Bonhams: Islamic and Indian Art, 29724, London, New Bond Street

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 12, 2024 - November 12, 2024

Page Size: 48 items in 2 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	kufic	A leaf from a manuscript of the Qur'an written in script on vellum	Near East or North Africa	9th Century or earlier	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
2	sura	An illuminated heading and a single line from a large Ilkhanid manuscript of the Qur'an	Iraq	early 14th Century	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
3	Shahnama	An illustrated leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the , depicting Gudarz and Tus planning the night attack	Injuid Shiraz	mid-14th Century	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
4	Shahnama	An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's , depicting a prince with courtiers	Persia, Shiraz	circa 1450	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
5	Shahnama	An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's , depicting Rustam killing the white elephant	Persia, Shiraz	circa 1450	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
6	Shahnama	An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's , depicting Manuchehr lifting Tur from his horse and hurling him to the ground	Persia, Shiraz	circa 1480-90	GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
7	Shahnama	An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's , depicting Sohrab slain by Rustam	Persia, Shiraz	circa 1480-90	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
8	Shahnama	An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's depicting Yazdgerd being killed by the horse at the fountain of Su	Persia, Shiraz	circa 1480-90	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
9		An illuminated Qur'an section	Persia	16th Century	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,664.00
11	Iskandarnameh	Amir Khusrau,	Persia, Tabriz	16th Century	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	Not Sold
12	Shahnama	An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's , depicting Bahram Gur in combat with two lions in order to gain the throne	Mughal	circa 1610	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 23,040.00
14	Shahnama	Thirty-nine illustrated leaves from a dispersed manuscript of Firdausi's	North India, Kashmir	mid-19th Century	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,200.00
15	Shahnama	A lithograph text of Firdausi's in Urdu, with 21 illustrations, translated from Persian by Mul Chand Munshi	North India, Lucknow	second half of the 19th Century	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,280.00
16	Tilism-i Bangla	An unusual illustrated lithograph text in Urdu, , The Talisman of Bengal, concerning magic and astrology	Agra	1889 and 1891	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Not Sold
17	naskhi	An illuminated prayer scroll, copied by the scribe Muhammad Isma'il in and scripts, for Prince Qay Qubad Mirza, one of the sons of Fath 'Ali Shah Qajar	Qajar Persia	dated AH 1248/AD 1832-33	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
18		An illuminated prayer scroll	Qajar Persia	19th Century	GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
19	Ruzname	A , or calendar, in scroll form, by repute formerly in the collection of Warren Hastings, Governor-General of India, copied by Mustafa, known as Hikmeti the Second	Ottoman Turkey, probably Constantinople	AH 1233/AD 1817-18	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,480.00
20		A large illuminated calligraphic composition consisting of the names of the Seven Sleepers and their dog Qitmir	Probably Southern Caucasus	late 19th-early 20th Century	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
21	Dala'il al-Khayrat	Al-Jazuli, , with two stylised diagrams of the holy sites at Mecca and Medina, and numerous other attractively-decorated leaves, copied by al-Amir bin Muhammad	Probably West Africa, the town of Bawdh	19th Century	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 10,880.00
22		A large illuminated Mamluk Qur'an	Egypt	15th Century (AH 876 AH/AD 1472)	GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	GBP 23,040.00
23	Kitab Anis al-'Arifin	Pir Muhammad ibn Piri Ahmad bin Khalil, , on poetry	Ottoman Turkey	dated AH 995/AD 1586-87	GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold
24	Divan	Baki (Mahmud Abdulbaki, 1526-1600), , with seven illustrations added later	Ottoman Turkey	17th Century	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,152.00
25	juz'	An illuminated Qur'an (I)	Ottoman Turkey	circa 1750-1850	GBP 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	GBP 1,792.00
26		An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Ibrahim al-Labib bin al-Hajj 'Umar al-Harbuti	Ottoman Turkey	dated AH 1277/AD 1860-61	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,560.00
27		An illuminated Qur'an, copied by al-Hafiz Ahmad al-Hilmi	Ottoman Turkey, Edirne	dated AH 1279/AD 1862-63	GBP 3,000.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,840.00

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