Bidspirit auctions | Kew Auctions Auction Dec 5, 2025

Kew Auctions, Dec 5, 2025. 411 lots, estimates 1 - 8000 £.

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Lots in this catalog (411)

• Lot 1: A RARE SYRIAC CHRISTIAN LEGAL DOCUMENT, JERUSALEM, DATED 1118 A.D, INVOLVING BISHOP YOUSHUA AND IMAR AL TURJUMAN — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 2: A POEM (AL-BURDAH) WRITTEN BY SHEIKH MUHAMMAD ABDUL AZIZ AL-RIFAI, DATED 1325 AH, ON BLUE PAPER — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 3: AN ILLUMINTED QURAN SECTION JUZ, CHINA, 19TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 4: GHAYAT AL-BAYAN FI TADBIR WA ILAJ BADAN AL-INSAN, OTTOMAN MEDICAL MANUSCRIPT, DATED 1113 AH / 1701–1702 AD — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 5: KITAB ATBAQ AL-DHAHAB, MANUSCRIPT BY SHARAF AL-DIN ABD AL-MU’MIN AL-ISFAHANI, DATED 1013 AH (1604–1605 CE) — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 6: KITAB AL-GHAWWAS WA KANZ AL-IKHTISAS, DATED 1004 AH / 1595–1596 AD, — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 7: MUKHTASAR AL-QUDURI, HANAFI FIQH ARABIC MANUSCRIPT, DATED 976 AH / 1568–1569 A.D. — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 8: THE CHEMICAL TREATISE ARABIC BOOK (1185 AH / 1771 CE), COPY BY SUWAYFI IBN AHMAD AL ADAWI — £2,000 - £4,000
• Lot 9: KITAB QAWAID AL-I’RAB – MANUSCRIPT BY MUHAMMAD KAMAL AL-DIN, — £600 - £800
• Lot 10: A RARE MANUSCRIPT OF IBN KATHIR’S TAFSIR AL-QUR’AN AL-‘AZIM, VOL. 7 (FROM SURAT QAF TO SURAT AL-NAS) , — £2,000 - £4,000
• Lot 11: A RARE OTTOMAN ASTRONOMICAL MANUSCRIPT BY ISMAIL BIN MUSTAFA AL-JANARI, 1190 AH (1776 CE) — £8,000 - £12,000
• Lot 12: ILLUMINATED AND ILLUSTRATED MAGHRIBI DALAIL AL KHAYRAT BOOK, COPIED BY AHMAD ALHARTHI, DATED 1124 HIJRI — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 13: DIWAN OF NIKOLAUS SAIGH, MARONITE POET OF MOUNT LEBANON, COPIED IN NAZARETH PALESTINE, 1847 A.D. — £2,000 - £3,000
• Lot 14: A RARE 1852 ARABIC CHRISTIAN BOOK – SALWAT AL-SWAI (PRAYERS OF SEEKERS), LEBANON — £600 - £800
• Lot 15: AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QURAN, WRITTEN IN THE PERIOD OF SULTAN MAHMUD KHAN, DATED 1241 AH — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 16: AN ILLUMINATED OTTOMAN QURAN, DATED 1251 HIJRI — £800 - £1,000
• Lot 17: AN ILLUMINATED PERSIAN CALLIGRAPHY PAGE, SIGNED ABDULRAHMAN, PROBABLY SHIRAZ, 19TH CENTURY — £600 - £800
• Lot 18: AN ILLUMINATED PERSIAN CALLIGRAPHY PAGE, SIGNED MUHAMMAD HUSSAIN, PROBABLY SHIRAZ, 19TH CENTURY — £600 - £800
• Lot 19: AN INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING DEPICTS A SHAH, MUGHAL STYLE, 20TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 20: A QURAN SECTION (JUZ), NORTH AFRICA, 15TH CENTURY — £4,000 - £6,000
• Lot 21: AN OTTOMAN CHALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM IN CONCERTINA FORM, SIGNED HASSAN AND DATED — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 22: TWO BOOKS OF MAGHRIBI QURAN SECTIONS (JUZ), NORTH AFRICA, 17TH — £4,000 - £6,000
• Lot 23: ALBUM OF ISLAMIC PERSIAN AND INDIAN CALLIGRAPHY PAGES, 19TH CENTURY — £6,000 - £8,000
• Lot 24: TWO ILLUMINATED SAFAVID STYLE MINIATURE PAINTINGS, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 25: A MINIATURE INDIAN PAINTING OF A NOBLE WOMAN, 19TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 26: ISLAMIC PRAYER BOOK, 19TH - 20TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 27: AL-MUFRADAT FI GHARIB AL-QUR’AN BY AL-RAGHIB AL-ISFAHANI – RARE 1324 AH / 1906 CAIRO PRINTING (AL-MATBA‘A AL-MUNIRIYYA) — £600 - £800
• Lot 28: A LARGE ILLUMINATED INDIAN KASHMIRI QURAN, 19TH CENTURY — £600 - £800
• Lot 29: A LARGE ILLUMINATED KASHMIRI QURAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY — £600 - £800
• Lot 30: A MINIATURE PRINTED QURAN, DATED 1308 A.H, LATE 19TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 31: AN ILLUMINATED QURANIC PAGE, 20TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 32: AN ISLAMIC CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED ALAA ALDIN AND DATED 981 AH, PROBABLY SAFAVID PERSIA — £3,000 - £6,000
