• Three Qur’an ajza’ (XI, XV and XX), Persia or Turkey, Safavid or Ottoman, circa 1600 1600
  • Handicrafts and classics, Calligraphy, manuscript
  • 17.5 * 24 cm
  • Juz XI: surah al-Tawbah (IX), v.94 to surah Hud (XI), v.5
    Juz XV: surah al-Isa (XVII), v.1 to surah al-Kahf (XVIII), v.74
    Juz XX: surah al-Naml (XXVII),v.56 to surah al-‘Ankabut (XXIX), v.45

    each volume with 7 lines to the page written in black elegant naskh, ruled in green, orange, gold and blue, verses separated by polychrome and gold rosettes, blue and gold roundels in the margins filled with flower sprays, surah headings in gold within a polychrome cartouche, f.1b of each volume with a polychrome and gold heading, in original Safavid brown leather stamped and tooled gilt binding, the doublures with polychrome decoupé medallions and spandrels, in a later wooden box

    each juz: 24 by 17.5cm.
Estimation
£20,000
26,178 USD
- £30,000
39,267 USD
Unsold
ArtChart | SIX ROYAL LETTERS FROM MUZAFFAR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR TO HIS DEPUTY FINANCE MINSITER VAZIR DAFTAR by Unknown Artist
SIX ROYAL LETTERS FROM MUZAFFAR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR TO HIS DEPUTY FINANCE MINSITER VAZIR DAFTAR
Estimation
£6,000
7,897 USD
-
£8,000
10,529 USD
Realized Price
£6,300
8,292 USD
10%
Sale Date
Christie's - 31 March 2022
ArtChart | An Anthology of Sa’di, copied by Muhammad Hassan ibn Muhammad Nasir, Isfahan, Persia, dated 1(2)19AH/1804-5 AD by Unknown Artist
An Anthology of Sa’di, copied by Muhammad Hassan ibn Muhammad Nasir, Isfahan, Persia, dated 1(2)19AH/1804-5 AD
Estimation
£200
263 USD
-
£400
526 USD
Realized Price
£1,200
1,579 USD
300%
Sale Date
Rosebery's Auction - 1 April 2022
ArtChart | Nizami (d.1209), Khamsa, copied by Khwaja Mir ibn Shams al-Din Muhammad Munshi Astarabadi, Persia, Safavid, dated 966 AH/1558-9 AD by Unknown Artist
Nizami (d.1209), Khamsa, copied by Khwaja Mir ibn Shams al-Din Muhammad Munshi Astarabadi, Persia, Safavid, dated 966 AH/1558-9 AD
Estimation
£10,000
13,089 USD
-
£15,000
19,634 USD
Realized Price
£22,680
29,686 USD
81.44%
Sale Date
Sotheby's - 30 March 2022
ArtChart | ‘Abdullah Ansari, The Nasa’ih (Councils), copied by Shah Mahmud Nishapuri, Persia, Tabriz, Safavid, dated 953 AH/1546-47 AD by Unknown Artist
‘Abdullah Ansari, The Nasa’ih (Councils), copied by Shah Mahmud Nishapuri, Persia, Tabriz, Safavid, dated 953 AH/1546-47 AD
Estimation
£15,000
19,634 USD
-
£20,000
26,178 USD
Realized Price
£23,940
31,335 USD
36.8%
Sale Date
Sotheby's - 30 March 2022
ArtChart | An illuminated Qur’an juz’ (XXX), copied by Muhammad ibn Hasan, known as Kamal, Persia, Safavid, dated 930 AH/1523-24 AD by Unknown Artist
An illuminated Qur’an juz’ (XXX), copied by Muhammad ibn Hasan, known as Kamal, Persia, Safavid, dated 930 AH/1523-24 AD
Estimation
£15,000
19,634 USD
-
£20,000
26,178 USD
Realized Price
£18,900
24,738 USD
8%
Sale Date
Sotheby's - 30 March 2022
ArtChart | SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA’DI (D. 1292): KULLIYAT by Unknown Artist
SHAYKH MUSLIH AL-DIN SA’DI (D. 1292): KULLIYAT
Estimation
£6,000
7,897 USD
-
£8,000
10,529 USD
Realized Price
£30,240
39,800 USD
332%
Sale Date
Christie's - 31 March 2022