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Works on Paper from the Islamic and Near Eastern Worlds
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30 Oct 2020 10:30 GMT
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27 Oct 2020 10:00 - 17:00 GMT
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![Leaf from a large Eastern Kufic Qur'an, manuscript on paper [Seljuk Persia, twelfth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/257738a9-f951-43aa-af95-ac4c00c5aad2.jpg?h=175)
![Leaves from Qur'ans, on paper [North Africa and the Near East, thirteenth to fifteenth centuries]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/d1840bbc-48b2-4218-837b-ac4c00c5ad95.jpg?h=175)
![Bahran Gur in the blue pavilion, manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia (probably Shiraz), c. 1560 AD]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/15243e58-121b-482f-b09a-ac4c00c5b4c8.jpg?h=175)
![Ɵ Kitab Kamil as-Sina'a at-Tabbaiya, manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia, 990-91 AH (1582-84 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/9f501f23-95e9-4fa7-8c9c-ac4c00c5b7c3.jpg?h=175)
![Leaf from a Qur'an, , illuminated manuscript on paper [Near East, c. 1600]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/a6c7d713-3b48-4de8-9155-ac4c00c5c57e.jpg?h=175)
![Portrait of a seated youth, illuminated drawing on paper [Safavid Persia, mid-seventeenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/fc7799c6-a3a1-4564-9cf3-ac4c00c5d00a.jpg?h=175)
![A fine drawing of five dervishes, on card [Safavid Persia (probably Isfahan), c. 1630]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/c42d4b08-ea63-40a0-8f2b-ac4c00c5d33c.jpg?h=175)
![Ɵ Nizami, section from the Khamsa, manuscript on paper [Persia or India, 1(0)52 AH (1642-3)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/8ee041d1-d75f-44f1-b011-ac4c00c5d649.jpg?h=175)
![Ɵ Shara'i al-Islam fi Masa'il al-Halal wa al-Haram, on paper [Ardebil 1060 AH (1650 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/8385ee19-2629-42c3-9766-ac4c00c5db6f.jpg?h=175)
![Ɵ Nuhzat al-Qulub, manuscript on paper [Safavid Persia (Qazvin), 1072 AH (1662 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/e83aa83b-919f-44fc-afbe-ac4c00c5e31c.jpg?h=175)
![Ornithological drawings on a manuscript leaf [Safavid Persia, c. 1700]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/6fafc25d-3944-437b-be86-ac4c00c5fd3d.jpg?h=175)
![Youth visiting a dervish, after Muhammad Qasim, on paper [ Zand Persia, mid-eighteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/8cd1b06b-30dc-440f-b40d-ac4c00c60017.jpg?h=175)
![Ɵ Risala Musiqi (a musical treatise), manuscript on paper [Qajar Persia, 1293 AH (1876 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/46fe8224-fa41-485a-8371-ac4c00c60337.jpg?h=175)
![Persian dancing girl, fine painting on paper [Qajar Persia, first quarter of the nineteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/48da2b1b-9691-457a-852e-ac4c00c60ae9.jpg?h=175)
![Persian Lady carrying a child, on paper [Qajar Persia, first quarter of the nineteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/c7ae701d-1516-469f-a6b5-ac4c00c60dec.jpg?h=175)
![The Tomb of a holy Imam [Qajar Persia, mid-nineteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/3604486b-5949-49c6-98a5-ac4c00c610f0.jpg?h=175)
![Calligraphic studies by Mirza Gholam Reza Isfahani, manuscripts on paper [Qajar Persia, c. 1860 AD]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/4a652ea1-8501-40d5-96db-ac4c00c613bc.jpg?h=175)
![Portraits of Nassir ad-Din and Muzzaffer ad-Din Shah [Qajar Persia, late nineteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/c0f48f81-8ee3-4758-8b32-ac4c00c61b98.jpg?h=175)
![Ɵ Royal invitation to the anniversary celebrations of the Pahlavi Dynasty [Tehran, c. 1976 AD]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/927962ae-dd7a-4a46-8077-ac4c00c61e39.jpg?h=175)
![Ɵ Qur'an al-Karim, in Arabic, decorated manuscript on paper [Indonesia, late eighteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/f2425593-7fcd-438d-9b5b-ac4c00c6219a.jpg?h=175)
