Sothebys: Arts of the Islamic World and India, L25220, London
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 30, 2025 - April 30, 2025
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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638 | Two studies of pheasants (Phasianus Cornutus - Meleagris Satyra), signed and dated by Major-General Thomas Hardwicke, |
India, Calcutta, Company School | 1822 | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,620.00 | |
651 | An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad Amin al-Shukri al-Mali, |
Ottoman provinces, | 1283 AH/1866-67 AD | GBP 18,000.00 - 25,000.00 | GBP 22,860.00 | |
652 | An illuminated prayer book, copied by Husayn al-Husni, illuminated by Sidqi, |
Turkey, Ottoman, | 1227 AH/1812-13 AD | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 38,100.00 | |
653 | An illuminated prayer book including Dala'il al-Khayrat, copied by al-Sayyid Uthman, |
Turkey, Ottoman, | 1191 AH/1777-78 AD | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 11,430.00 | |
654 | Muhyi al-Din Lari (d.1526/27), | Kitab Futuh Al-Haramayn, |
North India or the Hijaz, | 1282 AH/17 July 1865 AD | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 21,590.00 |
655 | Veysi (d.1628), | Durrat al-taj fi sirat sahib al-mi'raj (Pearl in the Crown concerning the Biography of the Lord of the Mi'raj) and Zeyl-i Nabi (Nabi's continuation), copied by Osman al-Uwaisi, the Keeper of the Mantle of the Prophet, |
Turkey, Ottoman, | 1196 AH/1781-82 AD | GBP 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | Not Sold |
665 | A compilation of poetry in safina form, |
Turkey, Ottoman | 17th century, with later additions | GBP 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | Not Sold | |
666 | An illuminated miniature Qur'an, copied by Muhammad Jamal al-Din, |
Turkey, Ottoman, | late 18th/early 19th century | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | GBP 13,970.00 | |
667 | An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Mustafa Hilmi, |
Turkey, Ottoman, | 1184 AH/1770 AD | GBP 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | GBP 7,620.00 | |
669 | A letter from Sultan 'Abdulmecid I (r.1839-61) to Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies (r.1830-59), signed by Sultan 'Abdulmecid I, |
Turkey, Ottoman, | 1259 AH/1843 AD | GBP 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold |