A small leaf from a Qur'an written in kufic script on vellum Near East or North Africa, 9th-10th Century Arabic manuscript on vellum, 14 lines wr...
A rare Mamluk firman Egypt, dated 23rd Sha'ban 874/25th February 1470 Arabic manuscript on paper, 10 lines (recto) written in naskhi script in bl...
Zakariya bin Muhammad bin Mahmud al-Qazwini, Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa ghara'ib al-mujudat, The Wonders of Creation and Oddities of Existence, with 1...
An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa, depicting Bahram Gur with the Indian Princess in the black pavilion Persia, probably Sh...
SEVEN ARCHAIC-STYLE JADE PLAQUES Styles of Shang and Eastern Zhou Comprising a 'fish' pendant; a 'dragon' ring; a huang pendant; two 'dragon' plaq...
A youth reading a poem in a garden Qajar Persia, 19th Century pen and ink with some watercolour on paper, laid down within the illuminated border...
A prayer book in Arabic, copied by Muhammad, son of Aqa 'Abd al-Husain Kermani, and presented to Farmanfarma Salar Lashgar Qajar Persia, dated Ra...
The entire text of the Qur'an on a single printed sheet, with printed illumination in colours and gold Probably North Africa, 20th Century the te...
A Nishapur slip-painted pottery bowl Persia, 10th Century of conical form on a short foot, decorated in manganese on a cream ground with an abstr...
A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery jug Persia, 12th Century of squat bulbous form on a short foot, the body rising to a slightly flaring cylindr...
A Kashan silhouette ware pottery jug Persia, 12th Century of globular form on a slightly flaring foot, with conical neck and rounded handle, the d...
A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 13th Century of rounded form on a short foot, decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise, black and man...
A Kashan lustre pottery ewer Persia, 12th/ 13th Century the body of cylindrical gadrooned form with flat shoulder on a slightly flaring foot, the...
A Khorasan bronze mace head Persia, 12th Century of cylindrical form with eight flanges and a splayed end with an applied ring, terminating in a ...
A Khorasan bronze oil lamp Persia, 12th Century the globular body with two palmette motif handles in relief on a flared foot with pierced openwor...
An Ilkhanid engraved brass casket Persia, 13th/ 14th Century of rectangular form on four feet, the hinged lid with sloped sides, foliate hinges a...
A zoomorphic glass vessel Persia or Syria, 7th/ 8th Century of pale green glass in the form of a quadruped surmounted by a double balsarium with ...
A zoomorphic glass vessel Persia or Syria, 7th/ 8th Century of purple glass and globular form with flaring neck forming the body of a quadruped, p...
A glass jar probably Syria, 7th-8th Century of green glass and globular form with a flaring neck and applied base, the body decorated with a row o...
An Abbasid millefiori glass bowl circa 8th/9th Century of deep oval form on a short foot 9 cm. long Footnotes: Provenance Property from a Princely...
A group of cut-glass vessels Egypt, Syria and Persia, 9th/ 10th Century comprising ten cut-glass vessels, comprising: a miniature dark greenish-bl...
A small cut glass cup Syria or Egypt, 10th Century of pale yellow glass and stemmed flaring form with everted rim on a splayed foot, decorated to ...
A Fatimid cut glass bottle Egypt or Syria, 9th/ 10th Century of cylindrical form on a flat base, the flat shoulder with narrow neck, cut with geom...
A Fatimid glass molar flask and miniature pot Egypt or Syria, 10th Century the molar flask of turquoise glass with waisted flaring neck and four ...
A glass sprinkler (qumqum) Egypt or Syria, 12th/ 13th Century of pale yellow glass and flattened globular form with kick foot and narrow cylindri...
A Mamluk glass vessel Egypt or Syria, 13th/ 14th Century of squat globular form with a raised rim, the manganese glass decorated in applied whit...
An opaque turquoise glass jug Persia or Egypt, 11th/ 12th Century of compressed globular form on short splayed foot with cylindrical neck and stra...
A glass bottle probably Persia, 4th/ 5th Century of light blue glass, piriform with flaring neck on a vermicular foot, decorated in cobalt blue ap...
A green glass ewer Persia, 9th-11th Century of piriform on a flat base with slight kick to centre, with simple handle surmounted by a thumb rest, ...
A mould-blown blue glass flask fragment Persia, 11th/ 12th Century of blue glass and piriform with cylindrical neck, raised bands to the rim, shou...
