Auction Reports
Sothebys
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Arts of the Islamic World and India
- Auction Date
- 04/30/2025 - 04/30/2025
- Sale Number
- #L25220
- Total Lots
- 110
- Sold Lots
- 95
- Lots Sold
- 86.36%
- Unsold Lots
- 15
- Total Sales (GBP)
- 6,702,930.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 2,532,300.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)
- 3,795,200.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 3,322,300.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)
- 4,878,200.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 137.41%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 607 | A prince visiting an ascetic, |
early 17th century | GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | GBP 571,500.00 | |
| 566 | A Sufi Spiritual Concert, attributed to Hunhar, |
circa 1650-60 | GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | GBP 406,400.00 | |
| 546 | A large illuminated Mamluk Qur'an, copied by Muhammad Abu al-Fadl ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab al-A'raj, |
882 AH/1477-78 AD | GBP 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 | GBP 381,000.00 | |
| 520 | A line from the 'Baysunghur Qur'an', attributed to 'Umar al-Aqta, |
circa 1400 | GBP 300,000.00 - 500,000.00 | GBP 381,000.00 | |
| 616 | Raghunath Pathania, a holy man, attributed to Nainsukh, |
circa 1760 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 355,600.00 | |
| 532 | An early bound Qur'an section in Kufic script, North Africa or Near East, |
circa 700-750 AD | GBP 250,000.00 - 300,000.00 | GBP 317,500.00 | |
| 544 | Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa ('Epistles of the Brethren of Purity'), |
14th century | GBP 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 279,400.00 | |
| 605 | Abu'l Fazl ibn Mubarak | Abu'l Fazl ibn Mubarak (d.1602 AD), Ain-i Akbari ('The Administration of Akbar'), |
late 17th/early 18th century | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 254,000.00 |
| 627 | A scroll painting depicting the Battle of Pollilur, |
circa 1850 | GBP 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | GBP 241,300.00 | |
| 632 | A white stork (coconia ciconia) in a flat river landscape, |
circa 1780 | GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 241,300.00 | |
| 633 | A sarus crane (grus antigone) standing in a flat river landscape |
circa 1780 | GBP 50,000.00 - 80,000.00 | GBP 228,600.00 | |
| 603 | An illuminated firman of Dara Shikoh (r.1616-59), |
1068 AH/1657 AD | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 177,800.00 | |
| 579 | An illustration to a ragamala series: Bangal Ragini, |
circa 1765 | GBP 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | GBP 165,100.00 | |
| 623 | A portrait of a Sikh shawl trader, by Bishan Singh, |
circa 1867 | GBP 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | GBP 139,700.00 | |
| 635 | A domestic male fowl, |
circa 1780 | GBP 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | GBP 127,000.00 | |
| 597 | An illustration from a Shivapurana series: Sati casts herself into the fire to avenge the insult to her husband Shiva, |
circa 1820 | GBP 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | GBP 114,300.00 | |
| 636 | A grey heron (Ardea Cinerea), |
circa 1780 | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 107,950.00 | |
| 634 | A domestic female fowl, |
circa 1780 | GBP 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | GBP 107,950.00 | |
| 637 | An oriental darter (anhinga melanogaster), |
circa 1780 | GBP 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 | GBP 107,950.00 | |
| 503 | A small illuminated Qur'an, Near East, Abbasid, |
late 12th/early 13th century | GBP 80,000.00 - 120,000.00 | GBP 101,600.00 |
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![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
