Fine Islamic Art Auction June 2020

Gouache heightened with gold on album page, depicting the haloed ruler seated on a horse holding a flower in his hand. Accompanied by his servants...

A lady holding a hookah seated on a terrace, gouache heightened with gold.Laid down between minor red and black borders with gold illumination on ...

Gouache and gold painting on paper, a lady holding flowers in right hand and wearing a pleated skirt, gaghra, and a transparent choli bodice on a ...

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, laid down on an album page, full length portrait of a standing haloed Aurangzeb holding a flower in one han...

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, depicting a romantic scene between a Mughal prince and princess. Persian manuscript of elegant black nasta...

Using bold fields of color, on the primary figure, giving him great presence. The spear emphasize the nobleman’s status on the battlefield. The ac...

Gouache heightened with gold on album card.Depicting a seated Raja with an attendant waving a fan. Kota or Bundi schoolminiature: 23.5 by 16 cm.

Indian miniature depicting Krishan seated with Radha in a pavillion, Radha seated with her confidant with passion for Krishna. Mewar, natural pigm...

Equestrian portrait of Thakur on dotted horseback. India, Rajasthan, Marwar, natural pigments and gold on paper.26 by 23 cm.

Miniature depicting a horse and two grooms, natural pigments and gold on paper.India, Rajasthan.22 by 30 cm.

This Picchavai is made on the combination of popular subjects of Sharad Purnima and gopashtami with Kamal talai in bottom. Painted on cloth, it sh...

Opaque pigments on cotton panel, the idol of Shri Nathji standing in the centre, flanked by smaller figures of the deity, worshippers to either si...

The blue-skinned God standing on a plinth against a white background with arm raised as if holding Mount Govardhan, with offerings before him, enc...

Ink and wash on paper, the anatomy realistically rendered, laid down between blue and pink margins with black and gold rules, mounted, framed and ...

Gouache pigments heightened with gold on paper, laid down on album page and decorated to the outer border with flower scrolls on a cream ground. P...

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper depicting two large flower sprigs, laid down on an album page with narrow gold illuminated and wide ...

A Safavid calligraphic quatrain on a gold ground, with four lines of neat black diagonal nastal’iq script on a gold ground with polychrome floral ...

Portrait of a handsome youth, opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, laid down between gold and polychrome rules on wide gold-sprinkled bo...

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, with Kay Khusraw in single combat on horseback, other warriors watch on either side, lines of black nasta’l...

The Shahnama, verses by the 11th century poet Firdowsi (Firdausi), has extant copies created during the 14th and 16th centuries. The above is from...

A Persian Safavid panel, Persian meshki, nasta’liq in black ink reserved in clouds. An unknown student of Khawaja Mir Ali Tabrizi. Illuminated wi...

Three couplets written in black nasta’liq script reserved in clouds on a cream colored ground, arranged in two vertical columns divided by a light...

4 Lines to the page written in neat nasta’liq script cut out of paper, laid down on cloudbands against a gold ground, triangular corner piece fill...

Opaque lapis-lazuli based paint, and gold on paper. This splendid calligraphic lion is an example of zoomorphic writing where calligraphers blende...

Ink and watercolor and gold on paper, a single line of nasta’liq script filled with further text and small miniatures of animals and of the Imams,...

A collection of 15 papyrus and paper fragments, in Arabic and Greek including letters about trade and business.Six fragments with a clear Arabic m...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, of 8 leaves and with 14 lines to each page, written in fine Maghribi script in black ink, diacritics in blue and re...

An Arabic manuscript on paper written in Maghribi script in brown ink with diacritics and vowel points in blue and red, verses marked with a gold ...

