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Auction INK AND GOLD / QUINTESSENCE - Paris

Bid on the lot list Rim Enchères : 10 March 2023 - Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

INK AND GOLD / QUINTESSENCE

Friday 10 March 2023 - 14:30 (CET) - Live

Salle 2 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

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Lot n° 1

Grand folio d'un coran coufique sur vélin

North Africa or Andalusia, 9th or 10th century Text: Sura al-Taha (20), vv. (part) 134-135 and Sura al-Anbiya' (21), vv.1-11 (part). Arabic manuscript of 14ll. in kufic (hybrid style between B.II and D). Vocalization in red, verses marked by three oblique...

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Lot n° 2

Folio d'un coran en coufique sur vélin

Middle East, 9th century Text: Surah al-Aḥzāb (33), vv. (part) 43-45. Arabic manuscript, 6ll. in classical kufic script (type close to D.I), some letters, such as the kāf or ṭāʾ, show horizontal elongations (mashq). Oxidized black metal-gallic ink, now...

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Lot n° 3

Grand plat à l'inscription monumentale

Eastern Iran or Central Asia, Nichapur or Samarkand, 10th century Inscription: Repetition of the word al-birr (piety). In clay ceramic, painted brown on a creamy white slip, inscribed in kufic script with slender stems, radiating around a hollow cavity,...

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Lot n° 4

Fragment d'un folio de coran en maghribi doré sur vélin

Andalusia or North Africa, 12th/13th century Sura al-Ra'd (13), part of v. 31- beginning of v. 33, end of v. 33 - 35 (part). Manuscript on vellum, 5 ll. written in gilded maghrebi, highlighted in black, vocalization in red, shadda and sukun in blue,...

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Lot n° 5

Deux folios consécutifs d’un coran en écriture maghribi sur parchemin

North Africa or Andalusia, 14th century Text: Sura al-Furqan (25), part of v. 24 - v. 44 (half). Arabic mansucrit, 9 ll. per page, written in black ink tending to brown, very airy text. The writing style is Maghribi with a fine line. The text is completely...

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Lot n° 6

Folio d'un coran

Andalusia or North Africa, 12th-13th century Text: Sura Al-Talaq (65), part of v. 4 and part of v. 5. Arabic manuscript on pink peach paper. 5ll. per page written in large maghribi, in black ink, vocalization in gold highlighted in black and blue, diacritical...

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Lot n° 7

Double-feuillet consécutif d’un coran jalayiride sur papier

Iraq, 14th century Text: Sura al-Nahl (16), part of v. 20 to half of v. 31. Manuscript in Arabic with 7 ll. The writing style is rayhan. The text is completely provided with diacritical points and vocalized in black. The verses are separated by golden...

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Lot n° 8

Douze folios d’un rare coran sur papier oriental

Eastern Iran, 12th century Surah al-Ma'ida (5): from the last word of v. 90 to half of v. 104. Surah al-Anʿam (6): from half of v. 46 to v. 61 (missing the last 3 letters). Surah al-Naḥl (16) from v. 27 (sixth word) to the end followed by Surah al-Israʾ...

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Lot n° 9

Bifolio d’un petit coran en coufique sur papier oriental

Mesopotamia, 11th century Text : Sura Muhammad (47), part of v. 25 - v. 28 and Sura al-Fath (48), part of v. 4 - v. 6 (part). Arabic manuscript. 7 ll. per page. The writing style borrows some elements from the New Style (alif with upper bulge, curvilinear...

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Lot n° 10

Exceptionnelle coupelle en verre

Iran or Syria, 10th-11th century Inscription: al-mulk li-llah (sovereignty belongs to God), chanted four times. Colorless blown glass, in two layers assembled at a flared rim, enclosing a cut gold leaf, forming a composition of concentric rings: inscription...

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Lot n° 11

Partie du dos d'une tunique en soie bleu et or

Eastern Iran or China, 10th-11th century Woven with blue and green silk threads and golden threads, diamond decoration, alternating with birds unfolding their plumage, linked to lotus flowers nestled between the diamonds. Mounted on a wild silk support,...

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Lot n° 12

Chandelier complet à huit facettes

Iran, Seljuk art, 12th-13th century Cast bronze composed of three parts: the base, a central articulation element and its shaft. The latter two, connected by an original filling material. Engraved decoration is inlaid with silver, calligraphic, figurative...

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Lot n° 13

Boîte en bronze incrusté d'argent

Eastern Anatolia, Siirt or Mosul, 13th century Cylindrical in shape, consisting of a base and lid, with a double-bar hinge holding the lid open. Locks with a single-bar hinge on the opposite side. Three-lobed handle attached to lid. White bronze, high...