A Safavid lustre pottery vase Persia, 17th Century of globular form with stepped shoulder on a short foot, the short neck with flared mouth, deco...
A Safavid or Damascus underglaze-painted pottery dish Persia or Syria, 16th/ 17th Century of shallow rounded form with everted rim on a short foo...
A Damascus pottery vase mounted as a mosque lamp Syria, the vase 17th Century, the mounts 19th Century or later the pottery body of globular form...
An Ottoman steel arm-guard Turkey, 16th Century of typical form, engraved and decorated with rosettes contained within concentric circles, surrou...
A pair of Ottoman parcel-gilt silver sahlep cups Turkey, Period of Sultan Abdulaziz (reg. 1861-1876) each of conical form with a slightly flaring...
A bronze Arabic-inscribed tripod incense burner for the Islamic market China, late 19th/ early 20th Century of squat rounded form on three feet wi...
An Ottoman mother of pearl-inlaid wood occasional table Turkey, 19th/ 20th Century of octagonal form, inlaid with tortoiseshell, mother of pearl ...
A Damascus mother of pearl-inlaid wood corner cabinet Syria, late 19th Century of typical form, with three tiers of single arcaded alcoves, decora...
A Damascus mother of pearl-inlaid mashribiyya wood screen Syria, late 19th Century comprising three hinged rectangular panels surmounted by point...
A Damascus mother of pearl-inlaid wood table Syria, circa 1900 of elongated octagonal form, inlaid with mother of pearl and ebony wood, the top w...
A Qajar pearl and metal thread-embroidered wool termeh panel Persia, 19th Century of rectangular form, the polychrome woven wool ground with a re...
A rare and large Qajar metal-thread embroidered, pearl-encrusted wool 'royal' termeh panel Persia, 19th Century of rectangular form, the woven w...
A woven wool panel for the Qajar market Kashmir, 19th Century rectangular, woven in polychrome with a repeat design of boteh forming large flower...
A Qajar painted wood kashkul Persia, 19th Century on a short foot in the form of a lobed cartouche, the s-curved handles each terminating in a dr...
A Qajar lacquer casket Persia, 19th Century of rectangular form on four feet with hinged, stepped lid with chain to either side, decorated in pol...
A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) depicting a Christian saint Persia, 19th Century with rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and...
A painted lacquer bookcover depicting Yusuf being rescued from the well Qajar Persia, second half of the 19th Century painted lacquer, floral bor...
A Qajar underglaze-painted pottery tile panel depicting a seated ruler with courtiers Persia, 19th Century of rectangular form, comprising fiftee...
A Qajar cuerda seca pottery tile panel depicting an assembly of Shah 'Abbas with dancers and musicians Persia, 19th Century of rectangular form, ...
A group of eight Qajar underglaze-painted pottery beehive covers Persia, possibly Tabriz, 19th/ 20th century each of circular form, seven with c...
A Qajar underglaze-painted pottery tile Persia, 19th Century of fan lunette form, decorated in polychrome with a central lobed cartouche possibly...
A Qajar underglaze-painted moulded pottery tile depicting a King from Firdausi's Shahnama Persia, 19th Century rectangular, moulded and decorated...
A Qajar gold-damascened steel axe head Persia, 19th/ 20th Century of typical form, engraved and decorated in gold overlay to either side with anim...
A Qajar gold-damascened steel mirror case Persia, 19th Century of rectangular form with hinged cover, engraved and decorated in gold overlay to th...
A brass tray depicting Sasanian Kings, signed Husayn Isbahani Persia, 19th/ 20th Century of rectangular form with everted rim, engraved and decora...
Two Qajar paintings en grisaille, depicting birds perched on a flowering branch Persia, mid-19th Century watercolours on paper, both bearing signa...
A husband and wife seated on a terrace taking refreshment Qajar Persia, mid-19th Century circular, watercolour on paper laid down on later paper ...
A Bohemian gilt cut glass lamp depicting Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar (reg. 1848-96) Europe, 19th Century with baluster support on a splayed foot, with...
A printed textile with images of Muzaffar al-Din Shah Qajar (reg. 1896-1907) Persia, late 19th Century/ early 20th Century of rectangular form, p...
A silver-inlaid alloy bidri basin Deccan, 18th Century of rectangular form with a large sloping rim, the rectangular pierced openwork lid with a ...
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