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Bonhams: Islamic and Indian Art - Online

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Auction Name	Islamic and Indian Art - Online	Total Sales (GBP)	122,662.40
Auction Date	June 12, 2025 - June 12, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	97,500.00
Sale Number	#31243	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	138,700.00
Total Lots	203
Sold Lots	127	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	161,100.00
% of Lots Sold	62.56%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	227,800.00
Unsold Lots	76	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	53.85%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
68		An anthology of early Arabic poetry, Kitab al-rawd al-nadir, abyat wa nawadir, The Book of the Bright Garden, Couplets and Wonders, by the scholar Ahmad Faris al-Shidyaq	dated AH 1262/AD 1846	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 5,888.00
227	Company School	Three studies of snakes, including two cobras	circa 1830-40	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 5,376.00
212A		Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra (reg. 1775-1823) seated on a palace terrace	early 19th Century	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 5,120.00
220		Troops attacking a besieged city with a hero assaulting a breach in the walls	late 18th/early 19th Century, borders perhaps 1820-20	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,352.00
176		A princess holding court with a bevy of female attendants and musicians	late 18th Century	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 4,096.00
218		A prince entertained by musicians and a dancing girl who balances lotas on her head and hands	circa 1760	GBP 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	GBP 4,096.00
275		History of the Sikhs; or, translation of the Sikkhan de Raj di Vikhia, by Major Henry Court	1888	GBP 800.00 - 1,200.00	GBP 2,816.00
276		Travels in India, including Sinde and the Punjab, by Captain Leopold von Orlich, in 2 volumes	1845	GBP 800.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,560.00
155		An illustrated Hindu devotional scroll	19th century	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,432.00
346	Mahadev Viswanath Dhurandhar (India, 1867-1944)	Building		GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,432.00
348	Ambika Dhurandhar (Indian, 1912-2009)	Woman in a red sari		GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,432.00
347	Mahadev Viswanath Dhurandhar (India, 1867-1944)	Telephonist		GBP 700.00 - 1,000.00	GBP 2,304.00
174		A nobleman, armed with a sword, standing on a terrace	mid-18th Century	GBP 500.00 - 700.00	GBP 2,176.00
223	circle of Mazhar 'Ali Khan	The tomb of Humayun; the Alai Darwaza, or Alauddin Gate, Delhi	circa 1840-60	GBP 700.00 - 900.00	GBP 2,176.00
314		Narasimha avatar	early 19th Century	GBP 600.00 - 800.00	GBP 2,176.00
59		A large illuminated firman relating to the restoration of previous administration and taxation in the province of Bolu in northern Turkey, after an appeal by the local people	dated 1 Rabi' al-Awwal 1238/1822	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,048.00
191		Kali trampling on the prostrate Siva	early 19th Century	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,048.00
274		Joseph Davey Cunningham, A History of the Sikhs from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej	1918	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 2,048.00
203		A manuscript in scroll form, with thirteen paintings depicting figures from Hindu mythology	19th Century	GBP 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	GBP 1,920.00
239	After Mahadev Vishvanath Dhurandhar (Indian 1867-1944)	Great Indian Peninsula Railway: Ellora	circa 1920	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,920.00
246		A large Hindu cosmological diagram on cloth, with images of Ganesh, Siva, the Devi and Hanuman, flanking a central numerological chart	20th Century	GBP 1,500.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,920.00
353	M. S. Joshi (India, 20th Century)	Pichola Lake	Udaipur	GBP 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,920.00
221		Ten paintings depicting the Taj Mahal, its interior, and the pietra dura work on the tombs within	circa 1820-30	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,664.00
237	Thomas Daniell RA (1749-1840)	N. W. View of Rotas Ghur, Bahar, from Oriental Scenery, or the Views of the Architecture, Antiquities and Landscape Scenery of Hindostan	1795-1808	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	GBP 1,664.00
214		Radha and Krishna, or a prince and a nayika, in a palace courtyard	circa 1800	GBP 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	GBP 1,536.00

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