Londra, 23 ottobre 2007
L’asta di arte islamica e indiana tenuta da Christie’s a Londra, ha totalizzato £ 5,949,350 con 204 lotti venduti su 329 offerti. Record mondiale per il lotto n° 20: Qur’an, signed Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Umar, probably Mesopotamia, 1203 AD. Stimato 250,000 – 350,000 £ e venduto per 1,140,500 £.
Elenco dei migliori risultati:
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20Qur’an, signed Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Umar, probably Mesopotamia, 1203 AD
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR A QUR’AN
WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR AN ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT250,000 – 350,000£1,140,500 $2,320,917
€1,632,05510An almost complete Kufic Qur’an, North Africa or Near East, early 10th century400,000 – 600,000£916,500
$1,865,077
€1,311,51150A large Umayyad or early Abbasid green glazed pottery jug, Eastern mediterranean, 8th/9th century100,000 – 150,000£614,100 $1,249,693
€878,777100A pair of Timurid carved wooden doors , probably Mazanderan, North Iran, dated AH 892/1487 AD50,000 – 70,000£252,500
$513,837
€361,32774A Kashan openwork cage ewer, Central Iran, first half 13th century70,000 – 100,000£168,500
$342,897
€241,12375A large Seljuk carved wooden panel, Iran, 12th/13th century60,000 – 80,000£156,500
$318,477
€223,951173A Safavid silk and silver thread lampas panel, Iran, second half 16th century60,000 – 90,000£144,500
$294,057
€206,77932A metal thread embroidered black hanging (sitara) from the Haram al nabawi at Medina,
with the Tughra of Sultan Mahmud II (1808 – 1839) ad)50,000 – 80,000£114,500
$294,057
€206,7799A large Samanid conical pottery bowl, central Asia or North East Iran, 10th century50,000 – 70,000£96,500
$196,377
€138,091176A Safavid velvet panel, Iran, late 16th century15,000 – 20,000£90,500
$184,167
€129,505