• Lot 33: AN ILLUMINATED COMPLETE QURAN SCROLL, WRITTEN BY MARYAM BINT ALSHAIKH IBRAHIM ALHASANI, 20TH CENTURY — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 34: AN ILLIUMINATED QURAN JUZ SCROLL, COPIED BY MAYSON BINT ALSHAIKH KHALED ALATASI ALHUMSIYA, DATED 1323 AH — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 35: AN ILLUMINATED AND ILLUSTRATED KASHMIRI DALIL AL KHAYRAT BOOK, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 36: A KASHMIRI DRAWING WITH GOLD FLAKES DEPICTS PROPHET MUHAMMAD'S FOOT, INDIA, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY — £600 - £800
• Lot 37: ILLUMINATED ISLAMIC SCROLL WITH 99 NAMES OF GOD AND NAMES OF THE PROPHET MUHAMMAD, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD SHAFEE, — £600 - £800
• Lot 38: A ISLAMIC CALLIGRAPHY HADITH SIGNED BAHRY 1360 AH — £400 - £600
• Lot 39: A PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING, LATE SAFAVID - EARLY QAJAR, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY — £600 - £800
• Lot 40: A PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING, LATE SAFAVID - EARLY QAJAR, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY — £600 - £800
• Lot 41: AN ILLUMINATED AND ILLUSTRATED ISLAMIC HOLY SHRINES MAQAMAT MUQADDASA SCROLL, 20TH CENTURY — £600 - £800
• Lot 42: A THUMB SIZE ISLAMIC PRAYER BOOK IN ORIGINAL WOVEN PURSE, 19TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 43: AN ILLUMINATED HAJJ MAP SCROLL BY MUSTAFA IZAT AND DATED 1250 AH — £600 - £800
• Lot 44: A RARE SET OF FIVE TIMURID MINIATURE PAINTINGS, IRAN, 15TH CENTURY — £2,000 - £4,000
• Lot 45: AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING DEPICTS SHEIKH ABDUL QADIR GAILANI, DECCAN, 17TH - 18TH CENTURY — £2,000 - £4,000
• Lot 46: A KASHMIRI GILDED CALLIGRAPHIC PAGE, INDIA, 20TH CENTURY — £100 - £200
• Lot 47: AN INDO PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING, 19TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 48: A MUGHAL MINIATURE DRAWING OF A SUFI DERVISH, INDIA, 17TH - 18TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 49: A RARE DIAMOND RUBY AND EMERALD SET ENAMELLED GOLD COLOURED CANE HANDLE, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 50: AN ENGRAVED PERSIAN HELMET (KHULA KHUD) WITH CENTRAL SPIKE AND CHAIN MAIL, QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY — £600 - £800
• Lot 51: A SET OF QAJAR GOLD AND SILVER-DAMASCENED STEEL ARMOUR, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY — £4,000 - £6,000
• Lot 52: A SILVER AND GOLD INLAID "GANGA JAMUNA" INDO-PERSIAN STEEL "SIPAR" SHIELD, 19TH CENTURY — £600 - £800
• Lot 53: A QAJAR GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL SHIELD, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY — £600 - £800
• Lot 54: A BRASS INDIAN DHAL SHIELD, SOUTH INDIA, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 55: A SOUTH INDIAN ARM DEFENCE (DASTANA), 18TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 56: A SAUDI ARABIAN SAIF SWORD WITH SCABBARD, 19TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 57: A PERSIAN SHAMSHIR SWORD SIGNED ASAD ALLAH, 17TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 58: A GOLD KOFTGARI STEEL DAGGER (KHYBER), NORTH INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 59: A RARE ARABIC OMANI KATTARA SWORD, 19TH CENTURY OR EARLIER — £600 - £800
• Lot 60: A SILVER HANDLE WOODEN SWAGGER WALKING STICK, INDIA, LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 61: A DRAGON-HANDLE STEEL CRUTCH DAGGER (ZAFAR TAKIYEH), TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 62: A SILVER OMANI JAMBIYA DAGGER, 20TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 63: A SYRIAN KHANJAR MAGDALI DAGGER WITH SILVER NIELLO SCABBARD, 20TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 64: A HORN-HILT GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL KILIJ SWORD, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1716 A.D — £300 - £600
• Lot 65: AN INDO-PERSIAN GOLD INLAID "KOFTGARI" STEEL BOW, 19TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 66: AN OMANI JAMBIYA DAGGER, 20TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 67: A GOLD INLAID KNIFE/KARD, PROBABLY PERSIA — £200 - £400
• Lot 68: A PERSIAN PERCUSSION PISTOL, 19TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 69: withdraw — £1
