Two illustrated leaves from a dispersed manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa Persia, 17th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, illustrations in gouache an...

An illuminated Qur'an North India, late 17th/early 18th CenturyArabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 425 leaves, 15 lines to the page written...

Two illuminated leaves from a dispersed manuscript of the Qur'an North India, 16th-17th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 12 lines to the page wr...

Ibrahim Hakki, Ma'rifatnameh, an encyclopaedia of cosmological subjects, copied by Dervish Muhammad bin 'Ali al-Erzurumi Ottoman Turkey, probabl...

A SMALL ILLUMINATED QUR'AN, COPIED BY MUSTAFA, BETTER KNOWN AS MULLA AHMAD-ZADEH ISLAMIVI, A PUPIL OF YAHYA AL-LUTFI OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 22ND SH...

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...

Abu Nasr Farahi bin Abi Bakr bin Husain Sajzi Adibi (d. 1242), Nisab al-Sibiyan, a versified Arabic-Persian glossary for teaching children Arabic ...

A concertina album with eleven leaves of calligraphy in naskhi script, and five paintings, including two views of palaces Qajar Persia, early 19th...

Shah 'Abbas seated on a terrace, by Mehdi al-Imami Iran, first half of the 20th Centurygouache and gold on paper laid down on card, the Shah depi...

Two official documents in scroll form: A) a waqf deed specifying the endowment of various lands in the region around Shiraz for the shrine of Imam...

A rare and large Qajar metal-thread embroidered, pearl-encrusted wool 'royal' termeh panel Persia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, the woven woo...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan), signed by Ahmad ibn Mirza Hasan Persia, dated AH 126[0]/AD 1844-45with rounded ends and sliding tray, decorate...

A Qajar lacquer box Persia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form with stepped lid on four bracket feet, decorated in polychrome with panels containing ...

A set of Ottoman coral and gold prayer beads (tasbih) Turkey or Europe for the Ottoman Market, 19th Centurycomprising ninety-nine red coral beads ...

A three-section folding wood mashrabiyya screen with enamelled copper panels Syria, probably Damascus, 19th Centuryinlaid with mother of pearl, ea...

AN OTTOMAN HORN-HILTED STEEL SWORD (SHAMSHIR) TURKEY, LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19TH CENTURYthe single-edged curved steel blade of tapering form decorated...

A man seated on a terrace smoking a hookah Mughal, 18th Centurygouache and gold on paper, narrow gold border 180 x 115 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceA. M...

The Emperor Akbar in durbar with noblemen and attendants Delhi, late 19th Centurygouache and gold on paper, Persian identifying inscriptions on pa...

A prince seated on a dais at night with female attendants Mughal, 18th Centurygouache and gold on paper, laid down on a large album page with gilt...

The Muslim saint, Rabi'ah Basri, fed by angels in the wilderness Mughal, late 18th Centurygouache and gold on paper, laid down on an album page wi...

Todi ragini: a maiden carrying a vina standing in a landscape with a deer Provincial Mughal, 18th Centurygouache and gold on paper, laid down on a...

A maiden and her attendant beneath a tree, making offerings, perhaps depicting Kakubha Ragini Bikaner, late 17th/early 18th Centurygouache and gol...

A folio from the Mewari Sakunavali (BOOK OF OMENS): A SCALE (TULA) OF WHITE MARBLE AND RED BOWLS SUSPENDED FROM GOLDEN CHAINS Mewar, circa 1720go...

Two paintings from a Bihari Sat Sai series, showing the protagonists discoursing in palace courtyards Datia, circa 1750gouache and gold on paper, ...

Radha and Krishna seated on a swing composed of entwined male and female musicians Jaipur, second half of the 19th Centurygouache and gold on pape...

Raja Surat (reg. 1637-1664) seated on a terrace with a courtier paying obeisance, and two attendants Mandi, 18th Centurygouache on paper, nagari i...

Radha admiring Krishna from a palace balcony Pahari, circa 1850-60gouache and gold on paper, blue floral inner border, pink outer border, three li...

A carved ivory bowl Sri Lanka, probably Kandy, 16th/ 17th Centuryof deep rounded form on a short splayed foot, carved in relief with mythical crea...

The ten Sikh Gurus seated on a terrace beneath a spreading tree, with Bala and Mardana Punjab, late 19th Centurygouache, gold and silver on paper,...

A large painting of the ten Sikh Gurus, and the Golden Temple at Amritsar with Guru Nanak, deities and devotees before it Punjab, 19th Centurygoua...

Maharajah Ranjit Singh on horseback with two attendants alongside on foot Punjab Plains, second half of the 19th Centurygouache and gold on paper,...