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Islamic and Indian Art Including Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art New Bond Street, London I 31 March 2020 Bonhams 1793 Limited Registered No Islamic and Indian Art Including Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art New Bond Street, London I 31 March 2020 Bonhams 1793 Limited Registered No. 4326560 Registered Office: Montpelier Galleries Montpelier Street, London SW7 1HH +44 (0) 20 7393 3900 +44 (0) 20 7393 3905 fax Islamic and Indian Art Including Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art New Bond Street, London | Tuesday 31 March 2020, 11am VIEWING ENQUIRIES REGISTRATION ILLUSTRATIONS Thursday 26 March Oliver White IMPORTANT NOTICE Front cover: lot 173 9am to 4.30pm (Head of Department) Please note that all customers, Back cover: lot 120 Friday 27 March +44 (0) 20 7468 8303 irrespective of any previous Inside front cover: lot 180 [email protected] Inside back cover: lot 187 9am to 4.30pm activity with Bonhams, are Sunday 29 March Matthew Thomas required to complete the Bidder 11am to 3pm Registration Form in advance of Monday 30 March +44 (0) 20 7468 8270 IMPORTANT INFORMATION the sale. 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[email protected] 2020 lots not collected by this time will be removed to the Y These lots are subject to CITES Please note that Cadogan Tate warehouse of Cadogan Tate and regulations, please read the will be closed from 4.30pm will be available for collection from information in the back of Thursday 9 April 2020 until 9am 9am Monday 20 April 2020 where the catalogue. Tuesday 14 April 2020 for the charges will apply. Easter Bank Holiday. 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. Some countries, e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer’s responsibility to ensure that they do not bid on or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them. Islamic and Indian, Middle Eastern and South Asian Art London Oliver White Head of Department, Islamic and Indian Art Matthew Thomas Specialist, Islamic and Indian Art Priya Singh Junior Cataloguer, Islamic and Indian Art Nima Sagharchi Director, Middle Eastern, Islamic and South Asian Art Noor Soussi Specialist, Modern & Contemporary Middle Eastern Art Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art Hong Kong Edward Wilkinson Global Head Executive Director, Asia Dora Tan Administrator New York Mark Rasmussen Specialist Head of Sales Doris Jin Huang Specialist Contents MANUSCRIPTS LOTS 1 - 43 ISLAMIC COINS LOTS 44 - 61 ISLAMIC WORKS OF ART LOTS 62 - 137 INDIAN PAINTINGS LOTS 138 - 171 THE NUGENT COLLECTION OF COMPANY SCHOOL PAINTINGS LOTS 172 - 180 INDIAN WORKS OF ART LOTS 181 - 213 SIKH ART LOTS 214 - 247 MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN ART LOTS 248 - 262 1 recto 2 1 verso 1 2 A QUR’AN LEAF WRITTEN IN KUFIC SCRIPT ON VELLUM A LARGE QUR’AN LEAF NEAR EAST OR NORTH AFRICA, 9TH CENTURY PROBABLY YEMEN, CIRCA 1300-1350 Arabic manuscript on vellum, 7 lines to the page written in bold Arabic manuscript on paper, 13 lines to the page written in thuluth, kufic script in brown ink with vowel points in red, one verse-marking naskhi and muhaqqaq, the first and last lines on each page written consisting of three small gold dots in a triangular formation, losses to in large muhaqqaq, these lines recto rewritten on pieces of paper edges stuck over the original text, the seventh line on each page written in 195 x 292 mm.
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