An Arabic manuscript on paper, 28 leaves with 7 lines to each page, written in black muhaqqaq script. Comprising the 5th juz with the beginning of...

The cover is embroidered mainly with yellow metal strip over a green ground in dival technique. Additional touches of white metal strip are worked...

Opaque pigments heightened with gold, depicting a detailed view of the holy mosque in Mecca. The Kabaa is located in the centre with Maqam Ibrahim...

Arabic manuscript on vellum, with Mecca and Medina drawings.The Hajj scroll was presented to Abdul Rahman bin Fadl Al-Bahnsi, head of general auth...

Of rectangular form, the green silk ground applied with red and orange cartouches and roundels, embroidered with silver and silver-gilt metal thre...

Rectangular in shape, two green velvet panels stitched together, each side is heavily decorated with a thread of gold-plated and silver-plated lus...

Of rectangular form, the crimson ground woven with inscriptions in gold thread, a frieze of saz leaves and flower-heads above, mounted.The inscrip...

Of oval form with vertical sides and two handles, the centre with a painted depiction of the Kaaba and the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca within a cuspe...

A fragment of silk hanging panel of the inner kiswa, with an inscribed weave in cream color over a light red silk ground. Embellished with a promi...

A large Ottoman silk, velvet and metal thread calligraphic band from the holy Kabaa (Hizam), of rectangular form embroidered with gilt and silver ...

Arabic manuscript on paper, with 21 lines to each page, written in black naskh script.Titles in red, catchword underlined in red ink with differen...

An Arabic manuscript on paar, 28 leaves and 5 flyleaves,15 lines to each page, written in black naskh script with red ink, with drawings and comme...

Two silk and linen tiraz textile fragments decorated with woven black inscriptions on a beige background. 1. 24 by 9 cm.2. 30 by 10 cm.CATALOGUE N...

With flat base and slightly sloping sides, the upper edge with slight recess to fit a lid, the exterior wooden surface overlaid in a succession of...

Two Tiraz textile fragments, both decorated with a woven dark black inscriptions on a beige background, the inscriptions: 'upon the messenger of t...

On a short foot, the cylindircal body with flat shoulder rising through a slightly flaring neck to a tapering spout and a mouth with an everted ri...

An intact gilded and enameled glass mosque lamp on a short rounded foot, with high flaring conical mouth, six applied loop handles around the body...

Islamic Wooden door or window panel from Alhambra Palace, Andalucia Spain with moorish calligraphy style ??? ???? ??? ???? 'Wa la galiba ilallah' ...

Of elongated rectangular form, the face carved with a single line of inscription in thuluth on a ground of scrolling palmette bearing vines, above...

Mosque lamp, bronze with cloisonné enamel decoration25.5 cm. high, 24 cm. diam.67.5 cm total heightCATALOGUE NOTEAs early as the 9th century, a la...

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, laid down on an album page with narrow gold border rules.Painting: 25 by 17 cm.Leaf: 35.5 by 25.5 cm.Verso:...

Gouache pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicting a roundel enclosing a half portrait of Fath Ali Shah, with rounded and full face, long m...

Ink and watercolor on paper, laid down on wooden panel, depicting a mihraab enclosing Arabic inscriptions in elegant thuluth and tughra script.To ...

Arabic manuscript on paper, written in large gilt thuluth script, depicting a large flower shaped decoration consisting of a chain of the Arabic l...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 14 lines written diagonally in black naskh script, reserved in clouds on a cream colored ground and ruled in gold and ...

Arabic manuscript on wood, written in black different scripts, at the top a cartouche enclosing the Basmallah in Muhaqqaq black script on a polych...

Single leaf, laid down on a wooden panel topped with crown carving, text panel at the top with the blessing in a single line of black muhaqqaq scr...

Of rectangular form, embroidered in silver and gilt thread over a black silk ground, the surface broken into cartouches and panels of various shap...

Single leaf, text panel at the top with the basmallah in a single line of black muhaqqaq script , then a circular text-block with 11 lines black i...

