Bonhams: Islamic and Indian Art, 32276, London, New Bond Street
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 21, 2026 - May 21, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian manuscript |
Ilkhanid Persia | late 13th/early 14th Century | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 2 | Arabic manuscript |
Ottoman Turkey | 1046/AD 1636-37 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish manuscript |
Ottoman Turkey | late 16th/early 17th Century | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4 | Two text panels excised from a Persian manuscript of the Shahnama |
Ottoman Turkey, probably Istanbul; Persia, probably Shiraz | circa 1580 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,560.00 | |
| 5 | Persian manuscript |
Persia | 16th Century | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 6 | Mahmud | Turkish Jaghatai manuscript |
Western Persia or Ottoman Empire | 992/July-August 1584; 1018/16th February 1610 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 17,920.00 |
| 7 | Persian manuscript |
Persia, Shiraz | circa 1480-90 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,096.00 | |
| 8 | Persian manuscript |
Persia, Shiraz | circa 1480-90 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 5,376.00 | |
| 9 | Manuscript leaf |
Persia, Qazwin or Mashhad | circa 1580 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,480.00 | |
| 10 | Persian manuscript |
Turkman | 15th Century | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 11 | Persian manuscript |
Persia | second half of the 16th Century | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,880.00 | |
| 12 | Persian manuscript |
Persia, Shiraz | circa 1570 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 10,880.00 | |
| 13 | Persian manuscript |
Persia, perhaps Shiraz | 16th Century | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 14 | Persian manuscript |
Persia, Shiraz | 902/1st June 1497 | USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 15 | Excised leaf from a manuscript of Persian poetry |
Persia, Isfahan | circa mid-17th Century | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 | |
| 16 | Pencil drawing on illuminated album page |
Persia, Isfahan | 17th Century | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,864.00 | |
| 17 | Pencil drawing on illuminated album page |
Persia, Isfahan | 17th Century | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,048.00 | |
| 18 | Persian manuscript |
Persia | second half of the 15th Century | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 19 | Persian manuscript |
Persia | 1122/10th May 1710; 1122/16th September 1710 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 20 | Painting |
Persia | mid-17th Century | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 21 | Persian manuscript |
17th Century | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,280.00 | ||
| 22 | Persian manuscript |
North India | 18th-19th Century | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 23 | Arabic manuscript |
Probably Ottoman Turkey | 17th Century; late 19th Century | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,816.00 | |
| 24 | Arabic manuscript |
Kashmir | 1879 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 25 | Arabic manuscript |
Qajar Persia | 1827-28 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | Not Sold |
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