ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART Tuesday 19 April 2016 ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART Tuesday 19 April 2016 at 11am 101 New Bond Street, London VIEWING Live online bidding is available CUSTOMER SERVICES ILLUSTRATIONS Wednesday 13 April for this sale Monday to Friday 08.30 to 18.00 Front cover: lot 85 9.00 to 16.30 Please email [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 Back cover: lot 101 Thursday 14 April with ‘live bidding’ in the subject Inside front cover: lot 284 (detail) 9.00 to 16.30 line 48 hours before the auction As a courtesy to intending Inside back cover: lot 94 (detail) Friday 15 April to register for this service bidders, Bonhams will provide a 9.00 to 16.30 written Indication of the physical Sunday 17 April Please note: condition of lots in this sale if a IMPORTANT INFORMATION 11.00 to 15.00 Telephone bidding is available only request is received up to 24 In February 2014 the United Monday 18 April on lots where the lower end hours before the auction starts. States Government 9.00 to 16.30 estimate is at £1000 or above. This written Indication is issued announced the intention to subject to Clause 3 of the Notice ban the import of any ivory into the USA. Lots SALE NUMBER ENQUIRIES to Bidders. Oliver White containing ivory are 23436 (Head of Department) indicated by the symbol Ф +44 207 468 8303 printed beside the Lot CATALOGUE [email protected] number in this catalogue. £30.00 Matthew Thomas +44 207 468 8270 BIDS [email protected] +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax Rukmani Kumari Rathore To bid via the internet please +44 207 468 8203 visit bonhams.com [email protected] Please note that bids should be Alice Bailey (Consultant) submitted no later than 4pm on the day prior to the sale. New [email protected] bidders must also provide proof of identity when submitting bids. Failure to do this may result in your bid not being processed. Bonhams 1793 Limited Bonhams 1793 Ltd Directors Bonhams UK Ltd Directors Registered No. 4326560 Robert Brooks Co-Chairman, Colin Sheaf Chairman, Gordon McFarlan, Andrew McKenzie, Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Malcolm Barber Co-Chairman, Harvey Cammell Deputy Chairman, Simon Mitchell, Jeff Muse, Mike Neill, Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH Colin Sheaf Deputy Chairman, Jonathan Baddeley, Antony Bennett, Matthew Charlie O’Brien, Giles Peppiatt, Peter Rees, Matthew Girling CEO, Bradbury, Lucinda Bredin, Simon Cottle, Iain Rushbrook, John Sandon, Tim Schofield, +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 Patrick Meade Group Vice Chairman, Andrew Currie, Paul Davidson, Jean Ghika, Veronique Scorer, James Stratton, Ralph Taylor, +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Geoffrey Davies, James Knight, Charles Graham-Campbell, Miranda Leslie, Shahin Virani, David Williams, Caroline Oliphant. Richard Harvey, Robin Hereford, Asaph Hyman, Michael Wynell-Mayow, Suzannah Yip. David Johnson, Charles Lanning, Waxlow Rd Acton Ln SALE N Acton Rd INFORMATION Barretts Green Rd Front Entrance Acton Ln 141 Acton Ln, London NW10 7PB Wesley Ave BIDS BUYERS COLLECTION & STORAGE AND HANDLING The following symbol is used +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 STORAGE AFTER SALE CHARGES ON SOLD LOTS to denote that VAT is due on +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax LOTS MARKED WT RETURNED TO WARD THOMAS the hammer price and buyer’s To bid via the internet please visit All lots marked WT will be removed REMOVALS LTD premium www.bonhams.com to Ward Thomas Removals Ltd, 141 Acton Lane, London, Storage † VAT 20% on hammer price PAYMENTS NW10 7PB, from 9.00am on Storage will be free of charge for the and buyer’s premium Buyers Wednesday 20 April 2016. first 14 calendar days following the +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 sale, charges commence at the VAT on imported items at a +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 faxi COLLECTION start of business on Tuesday 3 May preferential* rate of 5% on hammer WT lots will be available for collection 2016. price and the prevailing rate on Sellers from Ward Thomas Removals Ltd buyer’s premium Payment of sale proceeds on Monday 25 April 2016 from After the storage-free period the +44 (0) 20 7447 7447 9.30am and then every working day following charges apply: Y These lots are subject to CITES +44 (0) 20 7447 7401 fax between 9.30am and 4.30pm £4.00+VAT per week day for small lots regulations, please read the (requiring up to 1 man to handle) information in the back of VALUATIONS, TAXATION All other sold lots will remain in the £8.00+VAT per week day for normal lots the catalogue. & HERITAGE Collections room at Bonhams New (requiring up to 2 men to handle) +44 (0) 20 7468 8340 Bond Street for a period of not less £15.00+VAT per week day for IMPORTANT NOTICE +44 (0) 20 7468 5860 fax than 14 calendar days from the sale oversized lots (requiring more than A surcharge of 2% is applicable [email protected] date. 