Arabic manuscript on paper, each page with 19ll. written in black naskh script within clouds against a gold ground, surah headings in red thuluth ...

Al-Jazuli's renowned work in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 10 lines written in bold sepia Maghribi, ...

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 cream paper, each folio with 15 lines, written in black naskh script, gold roundel verse markers outlined in black and pointe...

Arabic manuscript on cream paper, each folio with 17 lines, written in black naskh script, gold roundel verse markers outlined in black and pointe...

A painted steel dispatch box with interior fitted for writing. The case has a lock, the black interior with gilded borders, a central panel enclo...

Of typical folding form with two openwork interlocking parts, the upper sections of cusped arch form, the lower sections of cross form with undula...

A pair of cone shaped brass censors, supported on a trumpet base with a narrow delicate stem resting on a square base, engraved with a very fine d...

Each of rectangular form, with a detailed depiction of Khusraw discovering Shirin bathing, surrounded by a band containing cartouches enclosing in...

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

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the couple seated on a gold throne under a canopy, Lakshmana standing infront. Hanuman prostrating...

Opaque pigments and gold on paper. 23 by 14 cm.

Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper. 23 by 17 cm. 18 by 13 cm.

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

A four sided cabinet with short legs and domed cover. The decoration with ebony and ivory using the inlay technique. The side faces of the cab...

Of rounded form with raised central boss and everted rim, finely incised and decorated to the interior with cartouches enclosing inscriptions unde...

Of rectangular form with hinged bevelled cover, pierced to the cover and sides with cartouches enclosing horsemen, figures and mythical beast amid...

Of typical form, the rounded body engraved with elegant floral sprays on hatched ground within hanging medallions with palmettes finials, interspe...

A pottery arch shaped panel consisting of 6 tiles, painted in cobalt blue, turquoise and opaque white with manganese purple with large cartouches ...

Of beaten sheet metal, deep rounded form, the body engraved with overlapping circular medallions containing stellar motifs alternating with oblong...

An Achaemenid basalt cylindrical sceptre with a lion's head finial spouting a lotus flower from its mouth. The shaft of the sceptre is grooved and...

Of circular form with flat base, straight sides and everted flat rim, engraved and decorated in copper inlay to the well with a central roundel en...

Of rounded form with raised central boss and everted rim and rests on a small foot, finely incised and decorated with black lac, the interior with...

Of rounded form with slightly everted sides and lipped rim, the interior excessively incised and decorated with interlocking inscription-filled c...

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...

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...

A brass tray of rectangular form, profusely inlaid, the central field depicting the Mahmal procession, the border containing cartouches enclosing ...

The cylindrical slightly upward opening body rests on a round base, the top is flat and the cylindrical neck has a collar at its lower part and on...

Decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise and red with medallion shaped cartouches containing tulips and carnations, all within arabesque patterned bord...

Of long rectangular form, woven in red, blue, green and cream silk, the central panel with alternating horizontal bands of floral interlace and ca...

A rectangular textile woven fragment, comprising three sections superbly and colourfully embroidered in satin stitch. The red velvet central pa...

Of rectangular form, the predominantly red ground embroidered in polychrome silks with a central panel containing hunting nobles and other figures...

A pair of Tibetan cabinets, with painted cartouches and two pairs of double doors, raised on straight feet. The cabinet features a painted façade ...

A conjoined pink sandstone torso carving of a couple, wearing a sampot secured with a belt and with a fish-tail shaped sash falling to the front, ...

Two Chinese porcelain lanterns, the spreading feet decorated with cartouches enclosing floral leafy sprays and ruyi heads, the middle sections sty...

A Chinese Porcelain bowl decorated in famille rose enamels with two gilt cartouches enclosing Magu with a servant and a deer in landscape, alterna...

The vase potted in a Chinese Ming porcelain traditional Gu shape. The beaker having baluster shaped body, with slightly arise belly, trumpet-shape...

A Chinese porcelain rouleau vase decorated around the body with a dignitary entertained by attendants and assistants in a landscape, The shoulder ...

Each dish is decorated to the centre with a lady accompanied by three boys at play in a room filled with precious objects. The border is decorated...