Asian and Islamic Art Auction January 2020

A princess with lots of jewelry drinking tea on a balcony, in a frame.Origin: MughalPeriod: 19th centurySizes: 19.00 cm. H x 11.50 cm. W7.48 in. H...

A portrait of a colorful dressed Mughal princess, holding a chandelier.Origin: MughalPeriod: 19th-20th centurySizes: 31.00 cm. H x 23.00 cm. W12.2...

A portrait of a prince, holding a straight sword,Origin: IndIaPeriod: 18th-19th centurySizes: 17.50 cm. H x 12.50 cm. W6.89 in. H x 4.92 in. W

A portrait of a prince, perhaps Sri Raja Singh Maharaj, Mewar or Bikaner, with gold halo, holding a straight sword, cursive inscription in Nagari ...

Mughal School.Gilt and gouache on paper, gold brocade fabric border, glazed, and set within a fitted velvet case; portraying a high-ranking noble ...

Indian miniature depicting a horse and two grooms India, Rajasthan, natural pigments and gold on paper.Origin: IndiaPeriod: 18th centurySizes: 22....

Indian miniature painting depicting a loving couple with musicians India, possibly Lucknow, natural pigments and gold on paper.Origin: IndiaPeriod...

Drawing of a lady, India, Rajasthan, possibly Kishangarh. Ink and colors on paper.Origin: IndiaPeriod: 18th centurySizes: 6.00 cm. W x 12.00 cm. D...

Equestrian portrait of a thakur on dotted horseback India, Rajasthan, Marwar, natural pigments and gold on paper.Origin: IndiaPeriod: 18th-19th ce...

Indian miniature depicting a passage from the Ragamala Mewar, natural pigments and gold on paper.Origin: IndiaPeriod: 18th centurySizes: 20.00 cm....

A illuminated painting depicting the Kaaba to the centre, surrounded by Quran text.Origin: OttomanPeriod: 19th centurySizes: 77.00 cm. H x 53.00 c...

Single leaf, text panel at the top with the blessing in a single line of black muhaqqaq, then a circular text-block with 10 lines black naskh, 4 c...

Shama'il nama "Hilyeh"Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the Arabic text in gold within illuminated panels in three columns, Persian t...

An Islamic painting on paperThree large panels depicting AL Kabaa, Al-Masjid an-Nabaw? and other different mosques and holy places in the islamic ...

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, ruled in black border, depicting "the Holy Kaaba " in Mecca surrounded by houses.Origin: IndiaPeriod: 19th ...

A view of Mecca, made of copper and wood.In low relief with oil colors on copper and wood, with a detailed depiction of the Masjid al-Haram and th...

An illuminated calligrapher's diploma (ijazet), signed by Husain Rashid Effendi, and witnessed by Ibrahim Salem, Mustafa Rasekh and Muhammad Zuhni...

A Hilya written with the description of prophet Muhammed in white ink on blue paper by Muhammed Ghiyath al Din al Kilaani. 1419 AH.Origin: OttmanP...

Scripted by Gold and Red (Rawia Shreffah). With the large gold tughra of Abdul Hamid Mahmud Khan.Origin: OttomanPeriod: 19th centurySizes: 160.00 ...

On black ground, decorated with two cartouches containing the Kaaba and a mosque, furthermore decorated with flowers. Starting with the text Bismi...

A Quran text.Origin: North-AfricaPeriod: 18th centurySizes: 18.50 cm. H x 13.00 cm. W7.28 in. H x 5.12 in. W

The gilt and pierced leaf with applied calligraphic Quranic composition in thuluth script, mounted on black board, framed and glazed.Origin: Ottom...

These illuminated calligraphy pages are the first pages of an Ottoman Quran.Origin: OttomanPeriod: 18th-19th centurySizes: 32.00 cm. H x 41.50 cm....

B-Iraj is assassinated by his brother Tur. The hero holding his dagger looks at Tur's head on the lap of one of his companions. See J. Mohl, The B...

A miniature from a large Shahname, or Book of Kings, from Firdousi. Text in nasta'liq script in reserve on a background of lines enhanced with blu...

An illuminated two Quran pages, including the Falnama .Arabic manuscript on paperEach page is 37.00 CM by 25.50 CM.Origin: Safavid PersiaPeriod: 1...

An Ottoman framed illuminated Quran page. surat alnisa' Origin: Ottoman Period: 17th-18th century Sizes: 22.50 cm. H x 13.50 cm. W 8.86 in. H x 5....

Five books are Chinese Qurans, the other two smaller pocket black folio Qurans are Kashmir, 19th century.Of black Chinese Muhaqqaq script to the a...

Dalail Ahayrat is a famous collection of prayers for the Islamic prophet Muhammad, which was written by the Moroccan Shadhili Sufi and Islamic sch...

Masabih al-Sunnah is a collection of hadith by the Persian Shafi'i scholar Abu Muhammad al-Husayn ibn Mas'ud ibn Mubammad al-Farra' al-Baghawi.Bor...

Signed Muhammad Bin 'Abd Al-Qadir Bin Ibrahim Bin Ahmad Bin [..] Al-Hasani, North Africa, probably Morocco, dated 26 DHU Al-Qa'da AH 1197/23 Octo...

