Thursday 26, April 2012 by Robin Amlôt
Sotheby's April sales of Islamic and Ottoman art total £9.2 million
Sotheby’s sales of Islamic and Ottoman art, “An Eye for Opulence: Art of the Ottoman Empire” and Arts of the Islamic World, have realised £9,203,675 ($14,852,256). Both sales have taken place during Sotheby’s ‘Turkish and Islamic Week: Classical to Contemporary’. The top-selling lot of the two auctions was an Illustrated and Illuminated Leaf from the Shahnameh of the Shah Ismail II, which achieved £1,385,250 ($2,235,794) well above its pre-sale estimate of £60,000-80,000.
