Antiquities & Islamic Arts

A Kufic Qur’an folio,Near East or North Africa, First half of the 10th century,On vellum, 3ll. of elegant sepia kufic, red, green and yellow vocal...

A Qur’an bifolium, Ottoman Empire, late 15th or early 16th centuryArabic manuscript on paper, with 10ll of neat black naskh script arranged in two...

Property from an Important Qajar Family Lots 92-116A Qajar miniature Qur'an,Iran, signed Salih Muhammad Hassan al-Isfahani, dated AH 1241?/1825-26...

A Safavid calligraphic album,Iran, first quarter 17th century,Persian manuscript on cream paper, safina format, 10 panels, each with 3ll.of black ...

Two excerpts from the Qur’anQajar Iran, dated AH 1269/1853 CEone volume containing passages from sura 3 and 4, the other from sura 1, with 11ff., ...

A collection of Persian verses,Safavid Iran, late 17th-early 18th centuryPersian manuscript on paper, 96ff., with two fly leaves, with 18ll. of bl...

Diwan of Khwaju Kermani,Qajar Iran, 19th centuryPersian manuscript on paper, 196ff., with 13ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in two columns per pag...

A Kashmiri Qur'anNorth India, late 18th centuryArabic manuscript on paper, 384ff, with 15ll. of black naskh arranged within cloud bands on gold pe...

Khulasat al-Taqvim and other astronomical and astrological treatises,Compiled by Karim ibn Ibrahim, apparently completed in AH 1283/1867 CE,Persia...

A Qajar calligraphic album,Iran, 16th-19th centuryThe album in concertina format and comprising 20 calligraphies, including one drawing on textile...

A calligraphic album,Qajar Iran, circa 19008 calligraphic panels each with 2ll. of black nasta'liq in cloud band on a gold rectangular ground with...

A calligraphic album (muraqqa),Iran, circa 1880, Persian manuscript on blue paper, 22ff., each with a rectangular panel of shikasteh script in clo...

Four detached folios from a calligraphy album,Iran, 17th century and later including one with the ostensible signature of Ahmad al-Nayrizi and dat...

A Zand calligraphic bifolio, each panel signed and dated 1184AH/1770AD, in black shikasteh script arranged within cloudbands on a gold ground, occ...

A calligraphic panel signed Musavvir Mumtaz(?), India or Iran, dated 1223AH/1808ADBlack ink and gold pigments on paper, with 2ll. of nasta'liq wit...

A Safavid calligraphic panelsigned Ala'al-Din Tabrizi, Persia, dated 987AH/1579-1580ADwith 10ll. of fine black naskh script within cloud bands wit...

A double-sided calligraphic excercise in shikasteh Ta'liq script, Safavid Iran, 17th century,6ll. to each side and within finely decorated gold ma...

A group of three framed calligraphies,Iran, one dated 1213AH/1798AD and one 1285AH/1867AD,Comprising a panel of 10ll. of black diagonal naskh with...

A group of 26 calligraphy papers and notes,Qajar Iran and earlier,In nasta'liq, mashq, shikasteh and naskh, some signed and dated (26)Provenance: ...

A Zand calligraphic bifolioboth panels signed and dated AH1184/1770ADeach in black shikasteh script arranged within cloud bands on a gold ground, ...

A group of calligraphic panels,Iran, 17th-19th century,comprising a single line of bold black naskh on a pink and blue marbled ground, 17.2 x 6cm....

Three calligraphic panels,Qajar Iran, late 18th-19th century,The first dated AH1248/1832AD, with 10ll. of black nastaliq within cloud bands on a g...

Three calligraphic panels,Qajar Iran, 19th centuryFormerly mounted in an album and on coloured paper, written in neat black nasta'liq, one with di...

A group of nine calligraphic panels from an album,Zand or Qajar Iran, 18th centuryMounted on coloured folios, comprising two panels of shikasteh s...

Various PropertiesProperty from an Important Private CollectionFour folios detached from an early Arabic manuscriptPossibly Central Asia, second h...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA Qur'an juz' VIII (وَلَوْ أَنَّنَا),Qajar Ian, 19th century,Arabic manuscript on paper, 17ff., 1fl.,...

Property from a Private CollectionTo Be Sold with No ReserveAn opening folio from a Masnavi, Safavid Herat, circa 1500, 16ll. of Persian nasta'liq...

