQVQWV Q\ Q[ probably a work by the artist. »+QZKTM WN @ ¼" 1V +PQ[_QKS )]K\QWV[¼ WXQVQWV Q\ Q[ I _WZS Ja IV ]VQLMV\QÅML IZ\Q[\ _WZSQVO QV \PM IZ\Q[\¼[ [\aTM IVL L]ZQVO \PM period of the artist’s life. ».WTTW_MZ WN @ ¼" 1V +PQ[_QKS )]K\QWV[¼ WXQVQWV Q\ Q[ I _WZS Ja IV ]VQLMV\QÅML IZ\Q[\ _WZSQVO QV \PM IZ\Q[\¼[ [\aTM KWV\MUXWZIZa or near contemporary. »;KPWWT WN @ \P KMV\]Za¼" 1V +PQ[_QKS )]K\QWV[¼ WXQVQWV Q\ Q[ I _WZS executed in that period and in the style associated with that artist. ».ZMVKP ;KPWWT \P KMV\]Za¼" 1V +PQ[_QKS )]K\QWV[¼ WXQVQWV Q\ Q[ I _WZS executed in that period and in the style associated with a particular location. »5IVVMZ WN @¼" 1V +PQ[_QKS )]K\QWV[¼ WXQVQWV Q\ Q[ I _WZS Ja IV ]VQLMV\QÅML IZ\Q[\ _WZSQVO QV \PM IZ\Q[\¼[ [\aTM J]\ I\ I TI\MZ LI\M IT\PW]OP not of recent execution. »;\aTM WN @¼" 1V +PQ[_QKS )]K\QWV[¼ WXQVQWV Q\ Q[ I _WZS Ja IV ]VQLMV\QÅML IZ\Q[\ _WZSQVO QV \PM IZ\Q[\¼[ [\aTM IVL WN ZMKMV\ M`MK]\QWV »)N\MZ @ " 1V +PQ[_QKS )]K\QWV[¼ WXQVQWV Q\ Q[ I KWXa Ja IV ]VQLMV\QÅML IZ\Q[\ WN I VIUML _WZS Ja \PM IZ\Q[\ Lots sold ‘as seen’ or ‘as found’ are deemed to be sold in their present condition, with their faults and defects. The Bidder must be aware that purchase of such Lots is at there own risk.
CA Ltd offers no guarantee as to suitability for drinking of the wine or spirit. The Buyer must be aware of the risk that the taste of a wine or spirit may be altered due to factors such as age, storage conditions, oxidation, etc.
10. ASIAN ARTS
15. SEVERABILITY
1UXWZ\ IVL M`XWZ\ ZM[\ZQK\QWV[ ?PMV LMITQVO _Q\P )[QIV )Z\[ IVL UWZM [XMKQÅKITTa _Q\P Q\MU[ UILM WN exotic wood (e.g. all species of rosewood) or elephant ivory, the Buyer must JM I_IZM WN QUXWZ\ IVL M`XWZ\ ZM[\ZQK\QWV[ QV IKKWZLIVKM _Q\P +1<-; Regulations. As aforementioned in the Section relating to such matters, QUXWZ\ IVL M`XWZ\ XMZUQ\[ WZ ZM M`XWZ\ KMZ\QÅKI\M[ UIa JM ZMY]QZML >MZQÅKI\QWV TM\\MZ[ _QTT JM ZMY]QZML NWZ ZM M`XWZ\ WN _WZSML ZPQVWKMZW[ Q\MU[
Whenever and to the extent that any provisions of these terms would or might contravene the provision of any relevant legislation, []KP XZW^Q[QWV Q[ \W \ISM MٺMK\ WVTa QV [W NIZ I[ Q\ UIa LW [W without contravening such legislation and the legality, validity and enforceability of any of the remaining provisions are not in any way \W JM IٺMK\ML WZ QUXIQZML I[ I ZM[]T\
13. COPYRIGHT CA Ltd shall own the copyright on all images, illustrations and written material produced by or for CA Ltd relating to a Lot, including catalogue contents. Such copyright shall remain at all times the property of CA Ltd. Neither the Buyer nor anyone else shall use the abovementioned materials without the prior written consent of CA Ltd. ;WUM 4W\[ UIa JM []JRMK\ \W KWXaZQOP\ XZW\MK\QWV +) 4\L LWM[ VW\ guarantee said Lots are free thereof. 14. DATA PROTECTION The Buyer agrees that personal information transmitted to CA Ltd may be disclosed exclusively for the purposes of business, or as required by Law. CA Ltd shall not use personal information for any other purpose without the Buyer’s prior consent. CA Ltd never sell, lend or trade in personal data provided by any Bidder.
