A mother of pearl inlaid wood chess board Egypt, 19th Centuryof square form with two drawers, the drawers with bone handles, inlaid in mother of p...

A Japanese pierced steel arrowhead (yanone) for the Islamic market Japan, 19th Centurythe arrowhead of barbed flesh-torn (watakushi) form, decorat...

A Japanese lacquer penbox (qalamdan) for the Persian market Japan, late 19th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in powdered-shel...

A large Cantonese export porcelain dish made for Zill al-Sultan China, dated AH 129[7]/ AD 1879-80of shallow rounded form on a short foot, profuse...

An enamelled glass dish for the Islamic market probably France, 19th/ 20th Centuryof shallow rounded form with everted rim, decorated in polychrom...

An Emile Gallé 'Persian-style' enamelled glass bowl France, 19th Centuryof bulbous oval form with short neck rising to an everted flattened rim on...

A signed Emile Gallé 'Persian-style' gilded and enamelled glass bottle and stopper France, 19th Centuryof piriform, the shoulders tapering to a ta...

A Deccani silver-inlaid brass stand India, 16th/ 17th Centuryof waisted form with central moulded ring, on a stepped base, the flaring upper eleme...

A Dutch colonial repoussé silver dish Batavia or Coromandel Coast, 17th Centuryof circular form with wide lobed rim, decorated in repoussé to the ...

An Indo-Portuguese mother of pearl dish Gujarat, India, 17th Centuryof shallow rounded form on a short foot, constructed from pinned sections of m...

A portable silver and brass-inlaid alloy bidri huqqa base Bidar, Deccan, 17th Centuryin the form of a mango, decorated in silver and brass inlay w...

A fine Indo-Portuguese tortoiseshell veneered and ivory-inlaid wood cabinet Gujarat or Sindh, circa 1710of rectangular form with hinged domed lid ...

A Mughal gold-inlaid steel sword (tulwar) North India, 17th Centurythe single-edged watered steel blade of curved form, the steel hilt of typical ...

A gold koftgari steel sword (tulwar) bearing the name of Muhammad 'Ali of Egypt (reg. 1805-1848) probably Deccan, India, 19th Centurythe single-ed...

A carved leather shield (dhal) with gold koftgari steel mounts Deccan, India, 18th/ 19th Centuryof deep convex circular form with upturned rim, pr...

A Kutch rock crystal-hilted steel dagger (jambiyya) Western India, 19th Centurythe double-edged blade of curving form with central ridge to each s...

A Kutch gilt-copper sword Western India, early 19th Centurythe single-edged steel blade of curved form, decorated in silver overlay near the fort...

A set of gold koftgari steel armour and 'Ganga-Jamuna' mail India, 19th Centurycomprising a kulah khud, two bazubands, four chest plates and a dha...

A gold koftgari steel sword (tulwar) and dagger (katar) India, 17th-19th Centurythe tulwar with watered-steel curving single-edged blade with flat...

A fine pair of koftgari steel armguards (dastana) India, 19th Centuryeach of typical form, profusely decorated in gold overlay with floral and fol...

A gold koftgari steel sword (khanda) India, 19th Centurythe double-edged watered steel blade of tapering form, reinforced along the spine and lowe...

A gold koftgari steel dagger (khyber) North India, late 19th Centurythe single-edged steel blade of tapering form with rounded spine, the forte to...

A brass shield (dhal) North India, 19th Centuryof convex circular form with everted rim and four applied bosses in the form of lion heads, with ap...

Charles, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738-1805), Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief in India, 1786-1793 British School, late 18th Centuryoil on ...

An autograph letter from Lord Cornwallis, Governor-General of India, addressed to an unknown noble recepient ('My Dear Lord'), discussing how the ...

An autograph letter from Lord Cornwallis to Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm comprising instructions given in the field during the Third Anglo-Mysore Wa...

A group of three letters written by Captain John Hamilton Brown, an officer serving under Cornwallis during the Third Anglo-Mysore War South India...

A gilt-bronze medal depicting the surrender of Tipu Sultan's sons to Lord Cornwallis in 1792 by C H Küchler England, Soho Mint, dated 1792circular...

A bronze medal depicting the surrender of Tipu Sultan's sons to Lord Cornwallis in 1792 by by C H Küchler England, Soho Mint, dated 1792circular, ...

Sir Robert Ker Porter (British, 1777-1842), Study for The Storming of Seringapatam pen and ink and watercolour 20.3 x 14.6 cm.Footnotes:Provenance...

