A bound group of ten leaves from six separate suras of a dispersed manuscript of the Qur'an, written in kufic script on vellum Near East or North ...

A Qur'an leaf written in kufic script on vellum Near East or North Africa, 9th CenturyArabic manuscript on vellum, 7 lines to the page written in ...

A large illuminated Qur'an in a floral lacquer binding, the text ending with sura LXXXV, al-Buruj, The Constellations Provincial Persia, early 16t...

Nizami, Khusrau va Shirin, Persian poetry, copied by 'Ala'al-Din Muhammad Sarraf [money changer] Isfahani Timurid Persia, dated Tuesday 12th Dhi'l...

Zahir Faryabi, Divan, Persian poetry, copied by the scribe 'Abd al-Jabbar Isfahani, a pupil of Mir 'Imad Persia, dated Ramadan 1026/September-Octo...

Abd al-Rahman Jami, Persian poetry, with a section from the Haft Awrang added by a different scribe Safavid Persia, dated AH 960/AD 1552-53 and 26...

A maiden wearing a luxurious fur mantle, attributed to Muhammad Qasim Persia, Isfahan, dated AH 1004/AD 1596-1597gouache and gold on paper, inscri...

A scholar with his pupils in a rocky landscape Persia, probably Khorasan, circa 1600gouache and gold on paper, inner margins ruled in gold, blue, ...

An illuminated Qur'an in a floral lacquer binding Persia, early 18th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 176 leaves, 23 lines to the page written i...

An illuminated Qur'an copied by the scribe Ibrahim al-Rushdi, a pupil of Mustafa Shaker Ottoman Turkey, probably Constantinople, dated AH 1236/AD ...

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Husain al-Hamdi Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1273/AD 1856-57Arabic manuscript on paper, 302 leaves, 15 lines to the p...

An illuminated prayer scroll written in thuluth and ghubari scripts Qajar Persia, dated AH 1267/AD 1850-51Arabic manuscript on paper, one illumina...

An illuminated scroll comprising the last 36 suras of the Qur'an (Juz XXX), in the manner of Ahmad al-Suhrawardi, with date AH 681/AD 1282-83 Near...

Mirza Rafi', known as Badhil Mashhadi (d. 1711), and Azad Kashmiri (d. 1721), Hamlah-i Haydari, a verse account of the life of the Imam 'Ali, with...

A Nishapur buffware pottery bowl Persia, 10th Centuryof shallow rounded form on a short foot with everted rim, decorated underglaze in yellow, gre...

Two Kashan moulded calligraphic pottery border tiles Persia, circa 1200of moulded concave form with flattened upper borders, each decorated in rel...

An Ilkhanid Lajvardina moulded calligraphic pottery tile Persia, 13th/ 14th Centuryof rectangular form, decorated in red, black and gold leaf on a...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof conical form on a long foot, decorated underglaze in cobalt-blue and black o...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, early 13th Centuryof conical form on a short foot, decorated in black under a turquoise and cobal...

A rare Garrus incised pottery bowl possibly signed 'suleyman' Persia, late 12th Centuryof deep slightly rounded form on a short foot, the white sl...

A Kashan lustre pottery bowl Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof deep rounded form with inverted rim on a short splayed foot, decorated in a brownish gol...

A Kashan lustre pottery jug Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof bulbous form with wide cylindrical neck, on a splayed foot with simple handle, decorated ...

A Timurid moulded cuerda seca pottery tile Persia, circa 1450of convex form with two rows of moulded palmettes surmounted by a cylindrical section...

A Timurid cuerda seca pottery tile Persia, 15th Centuryof square form, decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise, yellow and manganese on a white ground...

A pair of Timurid moulded pottery squinch tiles (muqarnas) Persia, second half of the 14th Centuryeach of rectangular and concave form with pointe...

A Timurid moulded pottery squinch tile (muqarna) Persia, second half of the 14th Centuryof rectangular and concave form with pointed arched top, d...

A Mamluk underglaze-painted pottery bowl Syria, 14th Centuryof deep rounded form on a splayed foot with everted rim, decorated in cobalt-blue and ...

A silver-inlaid brass bowl Persia or Mesopotamia, 14th Centurywith rounded base, tapering sides and inverted rim, engraved and inlaid in silver an...

A Fars brass bowl Persia, 14th Centurywith rounded base, inverted sides and flattened rim, engraved with a series of roundels containing mounted w...