16. AMENDMENTS .QVM +PQVM[M 8IQV\QVO[ +]ZZMV\ [KPWTIZ[PQX QV \PM ÅMTL WN +PQVM[M 8IQV\QVO[ IVL +ITTQOZIXPa LWM[ VW\ XMZUQ\ ]VY]ITQÅML [\I\MUMV\[ I[ \W \PM I]\PWZ[PQX WZ LI\M WN execution. The limited right of rescission contained in the present terms and conditions does not apply to Chinese paintings. 6W\_Q\P[\IVLQVO QN _Q\PQV LIa[ WN \PM [ITM WN IVa []KP 4W\ \PM original purchaser gives written notice to CA Ltd that the Lot is a forgery and within fourteen days after giving such notice, the original purchaser returns the lot to us in the same condition as at the time of sale and demonstrates to our satisfaction that the lot is a forgery, CA Ltd will rescind the sale and refund the purchase price received. For this purpose, I »NWZOMZa¼ Q[ LMÅVML I[ I _WZS KZMI\ML _Q\P \PM QV\MV\ \W LMKMQ^M 11. BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS *WWS[ IVL UIV][KZQX\[ [WTL I[ QVKWUXTM\M IZM VW\ []JRMK\ \W ZM\]ZV[ Printed books may be returned for a full refund only if they prove to be defective in text or illustration. This shall not apply to the absence of blanks, half titles or advertisements, to un-named books or to books sold under the heading of ‘binding’ or ‘bindings’.
The current Terms and Conditions may be amended, verbally or in writing, prior to the sale. 17. LAW AND JURISDICTION The rights and obligations of the parties with respect to these Conditions of Sale and the conduct of the auction and any matters related to any of the foregoing shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the Law of England and Wales. .WZ \PM JMVMÅ\ WN +) 4\L ITT JQLLMZ[ IVL [MTTMZ[ IOZMM \PI\ \PM +W]Z\[ WN -VOTIVL IZM \W PI^M M`KT][Q^M R]ZQ[LQK\QWV \W [M\\TM ITT LQ[X]\M[ IZQ[QVO in connection with all aspects of all matters or transactions to which these Conditions of Sale and Authorship warranty relate or apply. All parties agree that CA Ltd shall retain the right to bring proceedings in any court other than the Courts of England.
12. WINES AND SPIRITS 1V IKKWZLIVKM _Q\P IOZMML [\IVLIZL[ QV \PM \ZILM M[\QUI\M[ [PITT JM LMMUML \W PI^M \ISMV QV\W IKKW]V\ \PM ÅTT TM^MT For the purposes of the present Terms and Conditions, the ‘Fill Level’ refers to the space between the base of the cork and the liquid in the bottle. Fill levels may vary with age or depending on the condition of the wine or spirit. Lack of mention thereof in the description is not a representation of IV »IKKMX\IJTM¼ ÅTT TM^MT NZWU +) 4\L 87
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SPECIALISTS
20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design James Nurse Head of Department james@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Jewellery Sarah Duncan Head of Department sarah@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Antiquities & Tribal Art Alice King Head of Department alice.king@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Charlotte Peel Specialist charlotte.peel@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Asian Art Lazarus Halstead Head of Department lazarus@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Musical Instruments Dr. David MacGregor Guitars & Fretted Instruments Specialist david@chiswickauctions.co.uk Printed Books & Manuscripts
Yasuko Kido Japanese Art Specialist yasuko@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Clive Moss Head of Department
Ceramics & Glass Dr. Jim Peake Head of Department jim@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Nicholas Worskett Specialist
Designer Handbags & Fashion Meg Randell Head of Department meg@chiswickauctions.co.uk European Works of Art & Clocks Rachael Osborn-Howard Head of Department rachael@chiswickauctions.co.uk Fine Art Suzanne Zack Head of Department - Watercolours, Drawings & Portrait Miniatures suzanne@chiswickaucions.co.uk Jan Leman 15th - 20th Century Oils & Prints Specialist jan@chiswickauctions.co.uk
