Auction 11 June 2024 Arts of Islam and India - Paris

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Arts of Islam and India

Tuesday 11 June 2024 - 14:00 (CEST) - Live

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Lot n° 1

COLLECTION OF SURAS Iran, Timurid...

COLLECTION OF SURAS Iran, Timurid period, 15th century Beginning with Q.15 (al-Hijr), also including Q.33 (al-Ahzab), Arabic manuscript on paper of 18 ff., 9 ll. of muhaqqaq, thuluth and naskh in black and gold ink, in a period brown leather binding,...

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Lot n° 2

THREE LEAVES FROM A LARGE MEDICAL...

THREE LEAVES FROM A LARGE MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA Iran, Ilkhanid period, 14th century Possibly al-Jurjani's Dhakhira Khwarazmshahiya, Persian manuscript executed with great care, 31 ll. of naskh, titles in thuluth in black, green, red or blue ink, red jadval,...

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Lot n° 3

NIZAMI: KHAMSA Signed Nizam b....

NIZAMI: KHAMSA Signed Nizam b. Ibrahim, Iran or Central Asia, Timurid period, dated 6 jumada II 882 H / September 15, 1477 Persian manuscript of 301 ff, 25 ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in four columns, a chapter head with its original illumination,...

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Lot n° 4

SECTION OF A MANUSCRIPT OF HISTORICAL...

SECTION OF A MANUSCRIPT OF HISTORICAL CHRONICLES Iran, Ilkhanid or Timurid period, 14th or first half of 15th century Persian manuscript on paper, 61 leaves, each leaf with 27 ll. of black naskh, gold jadval, red and black, including four illustrated...

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Lot n° 5

SET OF SIX CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS Iran,...

SET OF SIX CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS Iran, Ilkhanid and Timurid period, 14th-15th centuries Persian and Arabic manuscripts on paper, comprising four calligraphic panels in nasta'liq of great finesse, on a gilded and silhouetted background; the colophon of a...

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Lot n° 6

FOUR ILLUSTRATED LEAVES FROM A...

FOUR ILLUSTRATED LEAVES FROM A TIMURID KHAMSA Timurid Iran, 15th century Persian manuscript on paper, 24 ll. of nasta'liq, each with an illustration. Leaves 23 x 16 cm; text panel 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Provenance: Galerie R.G. Michel in 1912. Then Michel Collection...

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Lot n° 7

A LEAF FROM A MATERIA MEDICA-TYPE...

A LEAF FROM A MATERIA MEDICA-TYPE MANUSCRIPT AND AN ILLUSTRATED LEAF FROM A FIRDAWSI SHAHNAMA Iran, Ilkhanid and Timurid period, 14th-15th century Persian manuscripts on paper, the illustration probably later. Sheets 24 x 15 cm (De Materia Medica); 34...

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Lot n° 8

FIVE LEAVES OF TEXT FROM THE FAMOUS...

FIVE LEAVES OF TEXT FROM THE FAMOUS "INJU SHAHNAMA", THREE LEAVES FROM A TEXT BY HAFIZ-I ABRU, PROBABLY THE MAJMA' AL-TAWARIKH, AND OTHER LEAVES FROM MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS Shiraz, Iran, c. 741 H / 1341; Herat, Afghanistan, c. 1420 Persian manuscripts on...

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Lot n° 9

BEAUTIFUL SET OF SILHOUETTED MARGINS Iran...

BEAUTIFUL SET OF SILHOUETTED MARGINS Iran or Central Asia, Safavid or Shaybanid period, 16th century Pigments on paper, comprising four large-format pages and one smaller one, decorated with bears, simurgh and deer, on a blue or pink background. Soiling...

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Lot n° 10

VERY FINE CALLIGRAPHY PAGE Iran,...

VERY FINE CALLIGRAPHY PAGE Iran, Afghanistan or Central Asia, Safavid or Shaybanid period, 16th century Three consecutive pages of a Persian manuscript on paper, in the hand of a master calligrapher, each with 15 ll. in black nasta'liq, mounted on yellow...

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Lot n° 11

FINE SET OF ILLUMINATED MARGINS Iran...

FINE SET OF ILLUMINATED MARGINS Iran and Central Asia, Timurid, Safavid or Shaybanid period, 15th and 16th centuries Comprising approx. 24 gold-speckled or silhouetted, gilded and painted margins, often without text panel, sometimes with text in nasta'liq,...

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Lot n° 12

SET OF 22 PAGES FROM AN ILLUMINATED...

SET OF 22 PAGES FROM AN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT Iran or Central Asia, Timurid, Safavid or Shaybanid period, late 15th or early 16th century Persian manuscript on paper, 15 leaves with their 12 ll. end nasta'liq text panel, 7 leaves without text, margins...

