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Auction Name
Arts of the Islamic World & India
Auction Date
10/29/2025 - 10/29/2025
Sale Number
#L25223
Total Lots
58
Sold Lots
45.0
Lots Sold
77.59%
Unsold Lots
13
Total Sales (GBP)
5,682,620.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
2,050,000.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
3,186,000.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
2,290,000.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
3,551,000.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
160.03%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
220

Maharaja Ranjit Singh in procession, riding on an elephant through a bazaar, by Bishan Singh,

circa 1860-70 GBP 200,000.00 - 300,000.00 GBP 952,500.00
101

An exceptionally rare and important Qur'an manuscript with eight tafasir with the combined title al-Itqan fi 'Ilm al-Qur'an ('Perfection in Qur'anic Science') from the library of Akbar (r. 1556-1605),

 late 16th century GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 GBP 863,600.00
232

Costumes of India: an album of occupations,

late 18th century GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 609,600.00
105

An extremely rare illustrated manuscript of the Ka'banameh (A history of the Ka'ba) by Abdulrahman Gubari (d.1566), signed by Ahmad [...] al-Khatib, Kaposvar,

GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 GBP 444,500.00
149

A large illuminated Qur'an, copied by Ahmad al-Nayrizi, commissioned for Muhammad Ibrahim Bega Yuzbashi,

1122 AH/1710-11 AD GBP 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 GBP 355,600.00
118

Ibn al-Shatir (d.1375), Nihayat al-su'al fi tashih al-usul, on astronomy,

 14th century GBP 150,000.00 - 250,000.00 GBP 254,000.00
128

A line from the 'Baysunghur Qur'an', attributed to 'Umar al-Aqta,

circa 1400 GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 GBP 241,300.00
113

An early Kufic Qur'an leaf,

circa 700-750 AD GBP 120,000.00 - 200,000.00 GBP 177,800.00
200

A royal Mughal hunting scene, possibly portraying Jahandar Shah (r.1712-13),

 first half 18th century GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 GBP 152,400.00
140

A large illuminated Qur'an,

 16th century GBP 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 GBP 152,400.00
192

Elephants frolicking in a mountain lake,

 circa 1630-40 GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 GBP 139,700.00
193

Jahangir as the Queller of Shah Jahan's Rebellion,

17th century GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 GBP 127,000.00
114

A Qur'an bifolium in Kufic script on vellum from the Mushaf Al-Hadinah, The 'Nurse's Qur'an', copied by 'Ali Al-Warraq,

GBP 100,000.00 - 150,000.00 GBP 127,000.00
146

A large illuminated Qur'an,

 late 17th/early 18th century GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 82,550.00
102

A large painting depicting Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem, signed by Mehmed Sadiq,

19th century GBP 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 GBP 60,960.00
218

Shri Dhola-Maru' with over eighty illustrations,

 dated VS 1805/1749 AD GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 60,960.00
144

Abu'l Qasim Firdausi (d.1025 AD), Shahnameh,

16th century GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 60,960.00
209

Maharana Jawan Singh (r.1828-38) bathing with his noblemen at Jag Niwas, attributable to Ghasi,

circa 1830-35 GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 GBP 53,340.00
143

An album of original watercolours: Charles T. Yerkes, Collection of 16th Century Rugs,

1900-05 GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 50,800.00
150

An illuminated Qur'an in 60 volumes, copied by Malik Muhammad al-Khwansari,

1279 AH/ 1862 - 1863 AD GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 GBP 50,800.00
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