SAD KALIMA (THE HUNDRED SAYINGS OF IMAM 'ALI), SHIRAZ, PERSIA, TIMURID, DATED A.H. 845/A.D.1441 & A.H. 848/A.D. 1444

Arabic manuscript on paper, 38 leaves, 11 lines or fewer to the page, written in naskhi and muhaqqaq scripts in black ink on buff paper, subheadings in gold outlined in black, two illuminated and polychrome headpieces with titles in gold kufic within scrolling floral cartouches, dated twice, in circa 16th century Ottoman gilt-stamped binding.

28 by 18cm.

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AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QUR'AN, COPIED BY AHMED NAILI OF GALATA

AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QUR'AN, COPIED BY AHMED NAILI OF GALATA (D.1813), TURKEY, DATED A.H. 1193/A.D. 1779

Arabic Manuscript on paper, 303 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in neat naskhi script in black ink, ruled in a thick gold border, verses separated by gold rosettes with coloured dots, sura headings in white against gold ground cartouches with coloured floral decoration, illuminated marginal devices comprising flowerheads issuing sprays in colours and gold, tenth verses marked with a gold 'ashr' in the margin, double page frontispiece decorated with enjoined coloured flowers against blue and gold grounds, the text within cloudbands against a punched gold backgound, within a contemporary gilt-stamped morocco binding with marbled-paper doublures and flap.

20 by 13cm.


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ILLUMINATED QUR'AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT

A LARGE ILLUMINATED QUR'AN LEAF IN KUFIC SCRIPT, NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, LATE 9TH CENTURY

Text: surat al-baqara (II), part of verse 187
.Arabic manuscript on vellum, 7 lines to the page writen in elongated kufic script in brown ink with vocal points represented by red, yellow and green dots, wide untrimmed outer margins.

text area: 23.5 by 14.3 leaf: 36.5 by 27.1cm.


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AN OTTOMAN RED-GROUND SILK AND METAL-THREAD TEXTILE PANEL

AN OTTOMAN RED-GROUND SILK AND METAL-THREAD TEXTILE PANEL, TURKEY OR EGYPT, DATED 1911

of rectangular form, the silk red-ground embroidered with silver-gilt metal thread, with a calligraphic inscription framed in a lobed cartouche


38 by 46cm.


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A GILDED AND ENAMELLED GLASS MOSQUE LAMP

A GILDED AND ENAMELLED GLASS MOSQUE LAMP, MADE FOR ABBAS HILMI PASHA (1874-1944), DATED A.H. 1328/ A.D. 1910


of characteristic form with angled rounded body and wide flaring mouth on a short foot, the body with six applied lug handles, two wide inscriptive bands around the neck and base in blue enamel with gilded ebellishment, the lower inscription interspersed with three roundels giving the name of 'Abbas Helmi in red enamel, the body with floral cartouches between the handles in blue enamel above a cloud band of gilded dots


33.8cm. height 26cm. diam.




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AN OTTOMAN WOVEN SILK CALLIGRAPHIC TEXTILE

AN OTTOMAN WOVEN SILK CALLIGRAPHIC TEXTILE, TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

the dark red silk ground woven with cream silk thread, divided by horizontal chevrons into a series of alternating wide and narrow bands decorated with calligraphic inscriptions in vigorous .muhaqqaq., with cartouches flanked by two roundels on each side, mounted on board

116.4 by 71.3cm.


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OTTOMAN GILT-STAMPED LEATHER BINDINGS

TWO OTTOMAN GILT-STAMPED LEATHER BINDINGS, TURKEY, MID-16TH AND 16TH/17TH CENTURY
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.The larger binding with gold block-stamped border and central scalloped medallion with dense foliate decoration, red doublures with corner panels and central medallion of fine gold filigree work on blue ground, outlined in gold; the smaller binding of a similar design, the gold stamped borders with some flowers in red.

45.5 by 26.4cm. max. 25.3 by 17cm. max.



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A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL BY HAFIZ OTHMAN

A CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL BY HAFIZ OTHMAN, TURKEY, DATED A.H. 1093/A.D. 1681 AND A DECORATIVE STUDY IN THE FORM OF A TUGHRA, TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

Arabic manuscript (Hadith) on paper heightened with gold, 5 lines of text written in naskhi script in black ink on cream paper, two side panels decorated with gold flowers and use of blue, signed and dated in the left panel, scrolling floral borders ruled in gold; the larger with tughra design in gold on stout paper interspersed with blue leafy scrolling flowers.

20.6 by 13.2cm; 35 by 27.7cm.

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AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL SIGNED BY SALIH RUSHDI

AN OTTOMAN CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL SIGNED BY SALIH RUSHDI, DATED A.H. 1256/A.D. 1840, AND PRAYER BOOK, TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

Arabic manuscript on paper, 12 lines to the page written horizontally and diagonally in cartouches and cloud bands against grounds of blue and gold with floral decoration, ruled in gold with a wide blue outer margin; the prayer book with 89 leaves, 13 lines to the page written in black naskhi script, 3 illuminated headpieces in blue and gold, illustrations of Mecca and Medina heightened with gold, in leather binding with gilt floral decoration.

26.9 by 22.2cm; 17.7 by 12.2cm.


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AN ILLUMINATED ALBUM PAGE OF CALLIGRAPHY

AN ILLUMINATED ALBUM PAGE OF CALLIGRAPHY: SURAT AL-FATIHA, BY GHOLAM REZA, PERSIA, QAJAR, DATED A.H. 1284/ A.D. 1867

Ink, gouache and gold on paper, 6 lines of fine nasta'liq script in black ink within cloud bands filled with interlacing vines, and interspersed with polychrome flowers, headpiece with panels of coloured and gold foliate cartouches, signed lower left, laid down on an album page with coloured scrolling borders, ruled in blue, red and gold.

central panel: 23 by 12.3cm. leaf: 35 by 23cm


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