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Lot n° 13

PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH FINE...

PERSIAN MANUSCRIPT LEAF WITH FINE ILLUMINATED MARGINS Probably Bukhara, Central Asia, Shaybanid period, circa 1560 Persian manuscript in nasta'liq, with margins illuminated in gold and silver, decorated with floral arabesques. Soiling, small tears and...

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Lot n° 14

INTERESTING SET OF NINE MANUSCRIPTS Iran,...

INTERESTING SET OF NINE MANUSCRIPTS Iran, Central Asia and India, 16th-19th centuries Comprising a half-Qur'an from the Caucasus, probably Dagestan (fragmentary and unbound); a Safavid manuscript of Qazi Nurullah Shushtari's Majalis al-Mu'minin collection...

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Lot n° 15

IMPORTANT SET OF SEVENTEEN LEAVES...

IMPORTANT SET OF SEVENTEEN LEAVES OF AN ASTRONOMICAL TREATISE Iran, Safavid period, 16th century From an Arabic manuscript, possibly the Treaty of the Fixed Stars (Kitab suwar al-kawakib al-thabita) by 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, text in black nasta'liq,...

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Lot n° 16

SET OF CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS Iran...

SET OF CALLIGRAPHIC PANELS Iran and India, Qajare period, 18th-19th century Comprising a card-mounted shikasteh panel, a red naskh panel, an interesting ghubari calligraphy forming a religious invocation, a Qajare painting in Safavid silhouetted margins...

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Lot n° 17

MANUSCRIPT OF A TEXT BY THE SUFI...

MANUSCRIPT OF A TEXT BY THE SUFI MYSTIC IBRAHIM BIN ADHAM AL-BALKHI (D. 790) Egypt, Syria or Iraq, Ayyubid or Mamluk period, 13th or 14th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 81 ff, 19 ll. of black naskh, incomplete at end, without binding Good condition...

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Lot n° 18

FIRDAWSI (D. 1025): SHAHNAMA (BOOK...

FIRDAWSI (D. 1025): SHAHNAMA (BOOK OF KINGS) Qajar Iran, 19th century Persian manuscript on paper, 25 ll. of black nasta'liq arranged in 4 columns of text, largely illustrated, out of order and probably incomplete, part of frontispiece illuminated. Fragmentary. Leaves...

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Lot n° 19

GREAT MANUSCRIPT OF THE WONDERS...

GREAT MANUSCRIPT OF THE WONDERS OF CREATION BY ZAKARYA AL-QAZWINI (D. 1283): 'AJA'IB AL-MAKHLUQAT WA GHARA'IB AL-MAKHLUQAT India, 18th or early 19th century Persian manuscript on paper, 15 ll. of nasta'liq per page, untidy but folioed, with frontispiece,...

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Lot n° 20

LARGE SET OF LEAVES FROM VARIOUS...

LARGE SET OF LEAVES FROM VARIOUS TIMURID, SAFAVID AND MUGHAL MANUSCRIPTS Iran, Timurid and Safavid period and Mughal India, 15th-17th century Large number of leaves from Persian manuscripts in nasta'liq; including an important section of a very large...

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Lot n° 21

LIBER PSALMORUM DAVIDIS REGIS ET...

LIBER PSALMORUM DAVIDIS REGIS ET PROPHETAE EX ARABICO IDIOMATE IN LATINUM TRANSLATUS Stephanus Paulinus, Imprimerie Sauariara, Rome, 1614 First edition, book printed on paper of 474 ff. in a beige parchment binding. Very damaged towards the end of the...

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Lot n° 22

KORAN SECTION (JUZ') Ottoman Empire,...

KORAN SECTION (JUZ') Ottoman Empire, 18th century 19-leaf Arabic manuscript on paper, nine lines of text per page, framed by gilt fillet, in original leather flap binding. Numerous tears and missing paper, soiling, damp stains, damaged binding. Size:...

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Lot n° 23

SET OF EIGHT CALLIGRAPHIES Qajar...

SET OF EIGHT CALLIGRAPHIES Qajar Iran and Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Comprising a panel of five large lines of nasta'liq; five panels of shikasteh; a panel of siyah mashq; and a set of four framed leaves from an Ottoman Koran. Some foxing and soiling....

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Lot n° 24

COLLECTION OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS ON...

COLLECTION OF RELIGIOUS TEXTS ON ISLAMIC JURISPRUDENCE (FIQH) Morocco, dated 1280 H / 1863-4 Arabic manuscript on European paper, text in black Maghribi, 28 lines per page, in restored contemporary leather binding. Wear, soiling, tears Size: 23 x 16 cm...

