Christies: Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Rugs and Carpets, 23591, London - King Street

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Auction Report
Auction Date
May 01, 2025 - May 01, 2025
Page Size: 44 items in 2 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

AN IMPRESSIVE AND EARLY ILLUMINATED KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO

PROBABLY DAMASCUS, UMAYYAD SYRIA, 8TH/9TH CENTURY GBP 100,000.00 - 120,000.00 GBP 107,100.00
6

A ZIRID KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO

PROBABLY KAIROUAN, TUNISIA, 9TH CENTURY GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 22,680.00
10

A KUFIC QUR'AN SECTION

NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH/10TH CENTURY GBP 100,000.00 - 120,000.00 GBP 113,400.00
14

A QUR'AN SECTION

ILKHANID IRAN, LATE 13TH/EARLY 14TH CENTURY GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 GBP 75,600.00
15

QUR'AN JUZ' I

PROBABLY IRAN, 13TH CENTURY GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 12,600.00
16

QUR'AN

SELJUK IRAN OR ANATOLIA, CIRCA 1200 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 27,720.00
19 SIGNED AMIR HAJ IBN AHMAD AL-SAYINI,

QUR'AN JUZ' XXI

PROBABLY TABRIZ, ILKHANID IRAN, 734/1334 AD GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 GBP 126,000.00
32

A MAGHRIBI QUR'AN SECTION

SPAIN OR MOROCCO, 13TH/14TH CENTURY GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 18,900.00
34

ISFANDIYAR SLAYS THE SIMURGH

PROBABLY SHIRAZ, TURKMAN IRAN, AH 887 / 1482 AD GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 7,560.00
37

MUHAMMAD 'ASSAR TABRIZI (D. AH 779 / 1377 AD): MIHR O MUSHTARI

PROBABLY AQ QOYUNLU SHIRAZ, 5 RAMADAN AH 895 / 23 JULY 1490 AD GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 163,800.00
38 AFTER MIR 'ALI HARAVI,

A CALLIGRAM IN THE FORM OF A LION

SAFAVID BUKHARA OR HERAT, LATE 17TH CENTURY GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 63,000.00
39

A YOUTH WITH A CUP

SAFAVID QAZVIN, IRAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY GBP 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 GBP 5,040.00
40

BAHRAM CHUBINA DECAPITATES SAVAH SHAH

SAFAVID SHIRAZ, IRAN, 1571 AD GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 GBP 3,276.00
42

A YOUTH READING POETRY TO HIS BELOVED

SHAYBANID BUKHARA, MID-16TH CENTURY GBP 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 GBP 12,600.00
43

THE ASSASSIN FLEES

BUKHARA, UZBEKISTAN, CIRCA 1570 GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 GBP 8,820.00
44

A CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILE PANEL

SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 15,120.00
45

QUR'AN

SAFAVID SHIRAZ, MID-16TH CENTURY GBP 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 GBP 63,000.00
46

A VELVET PANEL

SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 16TH OR EARLY 17TH CENTURY GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
47

QUR'AN JUZ' XXV

SAFAVID IRAN, 17TH CENTURY GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 GBP 27,720.00
48 PROBABLY MASHHAD,

RASA'IL IKHWAN AL-SAFA' ('EPISTLES OF THE BRETHREN OF PURITY')

SAFAVID IRAN, AH 1041-42 / 1631-33 AD GBP 130,000.00 - 150,000.00 GBP 277,200.00
49 AFTER REZA 'ABBASI, BY ONE OF HIS STUDENTS,

A WHITE-EARED BULBUL

SAFAVID ISFAHAN, IRAN, RABI' I AH 1046/AUGUST 1636 AD GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
50 ATTRIBUTED TO MU'IN MUSAVVIR,

A PORTRAIT OF MUHAMMAD 'ALI THE GILDER

SAFAVID ISFAHAN, IRAN, RAMADAN AH 1020/NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1611 AD GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 Not Sold
51 ATTRIBUTABLE TO MU'IN MUSAVVIR,

A LADY ON HORSEBACK

PROBABLY SAFAVID ISFAHAN, IRAN, 1 JUMADA II AH 1115 / 12 OCTOBER 1703 AD GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
53 COPIED FOR AQA'I AQA MIRZA NASRULLAH, SIGNED MIRZA MUHAMMAD 'ALI KHANSARI AND MUHAMMAD 'ALI ISFAHANI,

QUR'AN

QAJAR IRAN, AH 1278 / 1861-2 AD GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 GBP 17,640.00
54 COLOPHON WITH THE NAME OF AHMAD AL-NAYRIZI (fl.1682-1722 AD),

QUR'AN; THE ILLUMINATION AND BINDING,

SAFAVID ISFAHAN, IRAN; QAJAR MASHHAD, IRAN, RAJAB AH 1285-RAMADAN 1287/NOVEMBER 1868-DECEMBER 1870 AD GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 GBP 176,400.00
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