• Lot 70: A FINELY ENGRAVED PERSIAN SILVER CUP PROBABLY BY MASTER JAAFAR, 19TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 71: A LARGE IRAQI SILVER AND NIELLO CUP, 20TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 72: AN ENGRAVED QAJAR TALISMANIC SUFI BRASS ARM AMULET, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 73: A PERSIAN SILVER DISH WITH EMBOSSED FIGURAL DECORATION, SHIRAZ OR KERMANSHAH, 19TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 74: A SILVER ROSEWATER SPRINKLER, INDIA, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 75: A SOUTH EAST ASIAN SILVER BOWL, THAILAND, 19TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 76: A FINELY ENGRAVED ANGLO-INDIAN SILVER TEA SET, LATE 19TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 77: A PERSIAN ENAMELLED SILVER CUP HOLDERS, ISFAHAN, 20TH CENTURY — £600 - £800
• Lot 78: A SILVER AND NIELLO AMULET HOLDER, PROBABLY IRAQ, DATED 1331 AH — £80 - £120
• Lot 79: A SILVER PERSIAN AMULET CASE WITH CALLIGRAPHY, 19TH - 20TH CENTURY — £300 - £400
• Lot 80: AN IRAQI SUFI TALISMANIC NIELLO INLAID SILVER AMULET PLAQUE, 19TH CENTURY — £600 - £800
• Lot 81: AN ENAMELLED INDIAN SILVER BELT, 19TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 82: AN UNUSUAL ENAMELLED GILDED SILVER CHILD RATTLE, INDIA, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 83: AN ENGRAVED QAJAR SILVER SCROLL CASES, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 84: AN IRAQI SILVER AND NIELLO BANGLES/BRACELETS, 20TH CENTURY — £100 - £200
• Lot 85: A 20TH CENTURY IRAQI SILVER AND NIELLO CIGARETTE CASE — £200 - £400
• Lot 86: A SILVER ROSEWATER SPRINKLER IN THE FORM OF A BIRD, KUTCH INDIA, CIRCA 1890 — £300 - £600
• Lot 87: AN ENGRAVED SILVER BOTTLE SURAHI, INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 88: A FINELY ENGRAVED SILVER WATER FLASK, INDIA, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 89: A MALAYSIAN STERLING SILVER BOX PRESENTED BY THE PRIME MINISTER, 20TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 90: A PAIR OF INDIAN SILVER ROSEWATER SPRINKLERS, 19TH - 20TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 91: AN ENAMELLED SILVER JUDAICA/JEWISH SILVER CHAINS, PROBABLY IRAQ, 20TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 92: A SILVER NECKLACE DEPICTING MARIA, IRAQ, 19TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 93: SET OF 13 COMPANY SHCOOL INDIAN MICA PAINTINGS, 19TH CENTURY — £1,500 - £2,000
• Lot 94: A 19TH CENTURY OTTOMAN COMPASS AND QIBLA INDICATOR — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 95: A RARE GILDED COPPER "TOMBAK" OPENWORKED DISH, OTTOMAN POSSIBLY GREEK, 17TH - 18TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 96: A RARE OTTOMAN GILT-COPPER (TOMBAK) HAMMAM BOWL, TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY — £2,000 - £4,000
• Lot 97: A LARGE CERAMIC POTTERY TILE, JERUSALEM, 20TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 98: A LUSTRE POTTERY STAR TILE, PERSIA, 13TH - 14TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 99: AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH, TURKEY, LATE 16TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 100: AN ORILIANTLIST PORCELAIN PLATE DEPICTS ARAB HORSEMAN, FRANCE, 19TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 101: AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH, TURKEY, LATE 16TH - EARLY 17TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 102: AN IZNIK POTTERY DISH, TURKEY, 17TH - 18TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 103: A LARGE HISPANO MORESQUE LUSTRE CHARGER, SPAIN, 19TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 104: AN IZNIK POTTERY TANKARD, OTTOMAN TURKEY, CIRCA 1600 — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 105: A SAMSON IZNIK STYLE POTTERY EWER, FRANCE, 19TH CENTURY — £600 - £800
• Lot 106: A POLYCHROME POTTERY IZNIK BORDER TILE, TURKEY, 17TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 107: A KASHAN LUSTRE COBALT TURQUOISE MOULDED INSCRIPTION FRIEZE TILE, CENTRAL PERSIA, 13TH CENTURY — £2,000 - £4,000
• Lot 108: AMBER ROSARY TASBIH/PRAYER BEADS — £600 - £800
• Lot 109: AMBER ROSARY TASBIH/PRAYER BEADS — £600 - £800
• Lot 110: A CORAL ROSARY/PRAYER BEADS, 19TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 111: A CORAL ROSARY/PRAYER BEADS, 19TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 112: A MONUMENTAL BAKELITE ROSARY TASBIH/PRAYER BEADS — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 113: A LARGE BLACK ROSARY/PRAYER BEADS PROBABLY BAKELITE CHERRY AMBER — £200 - £400
