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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
1974	Firdawsi: Shahnama ( part), a large illustrated Persian manuscript on paper with seven miniatures, Kashmir, 19th century, ( possibly dated 1295/1878),	£300 - £500	£780	View
1975	A Qur'an, illuminated Arabic manuscript in naskhi script on gold-sprinkled paper, copied by Ibn Nur al-Din Sultan Muhammad, Iran, Safavid, dated 1085/	£600 - £800	£780	View
1976	Ibn Babawayh (Abu Ja' far Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi): a work on Hadith and jurisprudence, probably Kitab Man La Yahduruhu al- Faqih, lar	£600 - £800	£700	View
1977	Qur'an, illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper, colophon stating copied by Husayn al-Hili, a pupil of Zuhdi, Turkey, Ottoman, dated 1219/1804, 17cm. b	£200 - £300	£550	View
1978	Tafsir al-Quran, large profusely illuminated Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper with five fully illuminated double pages, India, circa 15th-16th c	£1,000 - £1,500	£2,600	View
1979	Qur'an section ( Juz' 25), illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper, Egypt or Levant, Mamluk, circa 1468-95, 24.8cm. by 16.5cm. contemporary leather cov	£400 - £600	£550	View
1980	The adventures and battles of Sam: tales based on the Shanama, Kashmir, 19th century, large illustrated and illuminated Persian manuscript on paper, 1	£800 - £1,000	£500	View
1982	Five Islamic manuscripts on paper, mostly on religious subjects, Near East, Turkey, Iran and India, circa 19th century, sizes 16.4cm. by 10.9cm. to 25	£150 - £250	£100	View
1983	Qur'an, illuminated Arabic manuscript on paper with gold-sprinkled margins, penultimate leaf with commission statement of Sha Sulayman Safavi ( reigne	£1,500 - £2,000	£3,800	View
1984	Three illuminated Persian manuscripts of poetry, various dates, largest 17.3cm. by 10.6cm. Provenance: one formerly in the collection of Hagop Kevorki	£100 - £150	£1,100	View
1985	A colour printed facsimile copy of the famous 16th century Qur'an manuscript copied by Ruzbihan Muhammad, in the collection of the Chester Beatty Libr	£50 - £70	£300	View
1987	An Ottoman firman bearing the tughra of Sultan Mahmud I ( r. 1730-54), eight lines of Diwani script in black ink on paper, dated 1144/1731-32, 53cm. b	£100 - £150	£680	View
1988	A finely illuminated unfinished manuscript, Qajar, 19th century, seven leaves with silver and gold text areas left blank, each leaf 28.5cm. by 17.5cm.	£200 - £300	£200	View
1989	A nasta'liq quatrain signed Bimiqdar Husaini, Persia, 18th century, album page, manuscript on paper, four lines of diagonal text in black nasta'liq sc	£800 - £1,200	£700	View
1990	Portrait of a European child, with attribution to the artist Abu'l Hasan, Iran, Qajar, dated 1281/1864-65, gouache on paper, portrait 22.2cm. by 17.8c	£300 - £500	£700	View
1992	Ibn Sina: Al-Qanun fi'l- Tibb ( Avicenna's Canon of Medicine ), parts of Book III, Near East, circa 12th-14th century, with later additions: Arabic ma	£800 - £1,200	£70,000	View
1993	Ottoman manuscript dated AH/877/30March 1472-73 AD, on Islamic moral and ethical principles, Arabic manuscript on paper, 361 ff. plus 6 fly leaves, ea	£700 - £1,000	£1,150	View
1994	A calligraphic panel, Iran, 17th century or later, painted with a bird between panels of script on a blue ground with gold flecks, overall size 32cm.	£150 - £250	£180	View
1995	A concertina album of ten Chinese watercolour paintings on paper, 19th/20th century, each painting with figures in a landscape beside rows of calligra	£200 - £400	£520	View
1996	Chinese school, possibly Ming dynasty, a painting of a pheasant perched on rocks, watercolour on silk laid down on paper, signed and with red seal, 1	£100 - £200	£450	View
1997	A Chinese sgraffito green-ground famille-rose bowl, blue Qianlong seal mark but later. enamelled on the exterior with flower sprays, 18.25cm. diameter	£200 - £300	£420	View
1998	A Nishapur pottery bowl, North Eastern Iran, 12th century, painted on the interior with a border containing manganese abstract motifs, a bird in the c	£60 - £80	£65	View
1999	A miniature jade vase, 19th/20th century, of pear shape with elephant mask and ring handles, 3cm. high, wood stand and box.	£80 - £120	£120	View
