Ink on paper with the use of gold, inner borders decorated with animals and vegetation in colors and gold, outer border with illuminated panels cu...

Each page consisting of a two lines written in thuluth script in black ink, interlinear rules in gold, inner margins ruled in gold, black and red,...

Opaque watercolor, ink, gold on papertypical (feast) scene. Traditionally, the prince is seated holding the two key symbols of Persian kingship, a...

Persian manuscript on paper, the central panel consisting of siyah mashq in large nastaliq script in black ink on a gold-decorated ground, separat...

Ink, gouache and gold on paper pasted on a cardboard page, four in Persian, in Nastaliq, in reserve in clouds on a gold background garnished with ...

Pen and ink on lacquered paper, a bear, his tongue lolling from his mouth, props himself up against a leafless branch, slight staining, laid down ...

Ink, gouache and gold on paper pasted on a cardboard page, four in Persian, in Nastaliq, on a gold background garnished with foliage.Text: 23 by 1...

Persian manuscript on paper, verso with 4 lines of elegant black nastaliq in clouds reserved against a hatched ground decorated with meandering fl...

A standing portrait of a youth holding a pomegranate in his left hand and a bottle in his right hand.Opaque pigments heightened with gold on pape...

Of rectangular form with coffered lid, the body and lid all decorated with panels of naskh and Quranic verses inscription in and around a ground o...

The body covered with an opaque white glaze, with two Kufic lines around the body.Inscriptions possibly the repeat of 'abdahu, 'His (God's) serva...

Gouache on cream paper, the bearded nobleman sitting in an interior on a carpet, wearing a tall black hat, a red Kirman embroidered coat with bote...

Black pen on paper, the lion formed of black thuluth on cream paper, highlighted with gold flowers, mounted, with blue borders with gold floral de...

Decorated in gold with real and mythical beasts in a landscape.29 by 21.5 cm.

Painting: 23 by 13.5 cm.Folio: 31.5 by 19.5 cm.

Depicting archers arriving at the walls of a fortress, gouache heightened with gold on paper, text written in two lines of nastaliq script, with g...

Ink, gouache and gold on paper pasted on a cardboard page, four in Persian, in Nastaliq, in reserve in clouds on a gold background garnished with ...

Ink and gouache on paper.This miniature depicts a scene of men surrounding a bearded king wearing a crown who stands above a noble man on a pink a...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 298 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in neat naskh script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and...

Arabic manuscript on blue paper, 64 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 33 lines of elegant gold naskh, gold verse roundels, surah headings ...

Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 393 leaves plus two flyleaves, 11 lines to the page, written in naskh script in black ink with three large lines,...

Du'a al-Sabah Hazrat Amir al-Muminin 'Ali.Arabic manuscript on paper, 10 leaves, with 6 lines of neat black naskh script arranged in cloud bands o...

COPIED BY MUSTAFA, BETTER KNOWN AS MULLA AHMAD-ZADEH ISLAMIVI, A PUPIL OF YAHYA AL-LUTFI OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 22ND SHA'BAN 1249AH/4TH JANUARY 18...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 322 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in neat naskh script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and...

Abu'Abdallah Muhammad Bin Suleyman Al-Jazuli, Dala'lil Al-Khayrat Wa Shawariq Al-Anwar, prayers with two full page illustrations of the holy shrin...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 419 leaves, 13 lines to the page written in neat naskh script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and...

An Arabic manuscript on paper with 360 leaves and 3 flyleaves, 13 lines to each page in muhaqqaq, naskh and thuluth scripts, incidentals in thulth...

Arabic and Turkish manuscript on buff paper.40 Leaves, plus4 flyleaves with notes of the owner, 19 lines to the page in columns and horizontal div...

Persian manuscript on paper, 41 leaves, 15 lines to the page, written in nastaliq script in black ink, titles in gold, text arranged in two column...

Arabic manuscript on paper, written in naskh and in the angular Kufic script in black and red.135 by 15.5 cm.Surah Al-Ikhlas is written 12 times i...

