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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...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa, depicting Bahram Gur with the Indian Princess in the black pavilion Persia, probably Sh...

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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...

Tokuda Yasokichi III (Masahiko) Kutani style vase Stoneware, vivid blue and purple poured saiyu glazes. 10 cm high, 8.5 cm diameter Impressed with...

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 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 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...

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...

Moynat: a Black Rejane MM Bag Grained leather with silver hardware and removeable shoulder strap Condition Grade B 30cm wide, 21cm high, 10cm han...

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...

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 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 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 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 carved relief sandstone Panel North or Central India, 8th/9th Century carved in high relief, the columns divided into niches, the left column d...

A carved jade box North India, 19th Century of circular form on a flat base, the lid carved and decorated with a band of floral and foliate motif...

A silver-inlaid alloy bidri basin Deccan, 18th Century of rectangular form with a large sloping rim, the rectangular pierced openwork lid with a ...

A gilt-copper mounted elephant head ornament (nettipattam) South India, 20th Century of tapering form, the quilted cotton ground decorated with a...

A pair of white metal-sheet covered wood doors India, 20th Century each of rectangular form with a ring handle and latch, decorated in repoussé w...

A white metal-sheet covered wood table India, 20th Century of rectangular form on four cabriole legs, profusely decorated in repoussé with floral...

A prince out hunting is offered water by maidens at a well Provincial Mughal, second half of the 18th Century gouache and gold on paper, green an...

Two noblemen seated in a pavilion on a palace terrace Provincial Mughal, probably Deccan, 18th Century gouache and gold on paper, gold-decorated ...

Patmanjari Ragini: a maiden and her attendant on a palace terrace, alarmed by the approach of a storm Deccan, Hyderabad, late 18th Century gouach...

A Mughal princess, probably a consort of one of the Mughal Emperors, seated on a terrace, smoking a hookah Delhi, circa 1860-70 gouache and gold ...

Rama, Lakshmana and Bharata with Hanuman South India, Tanjore, late 19th Century/early 20th Century gouache and gold on cloth laid down on wood p...

Vasant ragini: Krishna, or a prince in the guise of Krishna, dancing in a forest grove with female musicians Malwa, circa 1650 gouache on paper, ...

The death of the Giant Shankachura, from a dispersed Bhagavata Purana series Malwa, circa 1690-1700 gouache and gold on paper, red border, nagari...

Maharajah Ajit Singh smoking a hookah seated on a terrace, his attendant Daya Ram standing facing left holding a morchal and a lotus bloom Rajast...

A painting from a Baramasa series, depicting Radha and Krishna celebrating the Tej festival during the month of Sravan, with female devotees carry...

A maiden studying a painting at a balcony window Rajasthan, perhaps Kishangarh, 18th Century gouache and silver on paper, in a painted oval, red ...

Desvarati ragini: a seated maiden, arms upraised, with an attendant Jaipur, mid-19th Century gouache and gold on paper, laid down on an album pag...

Krishna and Balarama Kalighat, Calcutta, late 19th Century watercolour with silver highlights on paper, English identifying inscriptions 430 x 2...