![Ɵ A scholar's Qur'an, manuscript on paper [India (possibly Kashmir), c. 1200 AH (1786 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/4735aba0-f046-47d1-83fa-ac4c00c628ff.jpg?h=175)
![Ɵ Abu'l Fazl' ibn Mubarak, Ain-i Akbari, manuscript on paper [Mughal India, late eighteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/29cf46d7-f7bf-48ef-9643-ac4c00c62c41.jpg?h=175)
![A Ruler with his attendants, on paper [Mughal India, second half of the eighteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/9eb4934f-bedf-42f5-a81d-ac4c00c63e35.jpg?h=175)
![A nobleman on horseback [India (probably Kota), second half of eighteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/473840b9-d426-449e-a627-ac4c00c641a9.jpg?h=175)
![A double kneeling portrait of a young princess and attendant [India (likely Deccan), c. 1800]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/4985a4dd-a163-4edb-bb56-ac4c00c64438.jpg?h=175)
![A Harem Scene, painting on paper [India (Kishangarh), first half of nineteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/2fb420c2-9ecd-454f-a345-ac4c00c64806.jpg?h=175)
![Radha and her companion, Pahari school [India (Himchal Pradesh), early nineteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/c37715e1-ce3a-44f1-abe0-ac4c00c64b50.jpg?h=175)
![Layla visiting Majnun in the wilderness, Pahari school [Northern India, c. 1820]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/7adedfb2-4c94-43ea-8ed4-ac4c00c64eb0.jpg?h=175)
![Costume and trade illustrations, company school [probably Tamil Nadu, early nineteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/33f1a292-a19a-4cb4-aeba-ac4c00c65220.jpg?h=175)
![The Dancing Gopis, Indian miniature on card, Mewar school [India (Rajasthan), c. 1830]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/d39ab86f-725b-4b0b-9052-ac4c00c66597.jpg?h=175)
![Portrait of a Nobleman, illuminated manuscript on card [Mughal India, dated 1254 AH (1838 AD)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/20a64c9a-905f-4067-a3e4-ac4c00c6689c.jpg?h=175)
![Portrait of a Maharajah holding a flower [India (Rajasthan, possibly Kota), c. 1840]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/d1838d7a-ca60-4802-9b90-ac4c00c66ec0.jpg?h=175)
![Two soldiers on horseback in battle [North India (Kangra), mid-nineteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/14af3fa2-7abe-4a79-bd90-ac4c00c672ae.jpg?h=175)
![Large painting of a man visiting a sage [North India (possibly Kangra), mid-nineteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/61fda00d-967d-4101-8a28-ac4c00c67614.jpg?h=175)
![A Qur'anic Prayer Scroll on paper [India (probably Kashmir), second half of nineteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/0148a6ec-4346-4861-b24a-ac4c00c67c7f.jpg?h=175)
![Bhae Puran Singh as a young Sikh Lady, painting on card [India (probably Punjab), c. 1890]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/e6f7e4fe-27c1-401a-a036-ac4c00c683fe.jpg?h=175)
![Ladies attending a Princess, Pahari school [Northern India (Himachal Pradesh), c. 1880]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/bdd0c4f8-ebb6-4a46-b5ea-ac4c00c68777.jpg?h=175)
![A tantric Avatar of Vishnu [India (likely Gujarat), late nineteenth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/709fd08a-1bcd-419b-a64c-ac4c00c68aa1.jpg?h=175)
![A Tantric Mandala, [India (likely Gujarat), late nineteenth or early twentieth century)]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/cdb007a3-14a4-43d3-892c-ac4c00c68da0.jpg?h=175)
![Three tantric Avatars of Vishnu [India (likely Gujarat), c. 1900]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/f3a201c5-707f-4bf6-a7b2-ac4c00c69091.jpg?h=175)
![Large Buddhist painting on paper [India (possibly Deccan), early twentieth century]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/a93a6841-7ca4-459a-a717-ac4c00c696ab.jpg?h=175)
![Jungle scene with Two Tigers, on linen for use as wall hanging [India (possibly Kota), c. 1920]](https://portal-images.azureedge.net/auctions-2020/blooms1-10013/images/957d516e-7948-46d6-bfc0-ac4c00c699cb.jpg?h=175)
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