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Lot n° 14

Petite coupe en forme de fleur de lotus

Iran, Kashan, 12th-13th century Siliceous ceramic with openwork and molded decoration, enhanced with cobalt blue fillets. The wall is facetted in the shape of petals. A few restorations are missing. Diameter : 16.5 cm Former Xavier-Guerrand Hermès...

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Lot n° 15

Hexagone de revêtement

Central Asia, Samarkand, Timurid art, 15th century Black line decoration and colored glazes, enhanced with gold, decorated with white palmettes forming a finial around a four-lobed rosette. Turquoise border. 16.5 x 14.5 cm Sotheby's, Islamic Art, London...

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Lot n° 16

Section d'un Coran (Juz' 14)

Iran, Timurid art, 15th century Sura al-Abraham (14), Sura al-Hijr (15) and Sura al-Nahl (16). Arabic manuscript on paper. 18 ff. 11 ll. per page, written in naskh, in black, gold and polychrome ink, in a blue and gold frame. The text is completely provided...

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Lot n° 17

Grand bassin mamelouk ayant appartenu à un haut Officier de la garnaison ottomane en Egypte du XVIIIe siècle

Egypt or Syria, Mamluk art, 14th century Rounded shape with convex walls. Decorated with a wide epigraphic band in thuluth, interspersed with rosettes and registers with lattice motifs. On the shoulder, a dated inscription of ownership: Sâhibihi (its...

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Lot n° 18

Bol médicinal dédicacé à "Mahmoud"

Middle East, 18th century Tin-plated copper with engraved inscriptions in Arabic, naskhi and cursive within concentric circles, punctuated by medallions also engraved with inscriptions, centered on a magic square. Owner's mark "Mahmud" on the outer wall....

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Lot n° 19

Al-'Aqd al-Mawquf fi al-Fiqh al-Islami : Huit folios d'un traité de jurisprudence

Egypt or Syria, Mamluk art, 14th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 25 ll. per page, written in naskh with sepia ink. Text : 21 x 13 cm ; Page : 26.5 x 17.5 cm

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Lot n° 20

Rare ensemble de seize folios d'un coran doré et bleu

* A Juz' of the same Koran in its original Mamluk binding from the collection of Cte Chandon de Birailles was sold at Tajan : Art d'orient, 8 December 2003, Paris, lot 77. Egypt or Syria, Mamluk art, 14th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 16 ff. with...

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Lot n° 21

Sourate al-A'raf (7) : Section d'un grand coran mamelouk

Egypt or Syria, 14th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 25 ff. inscribed with 9 ll. per page, in muhaqqaq in black ink, and in red thuluth, in cartouches framed with gold fillets highlighted in black. Verses separated by gilt rosettes, title of the...

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Lot n° 22

Folio d'un coran mamelouk monumental

Egypt or Syria, 14th-15th century Text: Sura al-Tegabun (64), vv. 13-18 and the beginning of Sura al-Talaq (65). Manuscript in Arabic on paper, 11 ll. per page, in black and red muhaqqaq, the titles in gilt thuluth highlighted in black, gilt rosettes...

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Lot n° 23

Folio d'un grand coran mamelouk

Egypt or Syria, 14th century Text: Sura 71, Nuh, from half of v. 13 to the end, Sura 72 (Al-Jinn), from the beginning to v. 14 (part). Arabic manuscript on paper, 13 ll. per page in muhaqqaq in black ink, gilt rosettes at the end of the verses, title...

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Lot n° 24

Folio d'un coran monumental mamelouk

Egypt or Syria, 14th-15th century Text: Sura 4, an-Nisa, v. 176 (part) and Sura 5, al- Ma'idah, v. 1 and part of v. 2. Arabic manuscript on paper, 11 ll. per page, calligraphed in muhaqqaq in black ink, "bismillah" and a selection of words in red, titles...

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Lot n° 25

Quatorze folios d'un grand coran mamelouk

Egypt or Syria, early 14th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 14ff. with 13 ll. per page, in muhaqqaq in black ink, end of verses marked with gold rosettes, two sura titles (Ibrahim and Maryam), in white thuluth, in reserve on a gold background, in...

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Lot n° 26

Partie du Juz' 24 : Neuf feuillets d'un grand coran mamelouk

Egypt or Syria, 14th century Text: Sura Ghafir (40), vv. 66 to end, Sura al-Fussilat (41) and Sura Al-Shura (42), vv. 1-42. 9 ll. per page, written in black ink, in muhaqqaq, verses marked with gilt rosettes, yellow and punctuated with red and blue,...

