Grand Auction of Fine Art

An Islamic Steel Qur'an Holder with Intricate Carvings of Islamic Calligraphy and Floral Patterns in Gold Inlay. Approximately 37x16.5cm

An Islamic Indian Pandan Box Decorated with Islamic Calligraphy & Openwork from the 18th-19th Century. H: Approximately 18cm

An Islamic Book of Almukhtar fi Kashf Al'Asrar. In the science of revealing the secrets of fraudsters, alchemists and magicians, a classification by Al-Hakim, the engineer, the scholar, and his time was in endowments, magical sciences, and astrology. Zain al-Din Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr al-Dimashqi al-Jubari, who died in 663. It was written in his handwriting by the wise and astronomer Muhammad ibn Ali al-Shabramisi al-Masri in the year 979. Approximately 20.5x16cm

A Portrait of King Charles II by Pieter Borsseler (Dutch, 1640–1731) in a black coat and black silk robes. This painting was presented by Sir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant, CH,CBE, (1899-1985) to John Howard Cordle (1912 – 2004) was a British Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1959 to 1977. Oil on canvas, painting size; 98.5 x 81cm
 Provenance 1- Sale, Christie's, London, 20 February 1986, Lot 142.
 Provenance 2- Sale, Christie's, London, 8th March 2011, Lot 51

A Rare Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Square Vases Decorated with Islamic Calligraphy and Floral Patterns with 4 Character Marks to the Base, Made for the Islamic Market H: Approximately 32cm Private collection from Denmark, obtained in the 1970's.

An Islamic Mamluk Carpet Opening Page of a Qur'an Circa 14th Century. Approximately 51x41cm

An Iraqi Painting with Frame Layla Al-Attar (Iraqi, 1940- 1993) Woman In A Forest Oil and Encaustic on Paper Laid Down on Canvas, Framed Signed “ Layla Al- Attar”, Dated “1990” All our works of art have been carefully examined by experts in order to determine the authenticity With Frame: Length: Approximately 78.5cm Height: Approximately 86cm Property of a British Gentleman

A Chinese Blue & White Pear Shaped Vase with Archaic Pierced Handles from the Qing Dynasty with a Six-Character Qianlong Mark on the Base. H: Approximately 47cm A Comparable Vase with Lotus Scroll Decoration is Noted in Geng Baochang's Book. Similar vases from the Qianlong period have been auctioned at Christie's New York (1999), Bonhams New Bond Street (2009 and 2011), Sotheby's Hong Kong (2019), and Chiswick Auctions London (2022). Provenance: Paul Line - Purchased in the years 1948-1949