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24 April 2015

RESULTS: Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds - King Street, 23 April 2015

London EMEA 24 April 2015

 

113 lots sold

Total: £3,322,975 /$4,991,108/ €4,655,488

     51% sold by lot

221 lots offered

$ 1.502 = £1 / € 1.401=£1

    70% sold by value

Lot  

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realised

Buyer

 

175

 

An important 'Damascus-style' Iznik pottery dish, attributable to the 'Master of the Hyacinths', Ottoman Turkey, circa 1555

70,000 - 100,000

£422,500

$634,595

€591,923

European Trade

 

14

 

A fine Aghkand pottery bowl, North Iran, circa 12th century

40,000 - 60,000

£314,500

$472,379

€440,615

European Trade

 

176

 

A rare red-ground Iznik pottery dish, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1585-90

50,000 - 70,000

£242,500

$364,235

€339,743

Anonymous

 

77

 

A fine Safavid brass astrolabe, Tabriz, Iran, dated AH 1117/1705-06 AD

150,000 - 250,000

£170,500

$256,091

€238,871

Anonymous

 

169

 

An Ottoman gilt-copper (Tombak) chamfron, Turkey, 16th century

120,000 - 180,000

£158,500

$238,067

€222,059

Anonymous

 

182

 

An Ottoman or Tartar silver-gilt mounted saddle, Turkey or Crimea, first half 18th century

50,000 - 70,000

£134,500

$202,019

€188,435

UK Trade

 

17

 

A silver and gold-inlaid bronze jug (Mashrabe), Timurid Khorassan, North East Iran or Afghanistan, late 15th or early 16th century

120,000 - 180,000

£110,500

$165,971

€154,811

US Private

 

163

 

A gilt-copper (Tombak) covered tankard (Hanap), Ottoman Turkey, early 17th century

40,000 - 60,000

£104,500

$156,959

€146,405

European Trade

 

224

 

Muhammad Bin Sulayman Al-Jazuli (d. 1472 AD): Dala’il Al-Khayrat

15,000 - 25,000

£84,100

$126,318

€117,824

UK Private

178

An Iznik pottery dish, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1590

40,000 - 60,000

£74,500

$111,899

€104,375

Anonymous

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.