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Lot n° 27

Sourate al-A'raf (7) : Sept folios d'un coran mamlouk

Egypt or Syria, 14th century Text: vv. 1-85 (part). Arabic manuscript on paper, inscribed 11 ll. per page in thuluth, verses separated by gilt rosettes, marginal medallions inscribed in kufic script, illuminated in gold, blue and red, indicating "khams"...

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Lot n° 28

Vingt quatre folios d'un coran mamelouk ou il-khanide

Iran or Egypt, 14th century Text: Sura al-Mu'minun (23), part of v. 115 to the end; Sura al-Nur (24), vv. 1-38. Arabic manuscript on paper, 24ff. with 7 ll. per page, written in muhaqqaq, in black and red ink. verses separated by gold rosettes, title...

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Lot n° 29

Partie de Coran (Juz' 22)

Turkey, Ottoman art, 15th century Sura al-Ahzab (33), v. 31 to the title of Sura Ya-Sin (36). Arabic manuscript on paper, 31 ff, 7 ll. per page in muhaqqaq and rayhani in black and red ink, framed in red, verses separated by rosettes. Titles in red....

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Lot n° 30

Feuillet d'un coran monumental en bihari

India, Sultanate, 15th/16th century Text: Sura Az-zumar (39): from half of verse 66 to half of verse 72. Ink, gouache and gold on paper, calligraphed on both sides with 11 ll. per page written in black and the word "allah" in gold, in Bihari influenced...

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Lot n° 31

Rare folio d'un coran bihari doré

India, Sultanates, 15th century Text: Sura al-Maa'rij (70), vv.1-14. Arabic manuscript on paper. 11 ll. per page inscribed in late bihari, in gold highlighted in black, the vocalization indicated in red, gold rosettes dotted in blue at the end of each...

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Lot n° 32

Folio d'un coran bihari

India, Sultanates, 15th-16th century Text: Sura Taha (20), vv. 86-92. Arabic manuscript on paper. 11 ll. per page, in large bihari script in black ink, the divisions of each verse marked by rosettes punctuated with blue, decorated with applied gold leaf,...

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Lot n° 33

Coran moghol ayant appartenu à Shaykh Adam bin Ismail Al-Bannuri (d. 1643 à Médine), grand maître soufi de Naqshbandiyya

India, late 16th-early 17th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 508 ff. 14 ll. per page, in bihari in black ink on a gilt background. Opening double-page illuminated with spirals, followed by an illuminated frontispiece with the sura Al-Baqara. Sura...

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Lot n° 34

Quatorze folios d'un coran doré et noir

Iran, Herat, Safavid art, 16th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 14 ll. per page in naskh with black and gold ink, verses marked with gold roundels, titles of the suras in white thuluth on a gold background or gold on an azure blue background, star-shaped...

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Lot n° 35

Quatorze folios d'un coran safavide

Iran, Herat, 16th century Arabic manuscript on paper. 15 ll. per page, inscribed in juxtaposed registers, 3 ll. in gilt thuluth, alternating with 6 ll. in naskh, gilt rosettes, the naskh panels flanked by illuminated cartouches, framed with gold fillet,...

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Lot n° 36

Coran miniature

Iran, Safavid art, 17th century Arabic manuscript on paper, ink, gouache and gold, 241 ff. plus 9 endpapers, 16 ll. per page in naskh script. Titles of the suras in gold thuluth, the verses separated by roundels. Illuminated double-frontispiece. Bound...

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Lot n° 37

Coran miniature avec une reliure signée par Ahmad et datée : 1267 H./1850-51

Iran, Qajar art, 19th century. Arabic manuscript on paper, black and red ink on paper. 243 ff. plus 3 endpapers. 19 ll. per page, in naskh in a gold and blue frame. Titles of the suras in gold in illuminated cartouches, recalled in fleurons in the spandrels....

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Lot n° 38

Coran miniature

Iran, Qajar art, 19th century Manuscript in Arabic on paper, 232 ff. and 1f. of endpapers. Three illuminated double-pages beginning with the index of sura titles, followed by prayers inscribed in red on a gold background, and double-frontispiece with...

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Lot n° 39

Coran miniature

Iran, Qajar art, 19th century Arabic manuscript on paper, ink, gold and gouache, 272 ff. plus 2ff. of endpapers, 18 ll. per page written in naskh with black ink. verses separated by small gold dots, titles of suras in red on gold background. Double-frontispiece...

