Sold2021THREE FRAMED 19TH C. PERSIAN FIGURAL MANUSCRIPTSPersian, 19th century. Group of three Persian embellished watercolors manuscript leaves/fragments comprising two portraits of gentlemen and one with two cranes, scattered inscriptions. Provenance: FroSee Sold Price
Sold2023NIZAMI. TWO PERSIAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAVESTwo leaves taken from 15th century edition of Nizami Ganjavi's romantic epic, "Haft Peykar". Includes text and illuminated miniature depicting Bahram Gur, in the Turquoise Blue Palace, reprimanding hiSee Sold Price
Sold2021Two Persian/Indo Persian Manuscript LeavesLot of two hand painted manuscript leaves depicting women, matted and backed with plexiglass, 18th/19th century, sight 5 1/2" x 2 3/4" mat size 11 1/2" x 8 3/4"See Sold Price
Sold2020Two Persian Illuminated Manuscript LeavesTwo Persian Illuminated Manuscript Leaves each matted and framed uniformly. Height 7 1/2 x width 4 1/2 inches. Property from the Collection of James Flynn and Bill Wiley, Chicago, IllinoisSee Sold Price
Sold2022TWO ANTIQUE PERSIAN MINIATURE ILLUSTRATIONSTwo antique Persian manuscript leaves with illustrations depicting a chase scene and a scene with peasants painted with ink and pigments. Both feature the handwritten texts in Arabic. Circa the 15th tSee Sold Price
Sold2022TWO ANTIQUE PERSIAN MINIATURE ILLUSTRATIONSTwo antique Persian manuscript leaves with illustrations depicting a chase scene and a scene with peasants painted with ink and pigments. Both feature the handwritten texts in Arabic. Circa the 15th tSee Sold Price
Sold2023TWO ANTIQUE PERSIAN MINIATURE ILLUSTRATIONSTwo antique Persian manuscript leaves with illustrations depicting a chase scene and a scene with peasants painted with ink and pigments. Both feature the handwritten texts in Arabic. Circa the 15th tSee Sold Price
Sold2021Two Persian or Indo/Persian Manuscript LeavesLot of two pages, depicting animals, matted and backed with plexiglass, sight size 8 7/8" x 6 1/4", framed size 14 3/4" x 11 7/8"See Sold Price
Sold2019Two Persian calligraphic leaves & pictorial leafTwo Persian illuminated calligraphic manuscript leaves and a pictorial leaf (3). 13 3/4 x 9in (35 x 23cm)Provenance: Property from a Private Collection, Santa Barbara, California.See Sold Price
Sold2022Two Illustrated and Illuminated Persian Manuscripts Leaves from the ShahnamehTwo Illustrated and Illuminated Persian Manuscripts Leaves from the Shahnameh19th century, ink and colors on paper, two illustrated pages from the epic Shahnameh (Book of Kings), includes the story ofSee Sold Price
Sold2017Persian Painted Manuscript & As-Nas Playing CardsFramed hand-painted Persian watercolor manuscript leaf with inscriptions above and below the painting. Sheet sight size 6.5" x 4.5". Framed and matted under glass, 9.75" x 7.75". Together with a set oSee Sold Price
Sold2021Persian Illuminated Manuscript Leaves, TwoTwo leaves from Persian illuminated manuscripts, both depicting figures on horseback and with calligraphic inscriptions. 7.25" H x 3.75" W; frame: 12.25" H x 8.5" W. One bearing light areas of staininSee Sold Price
Sold2016Two Manuscript Leaves from a Book of Hours (15thTwo Manuscript Leaves from a Book of Hours (15th Century). Ink and watercolor on vellum, one with gold leaf Larger: 5.5" x 4" Frame: 12.75" x 10"See Sold Price
Sold2022Two 19th C. artworks, Persian illuminated manuscript and Asian inspired watercolor of dove, bothTwo 19th C. artworks, Persian illuminated manuscript and Asian inspired watercolor of dove, both framed, details include: Persian illuminated manuscript, depicts 18th/19th C. life of Mogul dynasty nobSee Sold Price
Sold2016(5) FRAMED PERSIAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAVES -(5) FRAMED PERSIAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAVES - Illustrated, Gilt and Illuminated Leaves from a Poetry Text, Persia, Safavid, Shiraz, 16th c., three depicting scenes of courtship, two of interactioSee Sold Price
