Islamic Art Auction November 2020

Gouache pigments heightened with gold on paper, laid down on album page, depicting a priest performing rituals in his temple.22 by 29 cm.

Opaque watercolor on paper, depicting the eight-armed Goddess Durga seated on a tiger and holding her weapons. With a gilt wooden frame.CATALOGUE ...

Gouache pigments heightened with gold on paper, laid down on an album page with outer polychrome borders, depicting a Hindu woman seated with a Mu...

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, laid down on an album page, full length portrait of Maharaja Anup Singh of Bikaner (reigned 1669–98...

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, laid down on an album page with outer polychrome margins, depicting a noblewoman wearing a yellow r...

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicting Raja Hira Singh seated on a terrace and enjoying a nautch performed by elegant dressed da...

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicting wrestlers and acrobats performing Pahlevani and zoorkhaneh rituals in a landscape, within...

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicting two women wearing a gold reddish robe, blue and red trousers, against a brownish backgrou...

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the princess standing under a blossoming tree, wearing a yellow diaphanous robe and gold trousers, ...

152 by 95 cm.CATALOGUE NOTEThe term picchvai or ‘background painting’ refers to how these paintings were traditionally worshipped—picchvai such as...

Pigment and gold on cloth, painted inner border with a design of repeat flower heads. A panoramic view of the key shrines, the pilgrimage route an...

Ink, gouache and gold on paper, laid down on album page, Arabic and Persian manuscript reserved in a large cloud on a cream-colored ground.In larg...

Oil on canvas, depicting seated Imam Ali with his two sons, Hasan, Hussein and a lion.120 by 90 cm.

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicting two seated imams ‘Jilani and Chichti’ in Al-Haram Al-Nabawi in the medina, ruled in gold ...

Ink, opaque pigments and gold on paper, Persian manuscript on paper, laid down on album page, the four lines of elegant black nastaliq script writ...

Ink, opaque pigments and gold on paper, Arabic manuscript on paper, laid down on album page, written in thuluth script in black and blue outlined ...

Gouache pigments heightened with gold on paper, laid down on album page, depicting a seated important person, wearing a large white turban decorat...

The folio decorated in gold with real and mythical beasts in a landscape.44 by 21.5 cm.

Gouache pigments heightened with gold on paper, laid down on an album page, depicting the prophet Yusuf bringing apples to Zulaikha’s friends in a...

Persian manuscript on paper, gouache heightened with gold on paper by Sa’adi (1210-1292 AD), written horizontally and diagonally in black nastaliq...

Opaque pigment heightened with gold on paper, depicting Shah Tahmasp I seated with his servants in a landscape.Above two panels enclosing two Pers...

Opaque pigments heightened with gold, depicting a couple in a landscape with a gilt skyline.The outer margin decorated with panels enclosing Persi...

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, depicting Bahram Shah entertained during his wedding.With Persian inscription in nastaliq black script, sty...

Ink, opaque pigments and gold on paper, 8 lines to each page, Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, laid down on album page.Four lines of Arabic...

Ink, opaque pigments and gold on paper, Arabic manuscript on paper, laid down on album page. Heading in large thuluth script in black ink, the bot...

Arabic manuscript on vellum, 14 lines in very fine brown Kufic script, laid down on gilt album page.Diacritics in red with verse markers pointed i...

Arabic manuscript on vellum, 8 lines to the page, written in gold Kufic script outlined in brown.Diacritics indicated with brown diagonal dashes, ...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 10 leaves, each folio with 13 lines, written in bold black Bihari script, the bismallah in muhaqqaq script.The word ‘...

Arabic manuscript on vellum, 8 lines to the page written in elongated Kufic in dark brown ink, vocalization in the form of red dots. Surah heading...

Arabic manuscript on vellum, 15 lines to the page written in an elegant elongated Kufic script in brown ink, red dots probably added at a later da...

A SELJUK OFFICIAL WAQF DOCUMENT IN SCROLL FORM, RELATING TO THE ENDOWMENT OF AN ESTATE CONSISTING OF A VILLAGE AND ITS SURROUNDING LAND IN ANATOLI...

Arabic manuscript on vellum, text written in polychrome Maghribi script, set within polychrome margins of scrolling vines with fleur-de-lys set in...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 17 lines on a single leaf, written in black thuluth script.This document was issued proving that the bearer is an hono...

Arabic manuscript on parchment, written in black and brown Magribi script.This document includes the name of the seller and the buyer, the develop...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 19 leaves with 11 lines to each page, written in thuluth, naskh and muhaqqaq script. The bismallah of each surah writt...

Arabic manuscript on paper, with 12 lines to each page, written in black naskh script, ruled in gold and blue borders. Gold rosette verse markers ...

Arabic work of 156 leaves, in black naskh on 21 lines per page, opening with a double frontispiece illuminated by hand, titles of surahs illuminat...

Arabic manuscript on paper, a single leaf, written in gold knotted Kufic script outlined in black and filled in blue, above each word a gilt flora...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 149 leaves, 9 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink within stylized cloud bands on a gold ground, do...

Arabic manuscript on polished paper, 110 leaves plus 4 fly-leaves, 14 lines to the page written in naskh in black ink, headings in gold outlined i...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 185 leaves and 180 leaves, both with 27 lines to each page, written in naskh script in black ink, important words, tit...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 25 lines to each page, written in naskh script, in black and red ink.A book of two parts about medicine, 1st part abou...

This present manuscript includes a collection of eighty treatises containing various Islamic religious subjects and sciences, interpretation, hadi...

Black ink on gold-speckled paper, 6 folios, each with a panel of two lines of large strong black thuluth script, with gold and polychrome rosette ...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 15 leaves plus 1 fly-leave, 11 lines to each page, written in gilt naskh script, surah names in white thuluth script.V...

Arabic manuscript on paper. A single double leaf with 5 lines to each side, written in large elegant black thuluth muhaqqaq script outlined in gol...

Persian manuscript on cream paper, 656 leaves, plus 2 fly-leaves, 1 replacement page at the end, 29 lines to the page, written in naskh in black i...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 384 leaves plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 12 lines, written in black naskh script, gold and polychrome roundel v...

Persian manuscript on paper of varying colors, 17 leaves plus a flyleaf, remargined, 5 lines to the page, written in shikasteh ta'liq script in bl...

An illuminated Persian manuscript on paper, 27 lines per page written in fine black nasta`liq script on cream paper. Quran text written in red nas...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 71 leaves with 31 lines to each page, written in black naskh script.Catchwords and titles in red ink, the upper par...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 307 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in neat naskh script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 262 leaves, 19 lines to each page, written in miniature naskh script in black ink within cloud bands against a gold gr...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 436 leaves, 10 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in black...

Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, calligraphed in beautiful naskh and nastaliq black on seventeen lines per page, divided into several chapt...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 14 lines to each page, written in black naskh script with Persian interlinear translation, ruled in gold borders.Gold ...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 20 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 9 lines to each page, written in black naskh script.Catchword of 'Allah' in gold ink, gol...

A renowned and popular work on the virtues of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on paper, 239 leaves, four fly leaves 21 lines of black nask...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 11 lines to each page, written in in black naskh script, ruled in gold and polychrome borders.Gold rosette verse marke...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 25 lines to each page, written in black Hijazi script, titles and catchwords written in red ink, with Arabic poems thr...