Order of the Osmanie

VAT reduced rate

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

First Class jewelled set of insignia, comprising sash badge and breast star, both in gold, silver, green enamel and diamonds, unmarked; the sash badge with crescent-and-star suspension adjusted so that the crescent is (unconventionally) vertical, the star with plain backplate with central retaining screw, silver brooch-pin and two gold hooks for suspension, width of badge 60.5mm (measured 4 o’clock to 8 o’clock), and width of star 102.5mm, also of high quality manufacture, with portion of original sash

Order of Hanedan-i Ali Osman

Estimate: 30,000 - 40,000 GBP

A royal sword (saif) dedicated to King Saud ibn Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia (r.1953-64) with scabbard, signed ‘Abd Allah al-Akwa, Yemen, Sanaa, dated AH 1375/1955-56 AD

Estimate: 70,000 - 100,000 GBP

A turquoise-set silver and brass belt buckle, Bukhara, Central Asia, 19th century

Estimate: 4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Istanbul Earthquake Medal, 1894

Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 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 walrus ivory-hilted sword with scabbard, 18th century, the mounts Persian, the blade and hilt Ottoman, the blade possibly earlier

Estimate: 60,000 - 80,000 GBP

‘Ala’-al-Din Abu’l-Hasan ‘Ali Ibn Abi al-Hazm al-Qarshi, known as Ibn al-Nafis (d.1288-89), Sharh tashrih Qanun Ibn Sina (A commentary on the anatomy in Al-Qanun of Ibn Sina), probably Iraq, Ilkhanid, dated 20 Sha'ban 734 AH/3 May 1334 AD

Estimate: 200,000 - 300,000 GBP

An Ottoman metal-thread embroidered leather wallet, Constantinople, dated 1772 AD

Estimate: 5,000 - 8,000 GBP

Order of Nisan-i Ali Imtiaz

Estimate: 20,000 - 30,000 GBP

A large illuminated Qur'an, Persia, Safavid, early 16th century

Estimate: 50,000 - 70,000 GBP