Arts of the Islamic World & India
21 October - 23 October 2024 • London
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101 An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Yaqut Raqam Khan, known as 'Arif Muhammad, India, Mughal, 18th century, with lacquer binding signed by 'Ali Ashraf, dated 1159 AH/1746-47 AD
102 Shaykh Muslih al-Din Sa'di (d.1291-92), Gulistan, Persia, Safavid, dated 926 AH/1520 AD
103 An illuminated Qur’an, Persia, Qajar, first half 19th century
104 A large illuminated Qur’an, India, 19th century
105 An illuminated Qur'an, commissioned for Muhammad Mahdi Beg, copied by Ibn Muhammad Taqi Kazim al-Shirazi, Persia, Qajar, dated 5 Ramadan 1219 AH/7 December 1804 AD
106 An illuminated Qur’an, copied by Muhammad 'Ali ibn Muhammad Sadiq al-Isfahani, Persia, Qajar, dated 1227 AH/1812-13 AD
107 An illuminated compilation of prayers, incantations and pious odes, Turkey, Ottoman, dated 1138-39 AH/1725-27 AD
108 A set of eight calligraphic metal roundels, Turkey, Ottoman, 19th century
109 An illuminated Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, North Africa or Near East, 10th century
110 An illuminated Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, North Africa or Near East, 9th century
111 A large green-glazed pottery storage jar (tinaja), Spain or North Africa, Almohad, second half 12th/first half 13th century
112 An illuminated Qur'an leaf in Kufic script on vellum, North Africa or Near East, 10th century
113 Abu Sa'id 'Abd al-Salam ibn Said ibn Habib al-Tanukhi (d. 855 AD), A section from Kitab al-Mudawwanah al-Kubra, on Islamic jurisprudence, North Africa or Spain, dated 20 Rajab 512 AH/12 November 1118 AD
114 A post-Nasrid bone-inlaid wood casket, Spain, 16th century
115 A post-Nasrid inlaid wooden chest, Spain, 16th century
116 A large illuminated volume from an eight-volume Qur'an in Maghribi script on paper, Spain or North Africa, 15th century
117 A double-sided illustrated leaf from Khawass al-ashjar (De Materia Medica) by Dioscorides, Mesopotamia, Iraq, 13th century
118 A silver and copper-inlaid brass inkwell, greater Khurasan, 13th century
119 A Tulunid carved wood panel, Egypt, 9th century
120 An Umayyad bronze ewer, Egypt, circa 8th century
121 An Umayyad or Abbasid bronze ewer with carved decoration, Iraq or Persia, 8th/9th century
122 An Umayyad bronze buck, signed by Abdallah ibn Thabit, made for Ubaydallah ibn Jabir, probably Iraq, 8th century
123 A group of twelve Abbasid lustre pottery dishes, Iraq, 9th/10th century
124 Abu Muhammad Makki ibn Abi Talib al-Qaysi al-Qayrawani al-Andalusi al-Qurtubi, al-kashf 'an wujuh al-qira'at al-sab' wa 'ilaliha wa hijajiha ('Unveiling the Aspects of the Seven Recitations'), Near East, circa 1100 AD
125 Abu 'Amr Uthman ibn Sa'id ibn 'Umar al-Umawi al-Dani (d.1053 AD), al-Taysir fi al-Qira'at al-Sab' ('The Facilitation of the Seven Readings'), Near East, dated 683 AH/1284-5 AD
126 A large Mamluk brass candlestick, made for Sayf al-Din Hatim Dawadar, Egypt, circa 1500
127 A pair of monumental carved hardwood and bone-inlaid doors, probably Egypt, 19th century or earlier
128 A Qur'an, Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria or Chad, second half 19th century
129 A gilded and silver-mounted sword (kaskara) of Sultan 'Ali Dinar, Sudan, dated 1326 AH/ 1908-09 AD
130 A Khurasan bronze medical box, Persia, 13th century
131 Jamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Ahmed ibn Hibattullah ibn Abi Jarada (d.694 AH/1294 AD), Tajrid Musadarat al-Mu’attiyat and Tajrid Musadarat al-Manazir, Commentaries on Euclid's Book of Data and Book of Optics, Near East, circa 1300
132 A Khurasan bronze horse-form incense burner, Persia, 12th century
133 A Khurasan bronze feline-form incense burner, Persia, 12th century
134 A rare and important Kashan turquoise glazed pottery pitcher, Persia, circa 1200
135 A Khurasan carpet fragment, North East Persia, 17th century
136 A large Isfahan carpet fragment, central Persia, mid-17th century
137 An Isfahan carpet fragment, central Persia, early 17th century
139 A painted cotton qanat (tent panel) fragment, north India, possibly Jaipur, 18th century
140 A view of Mecca, India, Gujarat, Kutch, last quarter 18th century
141 An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Kamal al-Din Husayn Gazurgahi's Majalis al-'Ushshaq: a dervish takes Ibrahim ibn Adham's son to his father at the Ka'ba, Persia, Shiraz, Safavid, circa 1570
142 An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Yaq'ut al-Musta'simi, Iraq, Baghdad, dated 674 AH/1275-76 AD
143 An illuminated miniature Qur'an, copied by Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, Near East, Provincial Ottoman, dated 965 AH/1557-58 AD
144 The ninety-nine names of God, Persia or Turkey, Ottoman or Safavid, 16th century
145 A large illuminated Qur'an juz' (IV), Persia, Safavid, early 16th century
146 A drawing of two wolves, style of Muhammad Siyah Qalam, probably Tabriz late 15th century
147 Shaykh Muslih al-Din Sa'di (d.1291-92), Kulliyat (Collected Works), copied by 'Inayatullah Shirazi, India, Mughal, dated 978 AH/1570-71 AD
148 A large illuminated Qur'an, copied by 'Abdullah ibn Hafiz Muhammad Shirazi, Persia, Shiraz, Safavid, dated 20 Ramadan 933 AH/29 June 1527 AD
149 An illuminated collection of surahs, Persia, Qajar, early 19th century