A mounted group of five decorations and medals, comprising:

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Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

(i) Badge of Nisani Iftihar, in gold, silver and diamonds, unmarked and with plain convex backplate, 39.5mm by 47.5mm (excluding suspension);

(ii) Imtiaz Medal, in gold, reverse engraved His Highness Abbas Hilmi Pasha, Khedive of Egypt and dated 1310 [1892 AD], diameter 37.5mm (excluding suspension);

(iii) Imtiaz Medal, in silver, reverse similarly engraved His Highness Abbas Hilmi Pasha, Khedive of Egypt and dated 1310 [1892 AD], diameter 37.5mm (excluding suspension);

(iv) Liyakat Medal for Merit, in gold, unnamed as issued, diameter 24.5mm (excluding suspension);

(v) War with Greece, 1896, silver campaign medal, unnamed as issued, diameter 24.5mm. (excluding suspension)

with original ribbons, mounted as worn

The Emperor Jahangir with Asaf Khan, India, Mughal, late 17th-early 18th century, with borders from the Late Shah Jahan Album, Mughal, circa 1650-58

Estimate: 150,000 - 200,000 GBP

An impressive illuminated Qur'an volume, attributable to Ya'qut al-Musta'simi, probably Baghdad, Iraq, late 13th century

Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 GBP

A nobleman playing chess on a terrace, circle of Sahib Ram, India, Rajasthan, Jaipur, circa 1780

Estimate: 25,000 - 35,000 GBP

A rare illuminated Qur'an juz' (XXV), copied by 'Asadullah Kirmani, Persia or Turkey, Timurid or Ottoman, circa 1475

Estimate: 50,000 - 80,000 GBP

Order of Hanedan-i Ali Osman

Estimate: 30,000 - 40,000 GBP

A cast brass octagonal brazier, India or Central Asia, 15th century

Estimate: 80,000 - 120,000 GBP

A monumental half Qur'an section in Bihari script, North India, 19th-20th century

Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 GBP

A Timurid set of silver-gilt horse trappings, Persia, 15th century

Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 GBP

Two illuminated Qur'an leaves in Kufic script on vellum, North Africa or Near East, 9th century

Estimate: 8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Krishna and Radha lost in admiration, attributed to Chokha, India, Rajasthan, Devgarh, circa 1811-20

Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 GBP