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Christie’s - Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds
Setting the tone, the sale begins with 50 lots from the core of Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi’s classical Islamic Art collection. The group is led by an extremely rare Fatimid Egyptian carved wooden panel, circa 1150 (estimate: £400,000-600,000) and a late 18th century Indian emerald, ruby and diamond parrot (estimate: £400,000-600,000), which is one of seven spectacular Mughal and Deccani jewelled gold objets de vertu featured. Christie’s Dubai will offer the second sale of Modern Arab Art from the Farsi Collection on the 26th October.
Magnificent highlights elsewhere in the London sale range from an exceptional 17th century Safavid velvet figural panel (estimate: £800,000-1,200,000); the only known Mamluk figural ivory inlaid wooden door (estimate: £900,000-1,200,000); an exquisite 11th/ 12th century silk robe (estimate: £400,000-600,000) and a monumental 12th century Royal Seljuk carved stucco panel from Iran (estimate: £500,000-800,000). With estimates from £500 to £1.2million, the sale is expected to realise in excess of £8 million.
Dr. Mohammed Said Farsi (b.1935) was the first Lord Mayor of Jeddah and is one of the Middle East’s great patrons of the visual arts. He attributes his time in Alexandria, during the 1950s, to having had the greatest effect on forming his artistic consciousness. This is reflected in the strength of Egyptian works in the collection, particularly from the Mamluk and Fatimid periods. A very rare carved interlace wood panel provides a fine example of Fatimid wood carving in the 12th century and illustrates the tradition of a geometric motif - comprising polygonal and star shaped panels - which began in the Fatimid period and developed in complexity over the next two centuries (estimate: £400,000-600,000).
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Auction Times:
Oct 5 10:30am & 2:30pm
Viewing Times:
8 King Street, St. James’s, London
Sep 30 9am - 4:30pm
Oct 1 9am - 4:30pm
Oct 3 2pm - 5pm
Oct 4 9am - 4:30pm
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http://www.christies.com/departments/islamic-art/
http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=40475
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