Auction Preview: Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets at Christie’s, London, October 24
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What: Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and CarpetsWhere: Christie’s, 8 King Street, St. James’s, LondonWhen: October 24, 10:30 amPublic Viewing: October 21, 2019 | 9am - 4:30pm, October 22, 2019 | 9am - 4:30pm, October 23, 201Auction Preview: Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and Carpets at Christie’s, London, October 24
What: Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds Including Oriental Rugs and CarpetsWhere: Christie’s, 8 King Street, St. James’s, LondonWhen: October 24, 10:30 amPublic Viewing: October 21, 2019 | 9am - 4:30pm, October 22, 2019 | 9am - 4:30pm, October 23, 2019 | 9am - 8pmTop Lots at the Sale:— “An Illustrated Double-Sided Folio from the Nahj Al-Faradis: The Angel of Bounty and the Arrival at the Second Heaven of Pearls,” Commissioned by Sultan Abu Sa’id Gurkan, Timurid Herat, Circa 1465. Uyghur manuscript, opaque pigments and gold on paper, recto with the Prophet arriving at the second heaven of pearls. Measurement: Folio 16 ¼x11 7/8in. (41.4x30.3cm); illustration recto 5 ¼x7in. (13.9x18cm), illustration verso 6 3/8x7in. (16.4x18cm). Featured in lot 38. Estimate: GBP 700,000 - GBP 1,000,000 (899,500 USD - 1,285,000 USD)— “An Illustrated Double-Sided Bifolium from the Nahj Al-Faradis: The Two Hells Reserved for Misers and Flatterers,” commissioned by Sultan Abu Sa’id Gurkan, Timurid Herat, Circa 1465. Uyghur manuscript, opaque pigments and gold on paper, recto with Hell for Misers. Measurement: folio 16 ¼x11 7/8in. (41.4x30.3cm); illustration on verso 6 ¾x7 ½in. (17.2x19cm); illustration on recto 6 ¾x7 ½in. (17.2x19cm); folio 2, text panel 9 1/8x7 ½in. (23.2x19cm). Featured in lot 39. Estimate: GBP 700,000 - GBP 1,000,000 (899,500 USD - 1,285,000 USD)— “A Substantial Group of Large Kufic Qur’an Leaves,” Late Umayyad or Early Abbasid, Probably Damascus or Jerusalem, Mid-8th Century. Manuscript on vellum, 76ff. each with 16ll., extremely elegant black kufic, vowels in red and green dots, verse endings marked with groups of three lines, endings of larger section marked with illuminated panels of various forms. Measurement: Folio 12½x15in. (32x38cm). Featured in lot 19. Estimate: GBP 400,000 - GBP 600,000 (514,000 USD - 771,000 USD)— “A Large Mamluk Qur’an,” The Illumination Attributable to Ibrahim Al-Amidi, Cairo, Period of Sultan Sha’ban, Circa 1363-1377 AD. Manuscript on polished ivory paper, 316ff. plus four flyleaves, each folio with 13ll. of extremely fine black muhaqqaq, gold and polychrome rosettes between verses. Measurement: Folio 20½x13½in. (52x34.5cm). Featured in lot 30. Estimate: GBP 250,000 - GBP 350,000 (321,250 USD - 449,750 USD)— “A Lady At Leisure,” signed [Muhammad] Sadiq, Zand Iran, Circa 1770-1780 AD. Oil on canvas, a young lady sits, wearing floral skirt, a sheer shirt, jewels around her neck and flowers in her hair, leaning against a floral bolster cushion, a tray of fruit before her and a bottle and glass in her hands, framed. Measurement: 4ft.1in.x2ft.9in. (125.5x84cm). Featured in lot 18. Estimate: GBP 100,000 - GBP 150,000 (128,500 USD - 192,750 USD)— “Amir Khusraw Dihlavi (D. Ah 725/1324-5 AD): Khamsa,” Signed ‘Abdullah Katib Isfahani, Qara Qoyunlu Isfahan,’ Iran, Dated 17 Safar Ah 868/ 31 October 1463 AD. Poetry, Persian manuscript on cream burnished paper. Measurement: Text panel 8 3/8x5 3/8in. (21x13.6cm); folio 13 1/8x8 ¾in. (33.4x22cm). Featured in lot 37. Estimate: GBP 80,000 - GBP 120,000 (102,800 USD - 154,200 USD)— “A Mother-of-Pearl Overlaid Gilt-Brass Mounted Wood Casket,” Gujarat, Western India, Circa 1600. Of rectangular form with coffered top, overlaid with mother-of-pearl set in black lac, the front and back with three arched panels each containing flowering trees on a dense leafy ground. Measurement: 14 1/8x20 1/8x12 5/8in. (36x51x32.2cm). Featured in lot 81. Estimate: GBP 80,000 - GBP 120,000 (102,800 USD - 154,200 USD)For details, visit: https://www.christies.comClick on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.https://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder: Louise Blouin Read more