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  • ‘It’s very rare to see an entire Mughal brocaded robe of this quality and date at auction’

    Islamic Art specialist Behnaz Atighi Moghaddam on a magnificent garment that would have been worn by a member of the royal inner circle

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  • A rare fragment from a seventh-century Qur’an — written just decades after the birth of Islam

    This remarkable survival is thought to be from the same Qu’ran as other folios held in Leiden and Paris which have been dated to 650-700 AD

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  • The A-Z of furniture: Terminology to know when buying at auction

    From applique and back splats to veneering and wingbacks, an essential glossary of furniture terms

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  • Collecting guide: Cycladic art

    Insights into the enduring appeal of works that were sculpted some 5,000 years ago. Illustrated with pieces offered at Christie’s

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  • From the Arctic to the Oval Office — the story of HMS Resolute

    How a Royal Navy ship came to provide the timber for a famous White House desk — and to inspire an atmospheric painting

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  • ‘An eyewitness to an important moment in history’: Jeanne Mammen in pre-war Berlin

    Both in Belle Epoque Paris and Berlin between the wars, Jeanne Mammen documented European café society from a woman’s perspective