An extensive auction featuring over 400 lots of Indian and Islamic art, antiques and historical artefacts, including rare pottery, decorative tiles, paintings, manuscripts, early printed books, textiles and metalwork.
Highlights include 15th-century Timurid ceramic tiles, Ottoman Iznik pottery, Mughal and Safavid miniature paintings, an early 17th-century Maronite book of prayers, an Indian silver and copper inlaid celestial globe, and a collection of historical documents and memorabilia relating to the Holy Pilgrimage, including a rare 19th-century ledger documenting the making of the Kaaba's kiswa.
The sale also features Islamic bronzes, brassware, enamelled vessels, architectural fragments, illustrated manuscripts and other collectible works spanning several centuries.
Lots to include:
- Ilkhanid Pottery Bowls
- Raqqa Pottery Bowl
- Timurid Ceramic Border Tiles
- Iznik Pottery Tiles
- Carved Stone Fragments
- Turquoise Glazed Pottery Bowls
- Blue and White Pottery Dishes
- Cuerda Seca Pottery Tiles
- Architectural Stucco Fragments
- Sandstone Jali Screen
- Porcelain Bottle
- Iznik Pottery Jug
- Rosewater Sprinkler
- Multan Pottery Tiles
- Porcelain Incense Burner
- Carved Soapstone Teapot
- Ceramic Vases
- Pottery Ewers
- Pottery Baskets
- Bronze Oil Lamps
- Bronze Dishes
- Silver Inlaid Bronze Tray
- Copper Bowls
- Enamelled Hanging Lamps
- Mamluk Copper Basin
- Brass Vases
- Hanging Mosque Lamp
- Folding Side Table
- Brass Ewers and Basins
- Ottoman Bronze Standard
- Indian Celestial Globe
- Brass Hindu Figures
- Hindu Altarpiece
- Silver Perfume Beard Comb
- Damascened Steel Hookah Base
- Brass Candlestick
- Bidriware Ewer
- Indo-Persian Astrolabe
- Indian Miniature Paintings
- Mughal Portrait Paintings
- Persian Reverse-Glass Paintings
- Safavid Miniatures
- Illustrated Manuscript Folios
- Early Printed Books
- Maronite Book of Prayers
- Armenian Illustrated Manuscript
- Armenian Prayer Scroll
London
W6 7DJ