A pair of Ottoman gold-damascened steel Calligrapher's scissors and two other tools Turkey, 18th/ 19th Centurythe scissors of typical form, termin...

A Safavid openwork steel buckle Persia, 16th/ 17th Centuryof convex circular form with circular mount to reverse, decorated in openwork backed wit...

A Safavid gold-damascened openwork steel boss Persia, 16th Centuryof circular form with applied inverted steel rim, the central watered steel pane...

A Safavid openwork Steel 'alam Section Persia, 16th/ 17th Centuryof teardrop form terminating in two curved elements, decorated in openwork with t...

A collection of Qajar steel tools Persia, 18th-19th Centurycomprising a powder measure; a set of ember tongs and pricker in the form of a dragon; ...

A collection of steel flint-strikers and belt hooks Persia, 15th-19th Centurycomprising nine flint strikers - a fine Timurid example in the form o...

Two pairs of Qajar steel scissors Persia, 18th/ 19th Centuryeach with large serpentine handles terminating in dragon heads, pendant openwork palme...

Six pairs of steel qalamdan scissors Persia, 18th-19th Centuryeach of tapering form, four decorated in openwork with foliate interlace, one chisel...

An Afsharid gold-damascened steel sword (shamshir) Persia, 18th Centurythe single-edged steel blade of curved form with single fuller, the blade w...

A Safavid walrus ivory-hilted gold-damascened steel sword (shamshir) Persia, 17th/ 18th Centurythe single-edged watered steel blade of curved form...

Aegidius Sadeler II (d. 1629), Zeynal Khan and Mehdi Quli Beg, Persian ambassadors to the court of Rudolf II Prague, 1604 and 1605copperplate engr...

Michel-Francois Preaulx (French, 1796-1827) The Mausoleum of Oljeitu, or Muhammad Khodabandeh, the eighth Ilkhanid ruler of Persia (reg. 1304-16)p...

An engraved calligraphic emerald Persia, 18th/ 19th Centuryof square form with flattened corners, engraved with inscriptions in nasta'liq on a gro...

A large Qajar silver-plated brass torch stand Persia, early 20th centuryof cylindrical form with slightly flaring rim on a splayed foot, raised ba...

A Qajar enamelled brass ghalian Persia, 19th Centuryof inverted piriform with removable flaring cylindrical neck and tripod stand, decorated in po...

A Qajar katamkari child's chair Persia, 19th Centuryprofusely inlaid with micro-mosaic bone, brass, wood and lac forming geometric patterns, the b...

A Qajar katamkari table Persia, dated AH 1301/ AD 1883-4with circular top, the baluster pillar terminating in three downswept legs, profusely inla...

A pair of Qajar silver-damascened steel sheep Persia, 19th Centuryeach standing upright facing forward with head raised, decorated in silver and b...

A Qajar coco de mer Kashkul by Mirza Ghulam Husayn Shirazi Persia, 19th Centuryof typical form, profusely engraved with a large lobed inscription-...

A Safavid style underglaze-painted pottery kendi Qajar Persia, 19th Centuryof compressed globular form with truncated conical neck and domed spout...

A Qajar lacquer box containing a set of portable merchant's weights and scales Persia, dated AH 1242/ AD 1826-27rectangular, the interior containi...

A Bokhara silk-embroidered linen panel (susani) Central Asia, 19th Centuryrectangular, the natural ground embroidered in polychrome silks with a c...

A silk ikat panel Central Asia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, woven in polychrome silks with a central panel containing bands of lozenges fille...

A silk ikat panel Central Asia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, woven in polychrome silks with a series of vertical bands containing abstract flo...

A Bokhara silk embroidered linen panel (susani) Central Asia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, the natural ground embroidered in polychrome silks ...

A Bokhara silk embroidered linen panel (susani) Central Asia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, the natural ground embroidered in polychrome with a...

An Ura Tube silk embroidered linen panel (susani) Central Asia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, the natural ground embroidered in polychrome silk...

A Nurata silk embroidered linen panel (susani) Central Asia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, the natural ground embroidered in polychrome silks w...

A Bokhara silk embroidered linen panel (susani) Central Asia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, the natural ground embroidered in polychrome silks ...

A Tashkent silk embroidered linen panel (susani) Central Asia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, the natural ground embroidered in polychrome silks...

A Tashkent silk embroidered linen Yulduz Palyak panel (susani) Central Asia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, embroidered entirely in polychrome s...