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Lot n° 25

COLLECTION OF AYYUBID CERAMIC SHARDS Mainly...

COLLECTION OF AYYUBID CERAMIC SHARDS Mainly Raqqa, Syria, 13th century Approx. 200 shards, siliceous ceramics, many shards from stool-type shaped pieces and small tables with molded decoration, under opaque turquoise glaze, examples with lustre decoration,...

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Lot n° 26

BIRD-DECORATED DISH Nishapur, Eastern...

BIRD-DECORATED DISH Nishapur, Eastern Iran, Buyid or Samanid period, 10th century Clay ceramic dish with black and yellow slip-painted decoration of a bird with a body decorated with black foliage. Broken and glued back together, restorations and repaints. Dim.:...

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Lot n° 27

LARGE "GARRUS" DISH WITH EAGLE...

LARGE "GARRUS" DISH WITH EAGLE DECORATION Northwestern Iran, 11th century Concave bowl with sgraffito decoration of an eagle on an ochre background with green highlights under a colorless transparent glaze. Numerous reglued breaks, fillings and repaints. Dim.:...

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Lot n° 28

INCENSE-BURNER Central Asia or...

INCENSE-BURNER Central Asia or Iran, Buyid or Samanid period, circa 10th century Grey schist or steatite, carved, on four feet. Handle attached. Size: 13.5 cm (length) For a similar example and discussion of this type of incense-burner and the incense...

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Lot n° 29

DISH WITH FALCONER Kashan, Seljuk...

DISH WITH FALCONER Kashan, Seljuk Iran, early 13th century On a foot, in lustre-ware, painted with a large rider hunting a falcon, epigraphic frieze in naskh and kufic around the rim, reverse decorated with an epigraphic frieze, old collection label on...

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Lot n° 30

TENT PEG Iran or Central Asia,...

TENT PEG Iran or Central Asia, 12th-13th century Molded, tubular shape, decorated with registers, scrolls, palmettes and kufic inscription with invocations to Allah. Fragmentary, spots of corrosion. Dim.: 18.5 cm (high)

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Lot n° 31

BRONZE LADLE DECORATED WITH BURAQ Qajar...

BRONZE LADLE DECORATED WITH BURAQ Qajar Iran in the Seljuk style, 19th century Bronze, with engraved decoration, the handle decorated with a pseudo-kufic inscription, the outside of the spoon with the mythological creature Buraq, the inside with a bird. Minor...

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Lot n° 32

"A PAIR OF LOW-TITLED GOLD JEWELS...

"A PAIR OF LOW-TITLED GOLD JEWELS Medieval period, 460 thousandths, probably Seljuk Iran, 12th-13th century Two pieces of jewelry, possibly earrings, terminated by a dragon's head. Diameter: 3 cm each".

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Lot n° 33

TWO FRAGMENTS OF A TILE WITH CALLIGRAPHIC...

TWO FRAGMENTS OF A TILE WITH CALLIGRAPHIC DECORATION Seljuk or Ilkhanid Iran, 13th century Ceramic with molded decoration under turquoise glaze. Chips, iridescence and soiling. Dimentions: 17 x 9 cm and 20 x 19 cm

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Lot n° 34

GOLD-EMBELLISHED CALLIGRAPHIC TILE Iran...

GOLD-EMBELLISHED CALLIGRAPHIC TILE Iran or Central Asia, Timurid period, 14th-15th century Fragmentary, ceramic, decorated in the cuerda seca style with a white thuluth inscription framed in black on a cobalt ground, a turquoise scroll in the background,...

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Lot n° 35

VASE WITH HANDLES DECORATED WITH...

VASE WITH HANDLES DECORATED WITH RIBBONS Syria or Egypt, 8th-10th century Ceramic, with narrow neck and ovoid body with two handles, decorated with ribbons painted in green, yellow and brown. General wear and tear, chips and small chips. Dim.: 18.5 cm...

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Lot n° 36

HEMISPHERICAL BOWL WITH COAT OF...

HEMISPHERICAL BOWL WITH COAT OF ARMS Egypt or Mamluk Syria, 14th century Ceramic, incised with a thuluth inscription on a cream slip with green glaze highlights, under a colorless transparent glaze, the rim decorated with a coat of arms. Numerous fractures...

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Lot n° 37

TWO BONE ELEMENTS WITH EPIGRAPHIC...

TWO BONE ELEMENTS WITH EPIGRAPHIC DECORATION Probably Egypt or Mamluk Syria, 14th or 15th century Each incised with calligraphic medallions in Arabic, surrounded by foliage, general wear to the decoration, chips and missing parts. Dim.: 7 and 11 cm ...

