Two conjoined leaves from a Qur'an written in eastern kufic script Persia or Mesopotamia, 11th-12th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, one leaf mo...

A leaf from a dispersed manuscript of the Qur'an written in maghribi script on pink paper Andalusia, late 12th-early 13th CenturyArabic manuscript...

An illustrated manuscript leaf incorporating sections from Jami's Haft Awrang and Nizami's Iskandar-nameh Persia, 16th CenturyPersian manuscript o...

A rare Qur'an in 30 juz', copied by Ahmad 'Amir Zayd al-Shafi'i Arabian Peninsula, possibly Hejaz, completed on Friday, 26 days after Rabi' II 129...

Three illuminated leaves from an album containing hadiths of the Prophet Ottoman Turkey, 17th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, each consisting o...

An illuminated Qur'an Mughal, North India, 17th-18th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 421 leaves, 14 lines to the page written in fine naskh scr...

A manuscript incorporating verses from the Divan of Hafiz, and other poems attributed to him, a preface to his work, and other poems about Hafiz P...

An illuminated manuscript consisting of a prose version of the Khavaran-nameh, stories relating to Imam 'Ali, ascribed to 'Imad al-Hasani in the c...

Nizami, Makhzan al-Asrar, the first book of the Khamsa, copied by Fazlullah, son of the deceased Mirza Fazlullah, the calligrapher (khosh-nevis) Q...

Pir Muhammad ibn Piri Ahmad bin Khalil, Kitab Anis al-'Arifin, on poetry Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 995/AD 1586-87Arabic, Persian and Ottoman Turkis...

An illuminated Ruzname (almanac or calendar), in scroll form, copied by Sulayman, known as Hikmati Ottoman Turkey, late 18th/early 19th CenturyAra...

A large illuminated Hilyeh, signed by al-Hajj Ahmad Kamal Near East or Turkey, 20th CenturyArabic manuscript on cream paper, the composition consi...

Two illuminated calligrapher's diplomas (ijazeh) Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1269/AD 1852-53Arabic manuscript on paper laid down on card, each compri...

An illuminated calligraphic panel (qit'a) Ottoman Turkey, 18th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper laid down on card, a single line of large black t...

Twenty-nine illuminated Qur'an ajza', copied by Muhammad Sadiq al-Husaini al-Yazdi Qajar Persia, dated AH 1243/AD 1827-28Arabic manuscript on pape...

A small illuminated Qur'an Qajar Persia, 19th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 306 leaves, 22 lines to the page written in small naskhi script i...

Mullah Muhammad Baqir ibn Muhammad Taqi Majlisi, Kitab Zad al-Ma'ad (Provisions for the Hereafter), copied by 'Abd al-Wahab Qajar Persia, dated AH...

Badr al-Din Abu Nasr Farahi (d. 1242), Lama'at al-Badr, a verse commentary on the al-Jami' al-Saghir, in concertina form Qajar Persia, 19th Centur...

A large calligraphic panel with two lines in the style of the 'Baysunghur' Qur'an Persia, 19th/20th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, two lines o...

An illuminated collection of prayers, including al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat, with two illustrations of Mecca and Medina North India, Kashmir, 1...

An important relief-cut cameo glass ewer Egypt or Near East, late 10th/ early 11th Centuryof pale green glass with applied cobalt blue outer laye...

A rare Fatimid lustre glass cup Egypt, 10th-12th Centuryof rounded conical form and amber glass, decorated in a brown lustre with four panels cont...

An Ayyubid or early Mamluk marvered glass bottle Egypt or Syria, 12th/ 13th Centuryof dark brown glass and flattened ovoid form with slight kick t...

A rare and highly important processional cross incorporating a Fatimid Rock Crystal jewel Egypt and Europe, 10th Century and laterthe Fatimid rock...

An exceptional Siculo-Arabic sapphire-set ivory casket with Romanesque gilt-copper mounts Norman Sicily, circa 1150-1180rectangular with hinged li...

A Fatimid bronze bowl Egypt, 10th/ 11th Centuryof deep rounded form with slightly everted rim on a short foot, engraved and decorated to the exter...

A Khorasan silver-inlaid bronze pen box Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof tapering rectangular form, engraved and decorated in silver inlay, the top an...

Three Seljuk lampas weave panels Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryeach of rectangular form, the gold silk ground woven in blue with a series of roundels ...

An Abbasid lustre pottery bowl Mesopotamia, 9th/ 10th Centuryof deep rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, decorated in a brown and yello...

