Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds

Nearly 200 lots will be offered in our October sale of Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds. Leading the sale is a previously unrecorded folio from the great Mughal text the Hamzanama, known for its fantastic stories and dramatic pictures, painted around 1564. The sale also features a strong scientific section, with important Safavid astrolabes; an unusual Ptolemaic planetary model made for an Afsharid official; and a 17th-century Deccani copy of Kitab al-Hasha’ish – an Arabic translation of Dioscorides’ Herbals – with over 400 illustrations of flora and fauna. Other highlights include a private collection of brilliantly-coloured Iznik pottery, and two early Islamic manuscripts with calligraphy attributed to the master scribe Yaqut al-Mustasimi.