Iran's Art in London's Islamic Art Week, An Overview

6 May 2023
London Islamic Art Week is an event that is held two to three times a year; Every spring and autumn, Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonham's, Chiswick and Rosebery's Islamic artauctions are held in different cathegories by the Islamic and Indian Art departments. These auctions include art works of the Islamic world from the middle of the 7th to the 20th centuries, and among them are works from the Safavid, Zand, and Qajar eras to the contemporary era of Iran. In this article, we have an overview of well-known Islamic art auctions and Iranian works of art that were offered in 2023.

This article is only available in Persian.

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Sevana Boghossian
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