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LOT 2279
Indian Framed Watercolour Manuscripts
17TH CENTURY A.D.
8 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (570 grams total, 22.2 x 17.2 cm each).
Each framed and glazed, comprising: a miniature Qur'an manuscript in Naskh script c.1650 A.D., gold embellishment, double margins, chapter headings in gold; a manuscript from a Dala'il prayer book written using Naskh script encased in golden clouds, meandering borders and scrolling floral embellishment; each with explanatory label to reverse of frame.. [2, No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990.
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Indian Framed Dalail Khayrat Manuscripts
18th-19th century A.D.Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Both framed and glazed with information cards to the reverses: a Northern Indian Mughal Qur'an leaf dated 1780 A.D., with prayers copied from Mulla Fathullah's Tafsir commentary in Naskh script, interlinear Persian translation throughout in red Nasta'liq in the margins, together with illuminated devices, with gold embellishment; an illuminated manuscript from a Dala'il prayer book, written in Naskh script framed by golden clouds, central borders of meandering vines; each with explanatory label to reverse of frame. 1 kg total, 28.7 x 23.5 cm each
Acquired by the vendor's father on the UK art market, before 1990. -
Baluchistan Ceramic Jar with Leaf and Chevron Design
2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
With narrow base, biconvex body and flared rim; bands of hatched linear decoration below the rim, central band of hatched fronds. 1 kg, 18.5 cm high
Fine condition; hole to shoulder.
From the Martin Schoyen collection of artefacts from the Indus Valley culture, 1990s. -
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Sultanate Red Sandstone Frieze fragment
North India, probably Delhi, circa 1220-1225 A.D.Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £444
Displaying a reserved high-relief Qur'an inscription fragment, Chapter (43) sūrat l-zukh'ruf (The Gold Adornment) Fragment 3 (OL433). 19.8 kg, 54.5 cm
Ex Frederick Elghanayan collection. Acquired from Sotheby’s, London, UK, 19 April, 1993, lot 148 (part). Ex central London gallery.