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Lot n° 40

Coran du Cachemire

North India, Mughal art, late 18th-early 19th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 251 ff. plus 4 endpapers, 18 ll. per page, in naskh in black ink, verses separated by gilt roundels, titles of suras in blue naskh, on a gilt background against a blue...

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Lot n° 41

Recueil de prières : Du'a al-usbuiyyah (prières pour les jours de la semaine)

attributed to Yaqut al-Musta'simi, Middle East, dated AH 660 / AD 1261-62. Mounted on Bukhara margins, 16th century Arabic manuscript on paper, ink, gold and polychrome, 12 ff. plus 4 endpapers, 14 ll. per page, written in naskh, titles in gilt thuluth....

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Lot n° 42

Les quarante proverbes du prophète

Probably Herat, late 15th-early 16th century Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 4 ff. and 6 ff. of endpapers, inscribed in black ink, f 1. inscribed with 10 ll. of nast'aliq framed with a gold ribbon surmounted by a blue and gold illuminated panel,...

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Lot n° 43

Munajat 'Ali (Prières) : signé par Rustam ‘Ali Shahi

Iran, probably Mashhad, Safavid art, AH 966 / 1558-59 Manuscript on brown paper mounted on colored paper margins, decorated with gilded branches and animals. 6 ff. with 12 ll. in nast'aliq per page in Arabic and its Persian translation, in polychrome...

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Lot n° 44

Munajat Nameh (Prières) de Khwaja Abdullah Ansari et les Conseils de Luqman le sage à son fils

Part I by Shah Qasim al-Katib, Iran, Herat, Safavid art, Part II dated AH 1014 /1605 Persian manuscript on marbled or gold-sprinkled paper, ink, gold and polychrome, 66 leaves, plus 8 endpapers, 10 ll. per page, written in nasta'liq in black ink. Multicolored...

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Lot n° 45

Abu 'Ali Muhammad bin Muhammad al-Bal'ami (d. 974) : Tarjamah-i Tarikh-i Tabari

signed by 'Inayatullah bin Nurullah bin Shaykh 'Abdullah, Turkey, Ottoman art, dated: 1 Rajab 940 / 16 January 1534 Manuscript in Persian and Arabic on paper, 560 ff. plus 3 endpapers. 25 ll. per page, written in black ink, in naskh. Shamsa inscribed...

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Lot n° 46

Sheikh Yassin Muhammad al-Shafî'i al-Ansari (Hadith al-Shifâ') : Jurisprudence et transactions, copié par Ibn 'Abd al-Salam

North Africa, dated: 1077 H./1666-68 Arabic manuscript on paper, ink, gold and gouache, 296 ff, plus 2 endpapers, 33 ll. per page. Contemporary marginal marks in red ink, later marks in brown. Commissioned by al-Malik al-Qadir Muhammad bin Abi al-Ghaith...

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Lot n° 47

Ne'matullah bin Ahmad bin Mubarak al-Rumi (Traité de vocabulaire farsi), copié par Estevan Le grand, traducteur français au Caire

Egypt, Cairo, 1160 A.D./1747-48 Persian manuscript on paper, single volume, 194 ff. including 9 ff. of notes in Persian and French at the end. 25 ll. per page in red and black naskh, marginal comments in slanted registers. Bound in tan morocco with grain,...

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Lot n° 48

Cinq frontispices : Quatre d'un Haft Awrang de Jami et un d'un Makhzan al-Asrar de Nezami

Iran, Safavid art, 16th century Persian manuscript on paper, illuminated in gold and polychrome, 10ll. in two columns, and oblique lines, inscribed in black and red ink and gold. Old European numbering in black pen. Glass holes. Text : 11 x 9 cm ; Page...

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Lot n° 49

Deux folios provenant d'un Jam-e Jam (La coupe de Djamshid) de Rukn al-Din Awhadi Maragha’i (d. 1338)

Iran, Safavid art, 16th century Persian manuscript on gold sanded paper, 12ll. per page in nasta'liq, in black ink, in two columns, interrupted by illuminated cartouches, inscribed with title in red ink, margins decorated in gold, salmon with motifs...

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Lot n° 50

Zakariya ibn Muḥammad Qazwini,1203-1283, Aja'ib Al-Makhluqat (Livre des Merveilles) : Les femmes nues et ailées de l'île "des Rami", île de Sumatra

Iran, Timurid art, late 15th century Persian manuscript on paper. Brown and red ink and gouache. 17 ll. written in nasta'liq, interrupted by illustrations: on the front, animals and birds and on the back, two fantastic winged creatures. Some stains,...

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