An inscribed feline-form bronze incense burner, with an estimate of £30,000 to £50,000. AP Photo
A Quran written in gold from the 16th century will go on sale at auction in London. It is part of the Arts of the Islamic World and India at Sotheby’s, pieces from which will go on auction on October 27, with the Quran going for an estimated £300,000 to £500,000. AP Photo
A large brass astrolabe from Morocco, signed by the famous explorer Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Battuti, from 1728-29 AD is estimated at £400,000 to £600,000. Getty Images
A pair of Mughal spectacles set with emerald lenses, in diamond-mounted frames, from India. Getty Images
Roxelana was the legendary wife of the longest-reigning Ottoman Sultan Suleyman the
Magnificent (r.1520-66), who became the most powerful and influential woman in
Ottoman history. Roxelana had an unprecedented relationship with the great monarch,
bearing him four sons (when conventions dictated a concubine must bear only one) and
becoming a true political confidante. Getty Images
A gold and silver-inlaid brass candlestick produced in Iraq is the highest valued item on auction and is estimated to fetch between £2mn to £3mn. AP Photo
A Iznik pottery dish, which has an estimate of £250,000 to £350,000. AP Photo
A Safavid silk and metal thread 'Polonaise' rug, from the early 17th century. The rug was formerly in the collection of tycoon Judge Elbert Gary (1846-1927), one of the founders of US steel. The rug was sold in his estate sale in 1928, where it was acquired by
John D Rockefeller, and later gifted to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation. It is now returning to auction for the first time in almost a century and is estimated to be worth between £300,000 and £500,000.
An inscribed feline-form bronze incense burner, with an estimate of £30,000 to £50,000. AP Photo
A Quran written in gold from the 16th century will go on sale at auction in London. It is part of the Arts of the Islamic World and India at Sotheby’s, pieces from which will go on auction on October 27, with the Quran going for an estimated £300,000 to £500,000. AP Photo
A large brass astrolabe from Morocco, signed by the famous explorer Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Battuti, from 1728-29 AD is estimated at £400,000 to £600,000. Getty Images
A pair of Mughal spectacles set with emerald lenses, in diamond-mounted frames, from India. Getty Images
Roxelana was the legendary wife of the longest-reigning Ottoman Sultan Suleyman the
Magnificent (r.1520-66), who became the most powerful and influential woman in
Ottoman history. Roxelana had an unprecedented relationship with the great monarch,
bearing him four sons (when conventions dictated a concubine must bear only one) and
becoming a true political confidante. Getty Images
A gold and silver-inlaid brass candlestick produced in Iraq is the highest valued item on auction and is estimated to fetch between £2mn to £3mn. AP Photo
A Iznik pottery dish, which has an estimate of £250,000 to £350,000. AP Photo
A Safavid silk and metal thread 'Polonaise' rug, from the early 17th century. The rug was formerly in the collection of tycoon Judge Elbert Gary (1846-1927), one of the founders of US steel. The rug was sold in his estate sale in 1928, where it was acquired by
John D Rockefeller, and later gifted to the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation. It is now returning to auction for the first time in almost a century and is estimated to be worth between £300,000 and £500,000.
An inscribed feline-form bronze incense burner, with an estimate of £30,000 to £50,000. AP Photo