Single leaf, text panel at the top with the basmallah in a single line of black muhaqqaq script, then a circular text-block with 11 lines black na...

Of typical form, with hinged shelf and bracket sections, decorated overall with gilt engraved scrolling geometric designs containing cartouches at...

An Ottoman wooden panel consisting of three parts, the central octagonal section decorated with a central roundel enclosing "Kalimaat Al-Tawhid" i...

A shirt (jama) covered with text written in thuluth and square Kufic scripts, in assorted colors, roundels and cartouches.The inscriptions include...

Of rectangular form and inlaid with mother-of-pearl in low relief on a wooden panel, depicting Al-Kaaba in Al-Masjid Al-Haram with Haijr Ismail, z...

A Persian pottery bowl with small foot, flaring sides and everted rim, decorated in brown and green slip with vegetal and knotted kufic calligraph...

The egg-shaped jar, with three small handles, is covered entirely with a heavy dark-green glaze, which is common in Sassanid ceramic production.Th...

The slightly edged double-edged watered steel blade with a raised central spine, the tombak hilt of typical form with gilt inscriptions. The tomba...

Of rectangular form, embroidered in silver and silver-gilt thread over a black silk ground, the surface broken into cartouches of various shapes a...

A woven cotton flag or banner of rectangular form, the central panel formed of a series of bands on a cream ground, to lower section centre two re...

The Hizam, or belt, is an inscribed band that encircles the upper part of the Kaaba, of rectangular form, inscribed over a black silk ground, the ...

Cast and engraved brass inlaid with niello.An ewer (ibrik) with a swollen baluster form with a tapering cylindrical neck terminating at the should...

Of square form consisting of three rectangular fragments stitched together, woven with cream and red silk with 9 lines of Quran verses in elegant ...

Of rectangular form, the central panel inlaid in mother-of-pearl with inscriptions in thuluth, the reverse with label for Max Fruchtermann, 335 Gr...

A timurid style jug, with a bulbous body and cylindrical neck, the dragon handle has been cast seperatly, all decorated with medallions containing...

Of drop-shape form rising from a conical shaft with two raised bosses, the central panel with a cut inscription of 'Allah and Muhammed'.42 cm.

Including a bronze bird. An inscription in the Kufic script runs around the base. 54 cm.high, 32 cm. diam.CATALOGUE NOTEPossibly assembled using p...

Of circular shape with four curved elements, rising from a conical shaft with three raised bosses, decorated in openwork with a cut thuluth inscri...

In the form of a lobed cartouche, finely pierced with inscriptions in thuluth script of ‘Kalimaat Al-Tawhid’ on a ground of scrolling vines issuin...

A pyriform with bulbous base supported on a short foot, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue on a white background, with five vertical bands decora...

Both stylized with a cartouche enclosing Arabic inscription in elegant thuluth script and surrounded by foliage scrolls.The inscriptions: Quran 11...

Of rectangular form, the ground applied with red, white, green, blue and brown coarsely woven cotton, decoration in the form of an arch supported ...

Of rectangular form, embroidered in silver and silver-gilt thread over a black silk ground, the surface broken into cartouches of various shapes a...

Bush panel woven in silk with traces of metallic thread, decorated with a polylobed central rondo with two fleur-de-lis, on a red background decor...

Of typical form with raised knop at the front and the back, the curved wooden frame with the tughra of Mahmud II and the coat of arms of the Otto...

A Green velvet panel embroidered in gilt metal-threads with the coat of arms of the Ottoman Empire, the reverse side with Kalimaat Al-Tawhid in la...

12 cm. and 64 gr.

A rounded bowl with inward sloping sides and a vertical rim, the sides decorated with four roundels enclosing Arabic inscriptions in thuluth scrip...

Of typical form, mounted with silver and brass panels, decorated in open work with a band of inscription-filled cartouches, surrounded by bands co...

A candlestick with a concave-sided body and candle holder, a concave drip tray and cylindrical neck. The body is decorated with three large cartou...

Of rounded form with everted rim, the body engraved with medallions comprising hunting scenes, seated animals and split palmettes alternating with...