An Arabic manuscript on paper. with 15ll. of neat black naskh within a gilt border, with gold roundel verse markers.Floral marginal illumination, ...

Signed Abdallah bin Mohammed student of Sheikh Al-Rifai, Dated. AH. 1812 AD.Arabic manuscript on cream watermarked paper, 90 leaves plus 2 -leaves...

An Arabic manuscript on paper. with 18ll. of neat black naskh within a gilt border, with gold roundel verse markers.Floral marginal illumination, ...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 316 leafs. Dated and signed by Muhammad ?,1281 AH/1860. ADOrigin: OttomanPeriod: 19th centurySizes: 4.00 cm. H x 3.00 ...

Quran in gold signed and dated: Yahya Helmy 21 Ramadan 1277 AH.1856 ADOrigin: OttomanPeriod: 19th centurySizes: 4.50 cm. H x 3.20 cm. W1.77 in. H ...

Thirteen Quran Kufic script pages. Origin: Persia Period: 10th-11th century Sizes: 15.50 cm. H x 14.00 cm. W 6.1 in. H x 5.51 in. W ...[more]

A Kashmir leather-bound Quran containing seven miniatures.Origin: KashmirPeriod: 19th centurySizes: 30.50 cm. H x 19.50 cm. W12.01 in. H x 7.68 in...

A large part of Quran with some decorative pages written for president Gamal Abdul Nasser. Given by the minister of religion.Origin: EgyptPeriod: ...

Muhammad bin Framers Mulla Khusrow Hanafi, ( 885 AH - 1480 AD)Ascholar of Hanafi jurisprudence and originscopied by Muhammad Amin.Istanbul.1253 A...

A book containing 76 pages written with Kufic script, with two illuminated pages. Bound in a brown leather cover.Origin: OttomanPeriod: 20th centu...

An Arabic manuscript on paper. with 11ll. of neat black naskh within a gilt border, with gold roundel verse markers. Floral marginal illumination,...

A Persian manuscript of 658 pages, the title in gold, blue, yellow and green design of flowers.Gulistán I Sadi - "The Rose Garden of Sa'di." This ...

Seventeen leaves Quran in gold.Signed :Orman zadeh Mustafa bin Muhammad, who was a student of Muhammad Najeeb.Dated .10th Zu al-Hijjah .1154 AH ( ...

A Kashmir Quran, with a leather and gilt cover.Origin: KashmirPeriod: 19th centurySizes: 13.50 cm. H x 9.50 cm. W5.31 in. H x 3.74 in. W

The Hajj scroll, depicting Mecca and Medina, was presented to Othman Pasha Al-Sadig, the governor of Damascus.Single scroll formed of 2 membranes,...

Persian manuscript by Sa'adi (d.1292 AD): 1) Kulliyat, copied by Shihab Aldiyn Eali bin Muhamad manuscript on paper.Origin: Persia-SafavidPeriod:...

Quran II (sura al-baqara), vv.230--240, Arabic manuscript on paper, 14ll. of large black eastern kufic script, with gold rosette verse markers, re...

Ottoman manuscript in Turkish in the ten readings of Quran with comments in Arabic.Origin: Ottoman empirePeriod: 19th centurySizes: 18.50 cm. H x ...

Abi Muhamad Ebdallh Almalaki Almarjani .775. AH???? ????? ??????? ?????? ??????? ??? ???? ??????? ?????? ???????? ???????Origin: Morocco-FezPeriod...

A Persian poem book, with a Persian calligraphy in 15ll of two columns. All with a gilt border.With illuminated and gilt biofolio opening. page: 1...

An Arabic manuscript on paper. with 15ll. of neat black naskh within a gilt border, with gold roundel verse markers.Floral marginal illumination, ...

A leather-bound book with Kufic manuscripts.Origin: OttomanPeriod: 20th centurySizes: 30.00 cm. H x 25.00 cm. W11.81 in. H x 9.84 in. W

Decorated in gilt Kufic script and floral roundels.Origin: OttomanPeriod: 20th centurySizes: 31.00 cm. H x 50.00 cm. W12.2 in. H x 19.69 in. W

Wood folding Qur'an stand Inlaid with ivory and bone.Wajazahum bima sabaroo jannatan wahareeran ,Ayah-al Insan 76:12?????? ??? ????? ??? ??????Ori...

Of rectangular form on raised legs with curved spandrels and hinged coffered lid,the surface covered in inlaid mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell p...

Of rectangular casket-like shape, on four straight legs, the body clad in mother-of-pearl, tortoise shell , the tesserae of typical triangular, sq...

The two-handled box with ring hinged drop front revealing seven interior drawers, front inlaid with floral pattern with border of stylized flowers...

Written Sidqi Effendi MustafaDate 1322 AH (1905 AD)Origin: Syria or EgyptPeriod: 20th centurySizes: 64.00 cm. H x 49.50 cm. W25.2 in. H x 19.49 in...

Two wooden panels, carved with birds and a deer surrounded by Arabisque flowers and foliage. 29*21.5 14*24cmOrigin: Egypt-FatmidPeriod: 10th-12th ...