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Auction Name: Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art and Greek and Roman Antiquities
Auction Date: 06/04/2025 - 06/04/2025
Sale Number: #60425
Total Lots: 41
Sold Lots: 23
Lots Sold: 56.10%
Unsold Lots: 18

Total Sales (GBP): 51,571.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 0.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP): 39,200.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 78,500.00
High Estimate of All Lots (GBP): 78,500.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.: Inf%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
22		A PAGE FROM A POLIER ALBUM, NORTHERN INDIA, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY AND LUCKNOW, CIRCA 1775	FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY AND LUCKNOW	GBP 0.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 12,350.00
6		A COPY OF THE QUR'AN, SIGNED 'ABDULLAH IBN SAFAR MUHAMMAD ZAMAN, AFSHARID PERSIA, DATED 1749-50	DATED 1749-50	GBP 0.00 - 8,000.00	GBP 7,020.00
37		AN ELABORATELY PAINTED WOOD PANEL, PROBABLY BIKANER, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1750-70	CIRCA 1750-70	GBP 0.00 - 4,000.00	GBP 3,900.00
39		A DEPICTION OF A FAKIR (BENAVA), LUCKNOW, INDIA, CIRCA 1815-20	CIRCA 1815-20	GBP 0.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 3,380.00
8		THE IRANIAN WARRIOR QARIN KILLS THE TURANIAN SHAMASAS, SAFAVID PERSIA, QAZVIN	QAZVIN LAST QUARTER 16TH CENTURY	GBP 0.00 - 5,000.00	GBP 3,380.00
40		A MINIATURE PAINTING OF A LARGE TROUPE OF ACROBATS, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY	19TH CENTURY	GBP 0.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,860.00
27		A PORTRAIT OF RAJA PRATAP SINGH OF JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY	19TH CENTURY	GBP 0.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 2,340.00
43	DARTNELL, GEORGE RUSSELL	DARTNELL, GEORGE RUSSELL (1799/1800-1878), THREE WATERCOLOURS OF INDIAN VIEWS, INDIA, CIRCA 1825-30	CIRCA 1825-30	GBP 0.00 - 600.00	GBP 2,080.00
15		A PAIR OF OTTOMAN BOOK COVERS, TURKEY, DATED 1757-8, SIGNED EL-SEYYID MUSTAFA EDIRNI	DATED 1757-8	GBP 0.00 - 2,500.00	GBP 2,080.00
1	HUSAYN WA-IZ AL-KASHAFI	HUSAYN WA-IZ AL-KASHAFI (D.1504-5), QUR'ANIC COMMENTARY, PERSIA OR INDIA, 16TH/17TH CENTURY	16TH/17TH CENTURY	GBP 0.00 - 800.00	GBP 1,820.00
4	NASIR AL-DIN TUSI	NASIR AL-DIN TUSI (D.1274), TAHRIR KITAB USUL AL-HANDASAH LI-UQLIDIS, QAJAR PERSIA, DATED 1845-6	DATED 1845-6	GBP 0.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,560.00
33		A THANJAVUR PAINTING DEPICTING THE CORONATION OF RAMA (RAMAPATTABISHEKA), SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1900	CIRCA 1900	GBP 0.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,300.00
2	ALI AL-QARI AL-HARAWI	ALI AL-QARI AL-HARAWI (D. 1605-06), AL-HIZB AL-A'ZAM, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1723-4 A.D.	DATED 1723-4 A.D.	GBP 0.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,105.00
41		A GROUP OF TWENTY FIGURE STUDIES ON MICA, TRICHINOPOLY, SOUTH INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY	SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY	GBP 0.00 - 600.00	GBP 1,040.00
44	BAILLIE, WILLIAM	BAILLIE, WILLIAM (1752/3-1799), THREE PRINTS FROM 'VIEWS OF CALCUTTA', CALCUTTA, 1794	1794	GBP 0.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 1,040.00
5	KHWAJA 'ABDULLAH ANSARI	KHWAJA 'ABDULLAH ANSARI (D.1088), MUNAJAT, PROBABLY AFGHANISTAN, DATED 1883	DATED 1883	GBP 0.00 - 800.00	GBP 910.00
23		A DEPICTION OF A LADY HOLDING A MAN'S SEVERED HEAD, MUGHAL, INDIA, 18TH CENTURY	18TH CENTURY	GBP 0.00 - 600.00	GBP 845.00
148		A TANTRIC MANUSCRIPT, TIBET, PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY	PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY	GBP 0.00 - 300.00	GBP 715.00
14		A PAIR OF QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE BOOK COVERS, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY	19TH CENTURY	GBP 0.00 - 600.00	GBP 520.00
42		SIX PAINTINGS OF FIGURES AND SCENES, TRICHINOPOLY, SOUTH INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY	SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY	GBP 0.00 - 300.00	GBP 364.00

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