Persian manuscripts on paper of 178 leaves with 12 lines to each page, written in black nastaliq script in two columns within gold and blue border...

Persian manuscript on paper, 290 leaves, incomplete, 31 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink, significant sentences and words p...

The waisted truncated conical base ribbed and ringed with a flattened drip-tray, the narrow cylindrical neck entwined with a pair of dragon-head s...

Of elongated oval form, the hinged cover decorated with two roundels each with geometric on a scrolling foliate ground, the mounts with ornate ope...

Six sided faceted bottle has slightly flared neck, a flat base and angular shoulder, the six-sided neck is faceted and the opening is hexagonal, t...

Six sided faceted bottle has slightly flared neck, a flat base, and angular shoulder, the six-sided neck is faceted and the opening is hexagonal.1...

The straight steel blade of tapering form, one side with groove with gilt inscription, with applied gold join, the faceted green hard stone hilt p...

Comprising eight similar rectangular panels, each with a central inset hardstone or white metal panel inscribed with two lines of kufic, in a bord...

3.4 cm.width

Inscriptions'There is no G-d but G-d, Muhammad is his Prophet.'2.2 cm. height, 6 gr. weight

A gold bangle decorated with engraved ducks alternating with stylized crosses. Fastened by a pin.6 cm. diam., 16 gr. weight

Oval form and widening at the shoulders, incised with inscription, the shoulder with a palmette-filled oval medallion. The inscriptions read: 'Vi...

A rare concertina album from the Qajar period with Safavid miniatures and text, and two photo’s of Qajar royal figures. The album starts with a mi...

copied by the astronomical scholar Mahmoud bin Mohammed ibn Qadi Zadeh al-Rumi better known as Miram, 931AH-1525 AD.It was copied to be offered to...

A large golden brass coloured bronze pot with fitted air-tight lid that suggests a utilitarian purpose – perhaps originally to hold medicines, spi...

Of hemispherical form on spreading trumpet foot, the shallow domed cover, the bowl plain save for a band of elegant Naskh benedictory inscription ...

The lamp is a wonderful example of its type, standing on a spreading and trumpeted pedestal base, decorated with a simple openwork motif, with a f...

Of deep rounded form on a splayed foot, the rim engraved and decorated in silver inlay with a frieze of inscription in Kufic on a ground of scroll...

This sheet-silver container was originally the base and lower neck of a bottle, but at some stage of its history-the neck and mouth were cut off. ...

The two sides carved from one block of jade, each side deeply carved with a cartouche enclosing Arabic calligraphy, surrounded by scrolling flower...

The cast flask of drop form with trefoil pendant and turned concave cylindrical neck, engraved on both flat faces with Arabic inscriptions in foli...

13 cm. height, 14 cm. lengthInscriptions:“Perpetual glory and prosperity”

Of domed form, with slight everted base, stepped shoulder and the shaft emerging from a sunken well to top, inscribed in Kufic script to base and ...

Of flat circular form with everted rim, the base with central radiating roundel containing strap-work rosette, further encircled by a broad band o...

Alam rising from a conical shaft. The hollow palmetto-shaped head, engraved in Kufic script on both sides, with a motto proclaiming: 'There is no...

The egg-shaped jar, is covered entirely with a blue-greenglaze, which is common in Sassanid ceramic production. The decoration moulded, applied an...

Of pear-shaped form with everted foot, broad flattened shoulder and a narrow slightly everted neck, the shoulder, neck and upper body incised with...

Of rounded form with everted lip on short foot, the light grey interior painted in brown with a single phrase of flowing Kufic, extending from the...

Of rounded form on a splayed foot, decorated in polychrome on a blue ground with a six-petaled lotus to the centre surrounded by an interlace of s...

Of globular form rising to a thin neck with a wide rim, decorated in underglaze blue with large flowerheads surrounded by leafy palmettes, with an...