Antiquities & Islamic Arts

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

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...

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 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...

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

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...

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...

AMENDMENT Please note that this calligraphic exercise album is not Ottoman as stated in the catalogue but is from Ahmedabad, Sultanate India which...

A Safavid Diwan of Hafez,Safavid Iran, signed and dated 1014AH/1605AD, Persian manuscript on paper, 271ff., with 13ll. of fine black nasta'liq per...

A Quran, Ottoman Turkeysigned Al-Sayyid Husein al-Hamdi, dated 1273AH/1856-57ADArabic manuscript on paper, 293ff. with 15ll. of black naskh to the...

An Ottoman prayerbookTurkey, 19th centuryArabic manuscript on paper, 6ff., with 13ll. of black naskh script to the page, gold roundel verse marker...

Property from a Private Collection, LondonTo Be Sold with No ReserveA group of seven folios from a Shahnameh,Safavid Iran, 17th century,Persian ma...

A standing portrait of a courtier,Safavid revival style, 20th century, the margins 17th century,Opaque pigments on paper, reclining on a tree, wea...

A Qur'an,Qajar Iran, 19th century,Arabic manuscript on paper, 159ff., 3fl.,12ll of black naskh to the page within thing gold and black rules, the ...

Two calligraphic panels,Qajar Iran, 19th centuryThe first with three line of script in black ink on paper, within plain cloud bands, against a gol...

A calligraphic panel,Qajar Iran, signed and dated 1304AH/1886AD,Persian on polished paper, with 5ll. of black shikasteh ta'liq script, signed and ...

An illustrated folio from a provincial Shahnama: possibly Isfandiyar dispatches Kuhram and AndarimanSafavid Iran, 17th centuryOpaque pigments heig...

A Qajar Firman of Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar (reg. 1848-96), Dated dhi'l-hijjah 1285/March-April 1869, With 3ll. of bold black nasta'liq arranged in c...

Kitab majmua al-fatawi, A collection of fatwas,Ottoman Turkey, dated 23 Sha’ban AH 875 / 23 February 1471 AD,Arabic manuscript on paper, 221ff., 3...

A ceremonial damascened watered steel trident,Qajar Iran, 19th century,The floral gold inlaid and facetted shaft tapering to a bulb, each side bla...

A lapis lazuli hilted and gold inlaid watered-steel dagger (kard),Iran, Safavid, 18th century and later,The heavily molted eared hilt plain, the l...

Three Safavid, Timurid and Qajar hardstone inscribed seals,Iran, 18th-19th century,mounted as rings, in gold and steel settings (3)Provenance: The...

An engraved calligraphic copper alloy magic bowl, Zand or Qajar Iran, 18th-19th century, on short straight foot, engraved overall with Qur'anic ve...

A tinned copper footed bowl,Qajar Iran, 19th century,On short truncated foot, of shallow form, a wider register of scrolling foliated tendril betw...

An engraved copper alloy magic bowl,Qajar Iran, dated AH 1221/1806 ADOf typical form, on short straight foot, the well with raised and truncated b...

To Be Sold With No ReserveA large view of Mecca on a stucco panel signed by Ismai'l Ahmad Al-Dimashqi,Ottoman provinces, dated 1311 AH/1893-4 AD,W...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA Safavid portrait of a dervish, signed Haidar Quli,Iran, first half 17th century, Pen and ink with a...

Two Qajar revival-style paintings, the first signed Mohamed Al Zaveh and the second Asadallah Anjadany, Iran, 20th century,Opaque pigments on pape...

An illustrated folio from a Persian epic, probably a Khamsa of Nizami Ganjavi illustrating a story about Majnun,Safavid Iran, 17th century,Persian...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA large lacquered scribe's box or pen case (qalamdan), Qajar Iran, 19th century,with associated 18th ...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA gold speckled lacquered papier mache pencase (qalamdan),Qajar Iran, 19th centuryOf typical form, th...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA lacquered papier-mache pencase (qalamdan)Qajar Iran, 19th centuryOf typical form, the polychrome pa...

A moulded pottery tile, Possibly Isfahan, Qajar Iran, 19th century, the polychrome decoration depicting a courtiers an courtesan meeting in a pala...