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Sale Results London, Bond St

Sale L14223 Arts of the Islamic World 08 OCT 14

Grand Total

6,586,100 GBP (10,579,252 USD)

Exch Rate:

1.61

Sold by Lot:

49.5%

Lots Offered:

196

Sold by Value:

77.1%

Lots Sold/Unsold:

97 / 99

Lot

Price (GBP)

Estimate (GBP)

Buyer

59

£962,500 ($1,546,064)

£200,000 - 300,000

Anonymous


Edward William Lane (d.1876), Arabic-English Lexicon, printers' manuscript copy, 40 volumes, second half 19th century
135 £962,500 ($1,546,064) £800,000 - 1,000,000 Anonymous
A brass astrolabe made by al-Ahmar al-Nujumi al-Rumi for the treasury of the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II, Turkey, 911 AH/1505-6
AD
34 £806,500 ($1,295,481) £250,000 - 350,000 Anonymous
Al-Majusi, The Complete Book of the Medical Art, Iraq or Western Persia, last quarter 10th Century AD
92 £674,500 ($1,083,449) £300,000 - 500,000 Anonymous
A rare and important Nasrid silvered and gilt-copper pyxis, Spain, 14th century
60 £386,500 ($620,835) £60,000 - 80,000 European Trade
An illustrated and illuminated leaf from a copy of Sa'di's Gulistan: the captured Arab robbers before the King, ascribed to
Mahmud Muzahhib, Bukhara, mid-16th century
18 £362,500 ($582,284) £250,000 - 350,000 Private Collector
A portrait of Suleyman the Magnificent, by a follower of Gentile Bellini, Italy, probably Venice, circa 1520
31 £302,500 ($485,906) £150,000 - 200,000 Private Collector
An extremely fine illuminated Ottoman Qur'an, copied by Mustafa Dede, Turkey, first half 16th century
192 £134,500 ($216,047) £80,000 - 120,000 European Trade
An Oushak 'small medallion' rug, West Anatolia, late 16th century/early 17th century
99 £122,500 ($196,772) £100,000 - 150,000 Private Collector
Three monumental Kashan calligraphic tiles, Persia, 12th/13th century
26 £122,500 ($196,772) £100,000 - 150,000 Private Collector
An Ottoman silk and metal-thread external curtain (burqu) for the Holy Ka'aba door, bearing the name of Sultan Selim II, Turkey,
circa 1800

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