Standing taut on all four with large hoof-shaped paws, hinged head, detailed facial features, open eyes and pointed ears, upward pointing stylised...

Of hexagonal shape with two floral buds emerging from the sides, the central white jade plaque enhanced with a carved red hardstone rosette medall...

The gold-inlaid decoration with a floral spray inlaid with polki diamonds, rubies and emeralds.6.5 cm.

Inlaid with gold with a floral pattern. Studded with polka diamonds and rubiesHeight: 9 cm.

The slender octagonal shaft with an upper cup-shaped terminal worked around the exterior with a frieze of upright stylized lotus leaves and set ru...

The handle is well carved as the head of a horse, with its mouth slightly open and its nostrils flaring, the finely combed mane incised for detail...

Mouthpieces for a hookah pipe. 11.5 cm. 7.5 cm.

A double-edged watered-steel blade with a central ridge, the jade hilt with swelling grip inlaid overall with engraved gold flowers heads and smal...

The double-edged steel blade with central ridge and swollen tip, the green-enameled hilt with a rounded pommel, inlaid with gold and gem-stones wi...

A double-edged watered-steel blade, the rock-crystal hilt with scroll quillons and rounded pommel, inlaid with gold and gem-stones with leaves, th...

The single-edged watered steel blade of tapering form, the hilt clad entirely with mother-of-pearl plaques secured with pins, the spine with a pal...

The curved double-edged blade with central ridge and decorated with cartouches enclosing a flower, the hilt carved with palmettes and rosettes wit...

Of typical form with curved and tapering double-edged blade with six converging fullers to each side, the hilt with baluster grip, hand guard and ...

A Mughal axe or tabar in the form of an ibex and tiger, the steel crescent shaped blade emanating from a tiger and terminating in an ibex head wit...

The slightly edged double-edged watered steel blade with a raised central spine, the tombak waisted hilt of typical form engraved with leafy spray...

Plain silver hilt with scalloped shoulder, with openwork to the blade, decorated in gold overlay. The plain silver scabbard marked with the tughra...

Plain silver hilt with scalloped shoulder, the slightly curved blade with gold damascening decoration at forte. The plain silver scabbard with a g...

The ivory hilt carved in the form of a ram head, the quillons in the form of leaves, the hand grip carved elegantly with a band of flower heads am...

The tapering, double-edged watered steel blade with central ridge and raised inscription in shaped cartouches chiselled on both faces at the forte...

Of drop form, surmounted by a small jar, the cut-steel body around two central drop shapes formed of solid steel engraved with scrolling vine, a b...

A grave panel pierced at the top with Arabic calligraphy flanked by two lions, the central register with a mihrab shaped panel flanked by Seljuk d...

Engraved decoration on one sides of cursive calligraphy.Height: 52 cm. Width: 17.5 cm.

The elongated blades terminating in handles of calligraphic form, the gold damascened decoration comprising panels of dense stylised floral and fo...

Possibly of a standard, of circular form, decorated with three lines of elongated Thuluth script below a lamp emblem, remnants of gilding, heavy c...

The hilt with cusped ivory grips with a curved, single-edged, tapering watered-steel blade, decorated with two gold-inlaid cartouches, a small car...

The shield with four applied gilt decorated bronze bosses, the finely carved decoration with a central roundel with cartouches and roundels filled...

The bazuband engraved and gold-damascened with three octograms enclosing figure heads, flanked on both sides with floral sprays filled with a dens...

The ovoid body with a domed hinged cover surmounted by a baluster-form finial, decorated with palmettes containing an openwork foliate design sepa...

The body of truncated conical form with flanged base, perforated bands and everted drip-pan, the shaft with globed perforated bulb, the socket of ...

An Ottoman tombak door knocker pierced with interlacing openwork of floral leafy sprays.Diameter: 13 cm.

Of rectangular openwork form, the field divided into two zones: a central rectangular zone filled with inscription on a ground of scrolling flower...