The Delivery of the Definitive Treaty by the Hostage Princes into the hands of Lord Cornwallis, engraved by Daniel Orme after Mather Brown (1761-1...

The Departure of the Sons of Tippoo from the Zenana, engraved by F. Bartolozzi after Mather Brown (1761-1831) D. Orme, London, 21st December 1793c...

Samuel Andrews (Irish, circa 1767-1807) Major General David Baird in the attitude of mounting the breach at the assault of Seringapatampen, ink an...

Henry Singleton (British, 1766-1839) The Surrender of the two sons of Tipu Sultan to Major General David Bairdoil on canvas 124.5 x 99 cm.   For f...

A repoussé silver pandan reputedly taken from the palace of Tipu Sultan at Seringapatam, from the collection of Major General David Baird (1757-18...

A portrait of Tipu Sultan South India, circa 1830-40gouache on ivory, oval, in European white metal repousse frame decorated with floral swags an...

A silver rupee coin from the reign of Tipu Sultan (1787-1799) Patan, Mysore, dated Mawludi 1217/ AD 1788-9of circular form, struck to each side wi...

A silver-gilt Seringapatam medal issued by the Honourable East India Company Birmingham, England, 1801-02circular, depicting the British lion over...

A silver Seringapatam medal issued by the Honourable East India Company Birmingham, England, 1801-02circular, depicting the British lion overcomin...

A silver medal depicting Major General Claude Martin (1735-1800) Birmingham, Dated AH 1211/ AD 1796-7circular, depicting the uniformed bust of Gen...

A parcel-gilt silver huqqa base ring India, 18th/ 19th Centuryprofusely decorated in repoussé with floral and vegetal designs 14.6 cm. diam.; 223 ...

An impressive gilt-silver huqqa Lucknow, India, 19th Centurycomprising a bell-shaped base sitting on a stepped domed stand on eight feet in the fo...

A wood saddle with silver-gilt mounts by repute belonging to Nana Sahib (1824-57) North India, circa 1850of typical form, with silver-gilt mounts ...

An Indian Mutiny medal with 'Defence of Lucknow' clasp awarded to G. Chamberlain of the 90th Light Infantry England, 1858of circular form, the ob...

The Relief of Lucknow & Triumphant Meeting of Havelock, Outram and Sir Colin Campbell, proof copy London, 1862engraving, by C. G. Lewis, after Tho...

A large bone-inlaid wood cabinet India, 19th Centuryof rectangular form on four ball feet with brass handle to either side and openwork brass lock...

An embroidered silk panel Deccan or Gujarat, India, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, the yellow silk ground embroidered in polychrome thread with ...

A Kashmir lacquered wood Qur'an stand India, 19th Centuryof typical folding x-form with cusped arched lower sections, the top parts with serrated...

A metal-thread embroidered calligraphic mihrab panel India, 20th Centuryof rectangular form, the velvet ground embroidered in metal thread and dec...

A Kashmir lacquered wood box North India, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, decorated in polychrome and gilt with a repeat design of eight-pointed ...

A large porcupine quill inlaid ebony casket Galle District, Ceylon, circa 1840-60of rectangular form with hinged lid, on four brass feet in the fo...

A Vizagapatam buffalo horn and sandalwood ink stand India, circa 1835the base with a large drawer surmounted by a raised area with two recesses fo...

An enamel plaque depicting the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb (reg. 1658-1707) France or Italy, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, painted with the seated...

Two bronze figures in Indian style dress Europe, 19th Centurymodelled as male and female figures in Indian dress, each on a stepped circular base ...

A woven wool shawl retailed by Havard Fils of Anger Kashmir, mid 19th Centuryof rectangular form, woven in polychrome wool with a central roundel ...

A woven wool shawl Kashmir, circa 1870rectangular, woven in polychrome wool, the central field with a large scale design of flowering plants at e...

A Kashmir shawl design by Anthony Berrus Paris, dated 1851gouache on paper, signed and dated lower right, numerical inscription lower left 78.5 x...

A repoussé silver-overlaid copper dish Tanjore, circa 1900of shallow octagonal form with central domed section and flattened rim, engraved and dec...

A pair of gold ear ornaments (pampadam) Tamil Nadu, India, 19th/ 20th Centuryeach with central hinged ring with screw clasp terminating in a spher...

A diamond-set enamelled gold necklace and earrings India, 20th Centurythe necklace comprising a series of elongated elements set with diamonds in ...