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Lot n° 38

WOODEN PANEL WITH EPIGRAPHIC COAT...

WOODEN PANEL WITH EPIGRAPHIC COAT OF ARMS OF SULTAN QAYTBAY Mamluk Egypt or Syria, circa 1468-1496 Rectangular panel in stuccoed wood decorated with a tripartite epigraphic coat of arms bearing the name of the Mamluk Sultan Qaytbay (r. 1468-1496), with...

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Lot n° 39

TWO MAGIC BOWLS Iran, Safavid and...

TWO MAGIC BOWLS Iran, Safavid and Qajar period, 17th-19th century In copper alloy, decorated with magical inscriptions all over the surface, the larger bowl notably decorated with the Throne verse (Q.2: 255). Accents and small chips. Size: 20.7 cm (diam.,...

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Lot n° 40

COPPER LID WITH CALLIGRAPHIC DECORATION Safavid,...

COPPER LID WITH CALLIGRAPHIC DECORATION Safavid, Afsharid or Zand Iran, 18th century Concentrically engraved with an epigraphic band in nasta' liq and thick vegetal bands, anciemment tin-plated. Small scratches and deformations around the rim. Dim.: 12cm...

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Lot n° 41

CUERDA SECA" DECORATED TILE Safavid...

CUERDA SECA" DECORATED TILE Safavid Iran, 17th century Square shape, with polychrome decoration of branches on a yellow background. Restorations and repaints. Size: 22 x 21.5 cm

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Lot n° 42

TWO EAGLES Iran and Central Asia,...

TWO EAGLES Iran and Central Asia, 19th century The first in the style of medieval ewers of the 16th and 17th centuries, in the shape of a drop, with a dragon-head spout; the second in tin-plated copper with floral engraved decoration. One spout attached. Dim.:...

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Lot n° 43

LACQUERED WOODEN CASE IN THE STYLE...

LACQUERED WOODEN CASE IN THE STYLE OF ABU TALIB AL-MUDARRIS Qajar Iran, 19th century Rectangular in shape, decorated with leaves and palmettes, some medallions finely cut from colored paper and applied to the surface, the interior lined with marbled paper. Numerous...

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Lot n° 44

MIRROR IN A MICRO-MOSAIC CASE (KHATAMKARI) Qajar...

MIRROR IN A MICRO-MOSAIC CASE (KHATAMKARI) Qajar Iran, 19th century Composed of small elements of bone, wood and zinc, the rectangular case with lid, decorated on each side with a large mandorla, the interior painted green, varnished. Accents and missing...

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Lot n° 44. 3

Qajar Iran, second half 19th century pair...

Qajar Iran, second half 19th century pair of rectangular mirrors, each covered with silvered metal leaf with embossed floral decoration, set with figurative or calligraphic medallions (Koranic verse), the reverse finely worked with a covering decoration....

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Lot n° 44. bis

PAIR OF LACQUERED WOOD DOORS Iran,...

PAIR OF LACQUERED WOOD DOORS Iran, Qajare period, 19th-early 20th century With leaves painted with figurative and floral motifs. 172.5 x 45 x 3.9 cm. Accents.

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Lot n° 45

PAIR OF GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL DROMEDARIES Qajar...

PAIR OF GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL DROMEDARIES Qajar Iran, 19th century Decorated with foliage scrolls in poly-lobed medallions. Slight surface corrosion, wear to decoration. Dim.(each): 25 cm (height) x 18 cm (length)

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Lot n° 46

FIVE SILK WEAVINGS Safavid, Afsharid...

FIVE SILK WEAVINGS Safavid, Afsharid or Zand Iran, 18th century Each rectangular in format, in polychrome silk, four with boteh motifs, one with floral medallions. Glued to cardboard, worn. Dimensions: 36 x 26 cm; 23 x 14 cm; 22 x 15 cm; 22.5 x 16 cm;...

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Lot n° 47

WOVEN SILK PANEL DECORATED WITH...

WOVEN SILK PANEL DECORATED WITH FALCONERS Qajar Iran, 19th century Inspired by Sassanid motifs, in blue silk, the motif repeated in mirror, lined with pink silk. Size: 75 x 68 cm

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Lot n° 48

TWO LARGE PERSIAN EMBROIDERIES Qajar...

TWO LARGE PERSIAN EMBROIDERIES Qajar Iran, 19th century One a rasht type, applied embroidery on red felt with chain stitches, the other on red woolen canvas, finely embroidered with a vegetal decoration inhabited by birds. Some tears, missing parts and...

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