Comprising two drop-form sections fitted together with a quarter-lobed finial, featuring a tall fitted terminal above, the openwork design compris...

Each of square form made of stone-paste, painted in yellow, turquoise, cobalt blue, black and opaque white with manganese purple in the cuerda sec...

A Khurasan twelve-sided box with lid applied with three hinged handles, decorated with silver-inlaid figures, zodiac signs, horsemen and animals w...

On short splayed foot with a stylised kufic inscription and a lobbed drum-shaped body, each lob engraved decorated with two roundels enclosing flo...

Of rounded form with raised central boss and everted rim, finely incised and decorated with black lac, the interior with a band of roundels contai...

Of shallow rounded form engraved to the interior with talismanic diagrams and inscriptions, stars and images of a dog, snake, scorpion and two-hea...

The pattern depicts a courtier holding a wine jar pouring into a smaller bottle, a popular theme in Iranian decorative arts. The design features a...

The large and impressive tankard surmounted by a carved ivory figure of an Ottoman warrior holding a shield, on the domed brass, hinged cover deco...

Both of rectangular shape, each resting on bracket feet with gilt mounts, the low relief-carved decoration with dense repeat reticulated floral de...

An important carved bone box, pierced, engraved and colored with square shaped mica sheets, the lid with sloping shoulders. The whole is richly ca...

Square, painted in green, yellow, red, turquoise and black outlines in reserve on a blue ground with a knotted Kufic inscription (al-mulk li-llah ...

A brass tray of flat circular form with everted rim, the base with central radiating roundel containing strap-work rosette, further encircled by a...

A shirt (jama) covered with text written in thuluth, naskh and ghubari scripts, in assorted colors, roundels and cartouches. The inscriptions incl...

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...

Brass Qibla. Diameter: 8.2 cm. Height: 8 cm. This portable qibla finder is of the rare kind that is fitted with a “European style” su...

In cast brass, hammered and engraved, entirely inscribed in Maghribi Kufic Arabic, unsigned. Diameter: 10 cm. Height (including ring): 16.5 cm.T...

Diameter: approx. 24 cm.The dairat al-mu’addil (Eng. equatorial circle) is an instrument with combines a sundial with a qibla indicator. It was in...

This compendium of astronomy, entitled al-Mulakhkhas fi al-Hay’ah, was composed by Mahmud ibn Muhammad ibn Umar al-Jaghmini al-Khwarizmi. Arabic ...

A very rare 18th century Persian gunner’s caliper (also known as gunner’s compass/ gunner’s sector) modelled after one of the various types of gun...

A silver circular case engraved with the roundel enclosing Basmallah in large thuluth script, surrounded by two bands of Ayat Al-Kursi in small na...

Of rectangular brass plate on four riveted feet, with inset compass-box, engraved hour lines, place names, cardinal directions, meridian line, wit...

Watercolor on vellum, depicting a part of Al-Idrisi's world map, the names of the places, the rivers and the mountains in yellow, black and red in...

AN ASTRONOMY COPIED MANUSCRIPT ‘SHARH AL-MULKHAS FI AL-HAY’A’ OF AL-JAGHMINI (A COMPENDIUM OF THE SCIENCE) BY SALAH AL-DIN MUSA IBN MUHAMMAD IBN M...

Arabic and Turkish manuscript on paper, 22 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, elegant black naskh, titles in red naskh ink, within text gilt panel, margin...

Arabic manuscript on paper backed on silk, written in naskh, thuluth, muhaqqaq and angular Kufic scripts in various colors. 17 by 470 cm. The s...

Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 12 lines of elegant black naskh, gold and polychrome roundel verse markers, large gilt and polychrome ...

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, ruled in black and blue, with a thin green border. Depicting the holy Nabawi-Mosque surrounded by houses i...

A silk panel embroidered with gilt and silver metal threads in relief with a central medallion featuring Allah in a large thuluth script encircled...

Gouache color heightened with gold on paper, depicting al-Masjid al-Haram with the kabaa in the centre surrounded by the four Maqams of the Islami...