nicholas@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Dr. Carmen Donia Specialist carmen.donia@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Valentina Borghi Head of Sales - Autographs & Memorabilia valentina.borghi@chiswickauctions.co.uk Rugs & Carpets Mark Henry Lampe Head of Department mark.lampe@chiswickauctions.co.uk Chris Vin Specialist chris@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Rohan McCulloch Collections, Early British Paintings & Drawings Specialist rohan@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Silver & Objects of Vertu John Rogers Head of Department john.rogers@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Krassi Kuneva Head of Sales - Modern & Post-War British Art kkuneva@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Amicie de Villenfagne Specialist amicie@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Melissa Van Vliet Head of Sales - Old Masters melissa.vanvliet@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Watches Matthew Caddick Head of Department matt@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Islamic & Indian Art Beatrice Campi Specialist beatrice.campi@chiswickaucions.co.uk
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clive.moss@chiswickauctions.co.uk
Wine & Spirits Peter Mansell Head of Department peter.mansell@chiswickauctions.co.uk
*See inside front cover for information regarding fees
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SALE CALENDAR
TUESDAY 1st MAY The Interiors & Design Sale to include a selection of Fine Rugs & Carpets TUESDAY 15th MAY Jewellery Watches
Beatrice Campi
WEDNESDAY 16th MAY Designer Handbags Old Master Paintings & Drawings
Specialist Islamic & Indian Art beatrice.campi@chiswickauctions.co.uk
THURSDAY 17th MAY Printed Books & Manuscripts to include Modern First & Limited Editions TUESDAY 22nd MAY The Interior & Design Sale
A special acknowledgment to our Volunteer Cataloguer, Fariba Thomson.
THURSDAY 24th MAY Fine Chinese Paintings Chinese Bronzes: Song to Qing FRIDAY 25th MAY Asian Art
BUYER’S PREMIUM The buyer shall pay Chiswick Auctions Ltd a premium on the hammer price of 25% plus VAT on that commission. TELEPHONE BIDDING Please note that requests for telephone bids should be submitted no later than 5pm on the day prior to the sale. LIVE BIDDING
the-saleroom.com Please note there is a 3% +VAT surcharge for using this service.
invaluable.co.uk Please note there is a 5% +VAT surcharge for using this service.
COLLECTION OF LOTS Buyers are asked to collect their lots on the day of the sale or between 10.00 and 18.00 up until close of business on Friday following the sale. IMPORTANT INFORMATION CITES
Please be aware that all lots marked with the symbol ƀ are subject to CITES regulations. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
LOTS OF IRANIAN ORIGIN 1. Bidders are advised that some countries (such as the USA) prohibit or restrict the purchase and import of Iranian “works of conventional craftsmanship” (works that are not by a recognized artist and/or that have a function, as lacquer decorative objects, pottery bowls and tiles, UM\IT_IZM [KQMV\QÅ K QV[\Z]UMV\[ IVL textiles). These restrictions do not apply to carpets and “informational materials” such as paintings, manuscripts and works on paper. All bidders are responsible for familiarising themselves with the laws that apply to them and ensuring that they do not bid or import properties in contravention of relevant sanctions or trade embargoes. 2.The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has imposed a ban on the importation of Iranian goods to or via its member states. Please check with your shippers whether you will be able to ship Iranian artworks to the GCC member states prior to bidding.
TUESDAY 5th JUNE Interiors & Design to include a selection of Fine Rugs & Carpets WEDNESDAY 6th JUNE European Works of Art & Clocks TUESDAY 12th JUNE British & European Fine Art with Portrait Miniatures Wine & Spirits TUESDAY 19th JUNE Interiors & Design WEDNESDAY 20th JUNE Silver & Objects of Vertu TUESDAY 26th JUNE Designer Handbags & Fashion WEDNESDAY 27th JUNE Antiquities
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