Islamic Art Week at Christie’s London will feature fives sales from 22 – 26 April 2013 at King Street and South Kensington, offering both new and established collectors the opportunity to acquire works with exceptional provenance and meeting the current demand for the category, which saw an increased online presence and new bidders entering the field in 2012.
On 25 April 2013 the Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds sale will feature over 200 lots showcasing the exquisite craftsmanship of works of art and works on paper since the 9th century. In April 2012 an extremely generous benefactor donated a very impressive group of Islamic and Indian works of art on paper to benefit the University of Oxford. Following the success Part I and Part II of this sale, Part III of A Private Collection Donated to Benefit the University of Oxford will take place on 25 April 2013.
The full sale proceeds will benefit the University of Oxford where they will be used to support a curatorship at the Bodleian Libraries and also a post in Sasanian Studies. With over 200 lots the Oriental Rugs & Carpets sale on 23 April 2013 will include rare and exceptional examples to delight collectors and decorators. The Saeed Motamed Collection Part I and the Arts of Islam Including Property from the Bequest of Adrienne Minassian sold to Benefit Brown University at South Kensington on 22 & 26 April 2013 will offer works from two of the most important collections in the field.
Lot 875 AN OTTOMAN HANGING PANEL, TURKEY, CIRCA 1870. Of rectangular form, the decoration with a mosque on dense scrolling floral field, the lower register with a band of floral sprays, each buds woven in either pink or yellow yarn, the plain borders with trimmings. Estimate: £4,000 – 5,000
6. AN IZNIK CALLIGRAPHIC POTTERY TILE OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1580-90. Of rectangular form, the inscription in white thulut script reserved against the cobalt-blue ground and outlined in black, set within a cusped medallion, the spandrels with palmettes on bole-red ground, a band of interlocking motifs along the bottom edge, chips to the edges, haircracks, otherwise intact, framed 7 x 11in. (17.6 x 27.7cm.) Estimate: £3,500 – 4,500
Lot 49 KRISHNA WATCHING THE GOPIS BATHE THE PAINTING MUGHAL INDIA, CIRCA 1680; THE CALLIGRAPHY ATTRIBUTABLE TO ‘IMAD AL-HASSANI, SAFAVID IRAN, LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY; THE BORDERS SIGNED MUHAMMAD HADI AND MUHAMMAD BAQIR, IRAN, ONE DATED AH 1171/1757-58 AD. Gouache heightened with gold on paper, depicting blue-skinned Krishna observing the Gopis collecting water and bathing, laid down between minor red borders decorated with gold scrolling vine on wide margins with polychrome floral decoration on gold ground, recto with three nast’aliq exercises (mashq) attributable to ‘Imad al-Hassani laid down between similar minor borders on blue margins decorated with gold scrolling vine. Painting 7.1/4 x 12in. (19.5 x 30.2cm.); folio 12.5/8 x 18.1/2in. (32 x 47cm.) Estimate: £80,000 – 120,000
Lot 84 A RARE AND INTACT FATIMID LUSTRE JAR EGYPT, 10TH/11TH CENTURY. Of elegant baluster form with gently tapering neck and flaring rim, the white ground painted in golden lustre with a register of bold fleur de lys on a ground of scrolling vine contained inside drop-shaped cartouches, the neck with a further fleur de lys contained within heart-shaped cartouches, central register bordered with thick lustre bands, neck with repeated inscription in stylized kufic between further lustre bands, areas of polychrome iridescence, chip to the rim, otherwise intact 10in. (25.4cm.) high. Estimate – £200,000 – 300,000
Lot 210 A RARE OTTOMAN GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) HELMET (ÇIÇAK) TURKEY, FIRST HALF 16TH CENTURY. Of typical domed form, the sides with slightly flared facets alternately engraved with elegant flowering lotuses on a pounced ground, the conical finial with similar decoration punctuated with
three cusped medallions, a spiked turban knop above, the rim with another similar engraved band, the peak attached with rivets at the brim, nose-guard with leaf-shaped finial, pointed neck guard attached
through three hinges, the front with the St. Irene arsenal mark, gilding generally well preserved 11in. (28cm.) high. Estimate – £300,000 – 500,000
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