An Arabic manuscript folio, ink, colors and gold on paper with 7 lines per page written in fine large Maghribi script in dark brown ink, diacritic...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, of two folia recto and verso, with 9 lines to each page, written in fine large Maghribi script in brown ink, diacri...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 2ff with 11ll of fine sepia Western Kufic script in brown ink with diacritics and vowel points in blue and red, th...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 2 leaves with 7 lines of fine sepia Kufic script in brown ink with diacritics and vowel points in blue and red. Qur...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 2 leaves with 13 lines of fine sepia Kufic script in brown ink with diacritics and vowel points in blue and red, th...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 2 leaves with 9 lines of fine sepia Western Kufic script in brown ink with diacritics and vowel points in red. Rect...

An Arabic manuscript on vellum, the folio with 13 leaves with 13 lines to each page, of sepia Maghribi with roundel, drop-shape or trilobed gold v...

Volume I: part of juz 16, juz 27 and juz 28 : surah Al-dhariyaht (51), v.1 to surah Al-Tahrim 66, v. 12Volume II: part of juz 28, juz 29 and juz 3...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 128 leaves each with 8 lines of sepia black Maghribi script with roundel, leaf-shaped verse markers. Diacritics in ...

An Arabic manuscript on vellum, 51 leaves plus 6 flyleaves, 11 lines to the page, written in Maghribi script in brown ink, verses separated by gol...

An Arabic manuscript on paper with 360 leaves and 3 flyleaves, 13 lines to each page in muhaqqaq, naskh and thuluth scripts, incidentals in thulth...

Comprising the 30th juz’, Arabic manuscript on paper, 14 leaves plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 13 lines of black muhaqqaq, surah headings in...

An Arabic manuscript on vellum, 14 lines to the page written in elongated Moroccan Kufic script in brown ink with vowel marks in red, verses marke...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, recto and verso with 13 lines to each page written in black naskh script with gold rosette markers pointed by blue ...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 126 leaves plus 2 leaves, with 28 lines to the page, written in Maghribi in dark brown ink with red and blue vocali...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 19 pages bound with 37 modern pages left blank, 11 lines to the page, naskh script written in black ink, verses sep...

An Arabic manuscript on thick polished pink paper, 12 folios, 5 lines to the page, written in large and bold Maghribi (Andalusi) script, vocalizat...

An Arabic manuscript on paper with 256 leaves, 14 lines to each page written in bold black naskh, gold verse markers outlined in black. Surah head...

An Arabic manuscript on paper 41 leaves with 2-fly-leaves and with 5 lines to each page, written in elegant gold naskh script outlined in black wi...

A four sided cabinet with short legs and domed cover. The decoration with ebony and ivory using the inlay technique.The side faces of the cabinet’...

An Arabic manuscript on paper with 519 leaves plus two fly-leaves, each with 11 lines, 3 lines of large thuluth and 8 lines of naskh, polychrome a...

An Arabic manuscript on paper with 554 leaves and 4 flyleaves, 11 lines to each page in bold black naskh script within a gilt and blue border. A c...

An Arabic manuscript on paper with 520 leaves and 3 flyleaves, 9 lines to each page in bold black naskh script within a gilt and blue border.A com...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 10 leaves, with names written in black and red naskh script within blue, orange and green circles linked by red lin...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 104 leaves, 5 lines to the page, written in fine naskh script in black ink, 5 surahs and 381verses including surah ...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 287 leaves plus 3 flyleaves, 15 lines to the page, written in small and neat naskh script in black ink, verses sepa...

An Arabic manuscript on polished paper, 422 leaves plus 6 fly-leaves, 13 lines to the page, written in fine naskh script in black ink, verses sepa...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 551leaves plus two flyleaves, each folio with 12 lines of fine black naskh, text panels outlined in double gold and po...

An Arabic manuscript on beige paper, calligraphed in beautiful and regular naskh in black ink on 15 lines per page, opening with a beautiful doubl...

An Arabic manuscript on thin paper, 204 leaves, 21 lines to each page written in a disciplined naskh script in black ink, vowel points and diacrit...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 317 leaves plus 5 fly-leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, black and red, ve...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 94 leaves plus 4 fly-leaves, 11 lines to the page, the text written in black naskh script decorated by floral scrol...