• Lot 114: THREE AMBER ROSARY TASBIH/PRAYER BEADS — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 115: FOUR AMBER ROSARY TASBIH/PRAYER BEADS — £600 - £800
• Lot 116: FOUR BLACK WITH SILVER INLAY ROSARY TASBIH/PRAYER BEADS — £1,000 - £2,000
• Lot 117: THREE CORAL ROSARY/PRAYER BEADS, 19TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 118: A ROSARY/PRAYER BEADS PROBABLY BAKELITE CHERRY AMBER — £200 - £400
• Lot 119: A ROSARY/PRAYER BEADS PROBABLY BAKELITE CHERRY AMBER — £200 - £400
• Lot 120: TWO AMBER NECKLACE BEADS — £200 - £400
• Lot 121: A LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE PANEL, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 122: THREE PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTS QAJAR RULERS, PERSIA, LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 123: AN INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING, 18TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 124: A ROMANTIC PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING SIGNED AND DATED 1318 AH — £300 - £600
• Lot 125: A ROMANTIC PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING SIGNED AND DATED 1320 AH — £300 - £600
• Lot 126: A SET OF TWELVE PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTINGS, 19TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 127: A LARGE DAMASCUS SILVER INLAID BRASS TRAY, SYRIA, CIRCA 1900 — £300 - £600
• Lot 128: A FINE ENGRAVED BRASS QAJAR ASTROLABE, PERSIA, 19TH - 20TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 129: AN ENGRAVED BRASS QAJAR ASTROLABE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY — £3,000 - £6,000
• Lot 130: AN IMPORTANT AND RARE BRASS HORARY QUADRANT, PERSIA, DATED 1219 HIJRI, 19TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 131: A LARGE QAJAR BRASS ASTROLABE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 132: A RARE MAMLUK ENGRAVED BRASS MAGIC "DEVINATION" BOWL, SYRIA OR EGYPT, 14TH CENTURY — £4,000 - £6,000
• Lot 133: AN EROTIC PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING, 19TH - 20TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 134: A PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING DEPICTS A SEATED NAKED WOMEN, 19TH - 20TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 135: A PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING DEPICTS A RULER, 20TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 136: A PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING DEPICTS NASIR AL-DIN SHAH QAJAR, SIGNED MUHAMMAD RIZA AND DATED 1371 AH — £400 - £600
• Lot 137: A PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTING BY ROHANI, 20TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 138: A WATERCOLOUR AND GOUACHE ON PAPER PAINTING DEPICTS A MINISTER, PERSIA QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 139: A MINIATURE INDIAN PAINTING DEPICTS A WOMAN IN THE WILDERNESS WITH DEERS, 19TH - 20TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 140: A MINIATURE INDIAN PAINTING DEPICTS A ROMANTIC GATHERING, 19TH - 20TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 141: A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE PLAYING CARD DEPICTS A ROMANTIC SCENE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 142: A DOUBLE SIDED QURAN PAGE, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY — £200 - £400
• Lot 143: AN INDIAN MINIATURE PAINTING, 19TH CENTURY — £2,000 - £4,000
• Lot 144: A MINIATURE INDIAN PAINTING DEPICTS A MAN IN THE WILDERNESS, 18TH - 19TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 145: A MINIATURE PERSIAN PAINTING DEPICTS A NOBLE MAN, 19TH - 20TH CENTURY — £300 - £600
• Lot 146: A RARE QAJAR LACQUER RELIEF PANEL DEPICTS FATH ALI SHAH, SIGNED MOHAMMAD BAQIR TAVUS, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 147: A PERSIAN ZODIAC MINIATURE PAINTING, SAFAVID, 18TH CENTURY — £400 - £600
• Lot 148: AL-IDRISI WORLD MAP IN NUZHAT AL MUSHTAQ, 19TH - 20TH CENTURY CENTURY — £800 - £1,200
• Lot 149: A RARE OIL ON CANAVS CHINESE PAINTING, LATE 18TH - EARLY 19TH CENTURY — £2,000 - £4,000
• Lot 150: THREE PERSIAN MINIATURE PAINTINGS BY MASTER MUSAVIR AL MULK, 20TH CENTURY — £600 - £800