2000	A set of eight Chinese school paintings, 19th/20th century, watercolour and gouache on silk laid down on paper, painted with figures engaged in variou	£1,000 - £1,500	£4,200	View
2001	A Khorassan type brass ewer. modern, of cylindrical form with loop handle, the body engraved with a winged animal beneath script, 32.5cm. high.	£60 - £80	£300	View
2002	Kemalpashazade's Daqaiq al-Haqaiq, Ottoman Empire, 16th century, an early copy of the dictionary, Ottoman manuscript on Italian paper, 86 leaves plus	£500 - £700	£450	View
2003	A Chinese porcelain blue and white bowl, Wanli six character mark but later, painted with fruit and tendrils above a ruyi head border, 21.5cm. diamete	£100 - £150	£9,000	View
2004	A Timurid miniature on paper, Iran, mid 15th century, painted with a king and attendants with rows of black script, overall size 22cm. by 15.5cm., per	£300 - £400	£260	View
2005	Japanese school, Meiji period, a large painted on silk of seven monkeys on branches beside a rocky outcrop, 127cm. by 54cm., framed and glazed. 25	£500 - £700	£700	View
2007	A polychrome painted wood figure of Guanyin, probably Ming dynasty, carved standing on rockwork wearing loose red robes, (a.f), 43cm. high.	£200 - £300	£160	View
2009	A Chinese Dayazhai -type barrel shaped garden seat, late 19th century, painted with birds perched in branches of wisteria against a turquoise ground,	£200 - £300	£1,800	View
2010	A Japanese wood netsuke of a sennin, 19th century, carved standing carrying a child across his right shoulder, unsigned,9.5cm. high. 10	£300 - £500	£100	View
2011	A Japanese wood netsuke of a recumbent goat, 19th century, carved with head turned across its back, unsigned, 4.25cm. length. 30	£300 - £500	£780	View
2012	A Canton carved wood card case, late 19th century, of rectangular form, profusely carved with figures amongst trees and pavilions, 11.75cm high.	£100 - £150	£250	View
2013	A Japanese giltwood figure of Amida Buddha, probably 19th century, seated in vajrasana on a red painted lotus pedestal on a circular carved stepped ba	£200 - £300	£320	View
2014	A Chinese famille-verte punch bowl, Kangxi, painted on the exterior with deer and crane amongst bamboo and rocks, the interior painted with birds, ins	£80 - £120	£120	View
2015	A Japanese gold lacquer four-case inro, 19th century, the kinji ground decorated in relief on one side with a Sambaso dancer, the reverse with a man h	£700 - £1,000	£650	View
2016	A Chinese pale celadon jade mounted spring hinged clip, Qing dynasty, the stone pierced and carved with chimes and fish, the silvered metal back plate	£250 - £350	£400	View
2017	A Chinese stone head of Buddha, possibly Ming dynasty, carved wearing a serene expression, her crown carved with a small central figure of amitabha Bu	£500 - £700	£520	View
2019	A Chinese cinnabar lacquer circular box and cover, Qing dynasty, each carved with three figures in a landscape inside floral borders, 13cm. diameter;	£200 - £300	£240	View
2020	A large Japanese Imari `black ship' bowl, Meiji period, of octagonal form, painted on the interior and exterior with panels of Dutch ships alternating	£200 - £300	£520	View
2022	A large painted and parcel giltwood head of Guanyin, carved with serene expression and wearing a foliate tiara, 52cm. high, with stand.	£200 - £300	£950	View
2023	A small Gandhara sandstone bust of Buddha, 3rd/4th century, wearing a headress and with eyes closed in meditation, 20cm. high.	£100 - £150	£220	View
2027	A Chinese export blue and white shaped oval tureen and cover, Qianlong, painted with panels of pavilions in river landscapes alternating with panels o	£250 - £350	£240	View
2028	A Chinese export porcelain monogrammed part service, late Qianlong, each piece with gilt initials `KW' comprising; a cylindrical teapot and cover, a	£100 - £150	£160	View
2029	A Chinese export blue and white tureen and associated cover, Qianlong, each painted with a river landscape, set with animal mask handles, (a.f), 34cm.	£150 - £250	£250	View
2030	A good Japanese lacquer low table, Edo period, 19th century, of shaped circular form, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and kirikane over a dens	£1,000 - £1,500	£950	View
2031	A Chinese blanc-de-chine figure of Guanyin, late Qing dynasty, standing holding a lotus flower in her right hand, 29cm. high; also two other blanc-de-	£100 - £150	£220	View

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