Sold2023PAIR PERSIAN PAINTED MANUSCRIPT LEAVES. - Framed.PAIR PERSIAN PAINTED MANUSCRIPT LEAVES. One, depicting figures in mountains with tents and camels; other, depicting warriors on horseback. Gouache/watercolor on paper with calligraphy. - Framed.See Sold Price
Sold2023Two Framed Persian Manuscript PagesWatercolor and ink on paper. 1: Sight: 11 1/4" x 7", Frame: 19 3/4" x 16". 2: Sight: 11 1/4" x 7 1/2", Frame: 19 3/4" x 16". Two framed Persian illustrated manuscript pages. Framed within gilt paintedSee Sold Price
Sold2019A Persian Illustrated Manuscript Leaf 10 1/2 x 8A Persian Illustrated Manuscript Leaf late 18th/early 19th century depicting a war scene, opaque watercolor on paper, framed. 10 1/2 x 8 inches. Estimate $400-600See Sold Price
Sold2023Pair of Framed Persian Manuscript PagesWatercolor and ink on paper. 1: Sight: 12" x 8 1/4", Frame: 19 3/4" x 16 1/4". 2: Sight: 10" x 6 1/4", Frame: 19 3/4" x 16 1/4". Two framed Persian manuscript pages. Framed within gilt painted frames.See Sold Price
Sold2023SA'DI PERSAIN BOOK MANUSCRIPT SAFAVID MINIATURE SA'DI. Gulistan of Sa'di qajarSA'DI. Gulistan of Sa'di (d. 1292), Safavid Iran, 16th century Persian manuscript of 100 leaves, text in a beautiful black nasta'liq of 12 lines framed by two golden ribbons and a blue fillet, beautifSee Sold Price
Sold2018Middle Eastern ms.- Kamal al-Din () Farhad u Shirin,Middle Eastern ms.- Kamal al-Din Vahshi Baqfi (c.1532-83). Farhad u Shirin, Persian manuscript on paper, 20 leaves and 2 blanks, text written horizontally and diagonally in two central columns and inSee Sold Price
Sold2020ASIAN: Three illuminated manuscript leaves, probablyASIAN: Three illuminated manuscript leaves, probably Persian, 19th C., gouache and ink on paper, two with large figural scenes accompanied by text, one with text verso; one with flowers and text, allSee Sold Price
Sold2021Three Persian Gouaches to include two manuscriptsThree Persian Gouaches to includetwo manuscripts leaves with gilt gold decoration along with acourtyard scene along with painting on silk of an elephant11 1/2" x 6 1/2"Provenance: The Estate of DianaSee Sold Price
Sold2017INDO-PERSIAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT DRAWINGS, LOT OFINDO-PERSIAN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT DRAWINGS, LOT OF TWO, watercolor on paper (each), depicting noble figures on horseback, one with old typed label verso describing rider as "RAJPUT WARRIOR / RajasthSee Sold Price
5 days LeftBonhamsM. B. Dickson and S. C. Welch, The Houghton Shahnameh, in two volumes Cambridge, MA, and London,...£1,200
5 days LeftBonhamsJalal al-Din Muhammad Isfahani, Tuhfat al-Wuzara', A Gift to Ministers, copied by Fath 'Ali Tone...£3,200
5 days LeftBonhamsAn illuminated Qur'an, commissioned by Amir Guneh Khan Qajar, and completed for his son Nasrulla...£15,000
May 30Forum AuctionsThailand.- Verse romance, manuscript in Thai, [Thailand], [early-mid 19th century]; and 2 other Thai£300
May 30Forum AuctionsAshendene Press.- Vita di Santa Chiara, one of 236 copies, original limp vellum with ties, 1921£600
5 days LeftBonhamsA large illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad Rida Qajar Persia, dated 14th Jumada II 1245/11th...£4,000
5 days LeftBonhamsAn illustrated leaf, and a text leaf, from Nizami's Kherad-nameh, the second book of the Iskanda...£4,000
7 days LeftForum AuctionsPrayerbook.- Receuil de Prieres, manuscript in French, France, [?c.1800].£100
7 days LeftForum AuctionsLadies of the French Court.- [Histoire Amoureuse de France], 4 parts in 1, manuscript in French,£180
May 30Forum AuctionsTibet.- Sutra of Properly Arranged Establishment in Buddhahood or Confession Sutra, manuscript in£10,000
May 30Forum AuctionsArabic manuscript.- Illuminated manuscript Qur'an, 312ff., in Arabic on paper, Turkey, 1730£1,000
5 days LeftJasper52FARSI and ARABIC GRAMMAR MANUSCRIPT antique 19th CENTURY over 200 pages RAREUS$300
7 days LeftForum AuctionsCommonplace Books.- Four Victorian Commonplace Books, [mid-nineteenth century].£100