An Ayyubid pottery bowl Syria, 13th Centuryof shallow rounded form with everted rim on a tall foot, decorated in cobalt blue and black on a white ...

A Raqqa pottery lantern Syria, 13th Centuryof rectangular form on four feet with aperture to each side in the form of a pointed arch, a circular a...

A Kashan moulded monochrome pottery inkwell Persia, 12th Centuryof square form with five circular recesses to the top, the sides moulded with band...

A Kashan monochrome pottery mounted figure Persia, 13th Centurythe horse standing upright on all four legs, the rider with reins in one hand, the ...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery mounted figure Persia, 12/ 13th Centurythe horse standing upright on all four legs, the rider with reins in on...

A Timurid carved calligraphic pottery tile Central Asia, probably Samarkand, second half of the 14th Centuryof rectangular form, decorated in turq...

A Timurid underglaze-painted pottery dish Persia, 14th Centuryof shallow rounded form on a tall foot, decorated in black under a turquoise glaze w...

A Safavid green-glazed moulded pottery bottle Persia, 17th Centuryof flat-sided arched form with lobed edges, surmounted by a faceted flaring neck...

A rare Ilkhanid or Timurid steel sword Central Asia, 13th/ 14th Centurythe single-edged steel blade of slightly curved form with flattened spine a...

A rare Polish sword with finely watered-steel Persian blade signed by Shaghani Poland, the blade probably Persia, 16th/ 17th Centurythe single-edg...

A rare Safavid gold-damascened steel helmet (kulah-khud) Persia, 17th Centuryof domed form surmounted by a tapering plume holder with rounded rim,...

A fine Ottoman gold-inlaid watered-steel sword (kilij) Turkey, the blade 16th Century, the hilt 17th Centurythe single-edged watered steel blade o...

An unusual hawking drum made from the top of an Ottoman or Mamluk helmet Turkey or Egypt, 16th century and laterof flaring conical form with hide ...

An Ottoman silver-hilted steel sword (kilij) Turkey, 19th Century, the blade 16th/ 17th Centurythe single-edged slightly curving watered-steel bla...

An Ottoman steel chamfron Turkey, 16th/ 17th Centurywith central T-shaped section, bevelled sides and punched holes to edges, the upper part with ...

A group of Ottoman pottery tiles Turkey or Syria, 16th Centuryof irregular hexagonal form, comprising six tiles, decorated in black under yellow a...

An Ottoman underglaze-painted pottery border tile Syria, 16th Centuryof rectangular form, decorated in black under a turquoise glaze with a centra...

A 'Dome of the Rock' pottery tile Jerusalem, circa 1550of rectangular form, decorated underglaze in cobalt blue, turquoise and black on a white gr...

A Damascus underglaze-painted pottery border tile Syria, 17th Centuryof rectangular form, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise, green, manganese an...

A Damascus underglaze-painted pottery tile Syria, 16th/ 17th Centuryof rectangular form, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise and green with black ...

An Iznik pottery tile Turkey, second half of the 16th Centuryof square form, decorated in raised-red, cobalt blue, turquoise and green with black ...

An Iznik pottery border tile Turkey, circa 1540of rectangular form, decorated in cobalt blue and turquoise on a white ground with a scrolling foli...

An Iznik pottery dish Turkey, late 16th Centuryof shallow rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, decorated in raised-red, cobalt blue and ...

An Iznik pottery dish Turkey, late 16th Centuryof shallow rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, decorated in raised-red, cobalt blue, tur...

An Iznik pottery dish Turkey, late 16th Centuryof shallow rounded form with slightly everted rim on a short foot, decorated in raised-red, cobalt ...

An Iznik Pottery Dish Turkey, late 16th Centuryof shallow rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, decorated in raised-red, cobalt blue, gre...

A Samson Iznik style pottery ewer France, 19th Centuryof piriform on a flaring foot, with s-shaped spout and curved handle, the waisted neck with ...

A Samson Iznik style pottery ewer France, 19th Centuryof piriform on a flaring foot, with s-shaped spout and curved handle, the waisted neck with ...

A fine brocade silk chasuble Italy or Turkey, 16th/ 17th Centurywoven in red, yellow, blue and cream silks with a repeat design of lotuses rising...

An Armenian metal-thread embroidered silk panel Ottoman Turkey, 18th Centuryof square form, the pink silk ground embroidered in polychrome and me...

An Armenian silver and carved wood cross Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1230/ AD 1814-15the openwork silver cross with carved wood insert depicting figu...