New Bond Street, London | 30 March 2021 London | 30 March New Bond Street, Islamic and Indian Art and Indian Islamic Art Asian South and Contemporary Modern Including Islamic and Indian Art I New Bond Street, London I 30 March 2021 26589 Islamic and Indian Art Including Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art New Bond Street, London | 30 March 2021 BONHAMS ENQUIRIES BIDS Please see back of catalogue for important notice to bidders 101 New Bond Street Oliver White - Bid online/APP London W1S 1SR (Head of Department) Register to bid online by visiting To submit a claim for refund of VAT, bonhams.com +44 (0) 20 7468 8303 www.bonhams.com/26589 [email protected] HMRC require lots to be exported from the UK within strict deadlines. 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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 - 17 Islamic Works of Art Lots 18 - 50 Indian Paintings Lots 51 - 88 Indian Works of Art Lots 89 - 108 Sikh Art Lots 109 - 141 Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art Lots 142 - 157 1R TWO ILLUSTRATED LEAVES FROM A DISPERSED The illustrations depict: a) Iskandar’s enthronement in Istakhr (from MANUSCRIPT OF NIZAMI’S KHAMSA the Sharaf-nameh); b) Majnun meeting Salam Baghdadi (from the PERSIA, 17TH CENTURY Layla va Majnun). Persian manuscript on paper, illustrations in gouache and gold, text written in nasta’liq script in black ink in four columns, 20 lines to the page (verso), inner margins ruled in blue and gold, one leaf with heading written in nasta’liq script in white within an illuminated panel, outer borders (recto) with illumination in gold depicting birds amidst stylised foliage leaves 370 x 230 mm.(2) £2,000 - 3,000 €2,300 - 3,500 US$2,800 - 4,200 6 | BONHAMS For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. 2• R AL-SAHIFA AL-KAMILA, A COLLECTION OF PRAYERS the two pages interleaved with a blank page containing cartouches INCLUDING SEVEN PRAYERS TO BE RECITED ACCORDING TO incorporating a reference in nasta’liq script to the fourth Imam, Zayn THE DAYS OF THE WEEK al-’Abidin (to whom al-Sahifa al-Kamila is attributed), red morocco, PERSIA, LATE SAFAVID, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY covers richly decorated with central medallions and cornerpieces Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 241 leaves, approximately incorporating intertwining floral motifs in colours and gold, on a edr 9 lines to the page written in clear naskhi script in black ink with ground decorated with intertwining vegetal motifs in gold, with flap, interlinear Persian translation written in smaller nasta’liq script in red doublures of green morocco gilt, lower cover detached ink, double interlinear rules in gold, inner margins ruled in blue and 173 x 113 mm.