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Arts Of The Islamic World
01 April 2009 • London
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Sale Number: L09721
234 lots
26. khamsa of nizami, illuminated and illustrated persian manuscript with 25 miniatures, copied by jamal al-din husain al-shirazi, persia, shiraz, dated a.h.9 87/a.d. 1579
Estimate: 80,000 – 100,000 GBP
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27. sulayman and bilqis enthroned with courtiers, animals, birds and jinns: illustrated double-page frontispiece from a manuscript of persian poetry, safavid, shiraz school, circa 1540-50
Estimate: 20,000 – 30,000 GBP
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28. three dervishes conversing in a landscape, signed by muhammad qasim (d.1659), persia, isfahan, circa 1630-50
Estimate: 8,000 – 12,000 GBP
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29. an illustrated leaf from a manuscript of firdausi's shahnama: isfandiyar kills the dragon, probably india, 16th century
Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP
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30. an illustrated leaf from a manuscript of firdausi's shahnama: rustam, having defeated the turanians, approaches the castle of the khaqan of chin, north india, sultanate, 15th/16th century
Estimate: 4,000 – 6,000 GBP
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31. a printed shahnama, persia, probably shiraz, dated a.h. 1272/a.d. 1855
Estimate: 6,000 – 8,000 GBP
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32. an ilustrated album leaf from a copy of bidjan's tarikh-i djahangusha-yi khaqan sahibqiran (a history of shah isma'il i) painted by or in the style of mu'in musavvir, persia, isfahan, circa 1680
Estimate: 10,000 – 15,000 GBP
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33. an illustrated leaf from a manuscript of jami's yusuf va zulaikha depicting zulaikha catching yusuf by his clothes in her attempt to stop him running away from the palace, signed by mu'in mu'in musavvir, persia, isfahan, 17th century
Estimate: 3,000 – 4,000 GBP
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34. a group of three miniatures: an illustrated leaf probably from a manuscript of firdausi's shahnama depicting the meeting of anushirvan (chosroes i) and buzurjmihr on a hillside; a scene from nizami's khamsa; bahram gur with the indian princess in the black pavilion; a bath house scene, persia, 16th-18th centuries
Estimate: 7,000 – 8,000 GBP
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35. an illustrated leaf from a manuscript of firdausi's shahnama: faramarz (son of rustam) is hanged by the order of bahman, india, circa 1800
Estimate: 40,000 – 60,000 GBP
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37. an illustration from the razmnama: yudhishthira and his brothers ask bhishma for his permission to fight, by yusuf 'ali, mughal, india, 1616-1617
Estimate: 12,000 – 16,000 GBP
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38. an illustrated and illuminated album leaf: a pair of wandering men, india, mughal, 1620-50
Estimate: 7,000 – 10,000 GBP
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