Property from an Important Private CollectionFive Qajar calligraphic panels,Iran, 19th century including one signed Aga [?] and dated Rajab AH 128...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA group of thirteen detached folios form a manuscript,India, late 18th/early 19th century,six forming...

Property of an Important Private CollectionA youth and his tutor,Safavid Iran, 17th century,kneeling under a tree, the youth dressed in the Safavi...

Property from a Private Collection, LondonTo Be Sold With No ReserveA group of Qajar paintingsIran, 19th centuryopaque pigments on paper, comprisi...

Property from An Important Private CollectionSix calligraphic panels,Qajar Iran, 19th century and later,Three on floral ground and a quatrain in b...

Property from An Important Private CollectionA composite album page,Safavid Iran, 17th century and later,Black ink, gold and polychrome pigments o...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA group of five book covers,Safavid Iran, 16th-17th centuryeach a single cover ; four of leather, too...

Property from an Important Private CollectionTwo polychrome studies of flowers : a lily and of a roseQajar Iran, signed Each on paper, laid on pap...

Property from An Important Private CollectionTo Be Sold with No ReserveThree detached folios with large polychrome and illuminated roundels (shams...

Property from an Important Private CollectionKitab fadail al-anam,Safavid Iran, 17th centuryArabic and Persian manuscript on gold sprinkled paper,...

Property from and Important Private CollectionA large lacquered papier mache bindingQajar Iran, 19th centurythe upper and lower cover's central pa...

Property from an Important Private CollectionTwo lacquered papier-mache bindings,Qajar Iran, 19th century,The first with gold-speckled lobed medal...

Property from an Important Private CollectionTwo lacquered papier mache bindings and five papier mache coversQajar Iran, 19th century,the first bi...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA firman giving a pension to the family of a deceased individual,Qajar Iran, seal impression of Mozaf...

Property from a Private Collection, LondonTo Be Sold Without ReserveFour small fragments of paintings and a woven calligraphic panelIndia, 18th-19...

A Qur'an section, Juz 26-30Copied by 'Abd Allah, North India, dated 1329AH/1911ADArabic manuscript on paper, 161ff., with 9ll. and 6ll. of bold bl...

An Ottoman manuscript on verse and prose in safineh formatOttoman Turkey, 17th centuryOttoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 107ff., one page with a...

Juz 14 from a 30-part Chinese Qur'an, China, 19h century or earlier,Arabic manuscript on paper, 52ff with 5ll. of black Sini script per page outli...

Juz 16 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an, China, circa 1546AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 45ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red ...

Three Chinese Qur'an juz, China, 18th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, each with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red rule, with...

Juz of an Ottoman 30-part Qur'an,Turkey 16th century,Arabic manuscript on paper, 28ff., written entirely in gold, with 7ll. of gold naskh script p...

Juz 16 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, 16th-17th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 62ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in ...

Juz 25 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an, China, 16th-17th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 57ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in...

Juz 18 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, 19th century,Arabic manuscript on paper, 60ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red ru...

Juz 10 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an, China, 17th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, 54ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red ...

Juz 24 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, signed Shams al-adin bin Musa al-Sini, dated 953AH/1546AD,Arabic manuscript on paper, 46ff with 5ll. of ...

Juz 12 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, circa 1546AD,Arabic manuscript on paper, 44ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red ru...

Juz 23 of a 30-part Chinese Qur'an,China, circa 1546AD,Arabic manuscript on paper, 48ff with 5ll. of black sini script per page outlined in red ru...

Five Qur'an folios and a bifolioAndalusia, 12th Century,Arabic manuscript on vellum, 5ll. of Andalusian maghribi script , vowels in red, other dia...

Qur'an juz XII (Surah Hud, v.6 surah Yusuf .52)China, 18th century,Arabic manuscript on paper, 61ff., each with 5ll. of bold black sini, punctuati...

Manuscripts from the Private Collection of Prof. W.M Ballantyne (1922-2021) Lots 164-168A Qur’ancopied by Ali Uthman al-Hilmi, Ottoman Turkey, dat...

A Qajar prayer book,Iran, 19th century,Arabic and Farsi manuscript on paper, 62ff. , 7ll. of bold black naskh script to the page, bifolio with pol...