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(requiring up to 2 men to handle) Payment in Advance £45.00+VAT per lot for oversized lots (Telephone to ascertain amount due) SHIPPING (requiring more than 2 men or by: cash, cheque with banker’s card, For information and estimates mechanical handling) credit, or debit card, or travellers on domestic and international cheque. shipping as well as export licenses Loss and Damage please contact Bonhams Shipping All items removed to Ward Thomas Payment at time of collection by: Department on: Removals Ltd are covered for loss or cash, cheque with banker’s card, +44 (0) 20 8963 2849 damage at the sum of the hammer credit, or debit card, or travellers +44 (0) 20 8963 2850 price plus the buyer’s premium at cheque. +44 (0) 20 7629 9673 fax a rate of 0.4% (payable after 14 [email protected] calendar days following the sale) of Contact details for Ward Thomas the invoice value plus IPT of 9.5%, Removals Ltd: ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT payable annual. Alana Wright All electrical equipment in this Tel No: +44(0) 20 7038 0449 sale has either been tested by Fax: +44(0) 20 7038 0439 a suitably qualified electrician or Email: [email protected] has been operationally disabled. If the intention is to reconnect this equipment we recommend that this is carried out by a suitably qualified electrician. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL BUYERS Condition Condition is not stated in the catalogue. The absence of such reference does not imply that the lot is in good condition or free from faults. Prospective buyers should satisfy themselves by inspection as to the condition of each lot. Condition reports can, however, be provided on request, but are for general guidance only and any such report is, of necessity, subjective. SPECIALISTS FOR THIS AUCTION ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART OLIVER WHITE MATTHEW THOMAS Head of Department Specialist RUKMANI KUMARI ALICE BAILEY RATHORE Consultant Specialist 2 1 1 2 TWO QUR'AN LEAVES WRITTEN IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON A BIFOLIUM FROM A DISPERSED MANUSCRIPT OF VELLUM COMMENTARY ON THE SAYINGS OF THE PROPHET OR HIS NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 10TH CENTURY COMPANIONS (HADITH) A. Arabic manuscript on vellum, 9 lines to the page written in kufic NORTH AFRICA OR ANDALUSIA, 11TH-12TH CENTURY script in brown ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and green, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 14-16 lines to the page written in sura heading in gold with palmette extending into right margin, maghribi script in brown ink, significant sentences written in larger creased, loss to lower margin, 194 x 263 mm. bold maghribi script, roundels with central dots between verses, some B. Arabic manuscript on vellum, 11 lines to the page written in neat losses and worming, 250 x 205 mm.; and three detached leaves kufic script in brown ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and from a dispersed manuscript on jurisprudence, North Africa or green, creased, repaired Andalusia, 11th Century, Arabic manuscript on vellum, 26 lines 155 x 213 mm.(2) to the page written in loose maghribi script in brown ink, creasing, repaired losses to edges £2,000 - 3,000 300 x 200 mm.(4) €2,600 - 3,900 US$2,900 - 4,300 £1,500 - 2,000 €1,900 - 2,600 Text: US$2,200 - 2,900 A. sura LVII, al-Hadid, Iron, part of verse 27 to verse 29 (last verse); sura LVIII, al-Mujadila, The Woman who Pleads, verse 1 to part of verse 2. B. sura VII, al-A'raf, The Heights, part of verse 61 (last word only) to part of verse 69. 6 | BONHAMS 3 4 (detail) 3• 4 ABU 'ALI AL-HUSAIN IBN 'ABDALLAH IBN SINA, MAJMU' A SELJUK OFFICIAL WAQF DOCUMENT IN SCROLL FORM, RASA'IL, A COLLECTION OF TREATISES ON MEDICAL RELATING TO THE ENDOWMENT OF AN ESTATE CONSISTING SUBJECTS OF A VILLAGE AND ITS SURROUNDING LAND IN ANATOLIA, PERSIA OR ANATOLIA, 13TH/14TH CENTURY MENTIONING THE NAMES OF 'ALAM-AL-DIN QAYSAR BIN Arabic manuscript on paper, 24 leaves, 19 lines to the page written ABDULLAH AND 'ABDU'L-SAMAD AL-SHIRVANI, APPROVED in naskhi script in black ink, significant words picked out or outlined AND WITNESSED BY MUHAMMAD BIN MUHAMMAD AL- in red ink, commentaries written diagonally and horizontally in outer HUSAINI, KNOWN AS HIKMI AL-GHILANI, A JUDGE IN margins, waterstaining, crude repairs mostly restricted to outer QAYSARIYAH (CAESAREA) margins, illuminated shamsa at beginning incorporating a later ANATOLIA, DATED RAMADAN 500/APRIL 1107 OR LATER, coloured drawing of a teacher and pupils, brown morocco, stained WITH A LATER WITNESS STATEMENT DATED AH 887/AD 1482 and worn, detached Arabic manuscript on paper in scroll form, text written in clear naskhi 252 x 195 mm.