Fine art

An Ottoman gold-damascened steel sword (kilij) Black Sea Coast, probably Trabzon, 19th Centurythe single-edged steel blade of curved form with fla...

A silver-mounted steel sword (kattara) Oman, 18th/ 19th Centurythe double-edged steel sword with short fuller towards hilt end, embossed with thre...

A large 19th century Russian silver mirror maker's mark rubbed, assay master Alexander Mitin or Moor, St Petersburg circa 1847, stamped 84 zolotni...

A Mamluk silver-inlaid bronze candlestick base Egypt or Syria, 14th Centuryof flaring truncated conical form with raised rib above the foot and be...

An Amol pottery dish Persia, 12th Centuryof rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, incised and decorated in green and yellow with a centra...

An Ottoman mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell-inlaid casket Turkey, 19th Centuryof rectangular form on four bracketed feet, three drawers to front,...

A rare Safavid oil painting depicting a lady in European dress standing in an interior Persia, probably Isfahan, middle or second half of the 17th...

A Safavid lacquer penbox (qalamdan) Persia, 17th Centuryof oblong form with rounded ends and a sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt on a...

Four Qajar lacquer penboxes (qalamdans) Persia, 19th Centuryeach with rounded ends and sliding tray, variously decorated in polychrome and gilt wi...

Four Qajar lacquer penboxes (qalamdans) Persia, 19th Centuryeach with rounded ends and sliding tray, variously decorated in polychrome and gilt wi...

Four Qajar lacquer penboxes (qalamdans) Persia, 19th Centuryeach with rounded ends and sliding tray, variously decorated in polychrome and gilt wi...

Four Qajar lacquer penboxes (qalamdans) Persia, 19th Centuryeach with rounded ends and sliding tray, variously decorated in polychrome and gilt wi...

Three Cantonese export porcelain dishes made for Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar (reg.1848-1896) China, one dated AH 1297/ AD 1879-80each of shallow form, ...

Fath Ali Shah Qajar (reg. 1797-1834) seated at a balcony window Qajar Persia, late 19th Centuryoil on canvas, nasta'liq inscription within cartouc...

A miniature portrait of Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar (reg. 1848-96) in a diamond-set silver frame Persia, 19th Centurycomprising an oval portrait of the...

A fine Qajar lacquer and tooled leather penbox (qalamdan) Persia, 19th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gil...

Four Qajar painted and lacquered wood doors converted into a folding screen Persia, 19th Centuryeach of rectangular form with brass hinges and han...

A set of Qajar portable merchant's weights and scales by Husain in a later painted wood box Persia, late 19th and 20th Century, some elements dat...

Attributed to John Galliano: a Pencil Drawing on Paper dated 20/01/02 Costume design possibly for a Christian Dior runway featuring a model wearin...

An impressive silver-thread embroidered silk Ka'ba curtain (kiswah) presented by King Fahd bin 'Abd al-'Aziz (reg. 1982-2005) Mecca, signed Abd al...

An Indian Top, A Persian Dhal, And An Indian Tulwar All 19th Century The first with domed steel skull chiselled with a design of repeated symmetri...

A Persian Kulah Khud, Dhal And Bazu-Band Qajar, 19th Century Of steel, the first with domed skull decorated overall with linked crescents lightly...

A pair of painted gesso Alhambra Plaques by Enrique Linares Granada, late 19th/ early 20th Centuryeach of rectangular form, depicting a doorway, d...

A Qajar gold-damascened steel axe head Persia, 19th/ 20th Centuryof typical form, engraved and decorated in gold overlay to either side with anima...

A walrus-ivory hilted gold-damascened steel dagger (kindjal) Caucasus, 19th Centurythe double-edged watered-steel blade of tapering form with two ...

A fine Mughal jade-hilted watered-steel dagger (khanjar) North India, 17th Centurythe slightly curved double-edged watered-steel blade with waved ...

A hardstone-hilted steel dagger (pesh-kabz) North India, 18th/ 19th Centurythe single-edged watered-steel blade of slightly curving form with flat...

A bronze figure of Krishna the butter thief Tamil Nadu, Vijayanagara Period, 14th-16th Centurydepicted as a crawling infant, his right hand raised...

A bronze figure of Vishnu as Venugopala India, 16th Centurydepicted fluting and holding one of his four attributes 18.1 cm. highFootnotes:The pres...

A Deccani lacquer penbox India, 17th Centuryof rectangular form with curved ends, of papier-mâché and wood decorated in polychrome and gold with a...

A large painting depicting the Battle of Condore in December 1758, during the Third Carnatic War, with East India Company troops under Colonel For...

J. Ph. Vogel, Tile-Mosaics of the Lahore Fort, five issues on the subject from The Journal of Indian Art and Industry W. Griggs & Sons, Ltd., Lond...

A noblewoman seated on a terrace listening to music Mughal, circa 1730-40gouache, gold and silver on paper, laid down on an album page with brown ...

Timur enthroned on a palace terrace Oudh, perhaps Murshidabad, late 18th Centurygouache and gold on paper, gold and coloured borders; verso, a Shi...

A Mughal prince standing in a landscape, holding a musket, sword and shield, formerly from an album made for William Fraser Mughal, Delhi, circa 1...

An elderly woman, Bibi Juliyana (Juliana Dias da Costa), a former attendant of the Mughal Emperors Mughal, circa 1730-50gouache and gold on paper,...

A prince, perhaps a Maratha, riding in a landscape accompanied by soldiers and attendants on foot, a column of troops in the distance Northern Dec...

Khambavati Ragini of Malkos Raga, from a series commissioned by Raiji Moti Ram of Malpura and illustrated by the painter Jai Kishan Malpura, circa...

The Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah I (reg. 1707-1712) at a balcony holding a flower Sawar, circa 1710gouache and gold on paper 307 x 257 mm.Footnotes...

A Jodhpur nobleman on horseback with a group of lancers Jodhpur, circa 1810-20gouache and gold on paper, red border, 11 lines of text verso in nag...

A Vallabhacharya priest standing in a landscape holding a lotus flower Kishangarh, circa 1820gouache and gold on paper, gold border 163 x 95 mm.Fo...

Rajrana Zalim Singh Jhala receiving his son Madho Singh Kotah or Jhalawar, circa 1820 or latergouache and gold on paper, red border, nagari inscri...

An Edwardian silver rosebowl Charles Stuart Harris, London 1902 Circular form, the body embossed with foliate scrolls and flower heads, twin scr...

A prince in a white dhoti holding a rose, preparing for puja Bundi or Kotah, late 17th/early 18th Centurygouache and gold on paper, orange border ...

Saramananda, son of Raga Hindol Chamba, circa 1700gouache and gold on paper, red border, verso three lines of inscription in nagari and takri scri...

A Victorian silver four-piece tea and coffee service Edward, Edward junior, John & William Barnard, London 1839 Inverted baluster form, the shoul...

A Victorian silver three-piece tea service William Hunter, London 1872 Each of pear form profusely chased with acanthus, scrolls, fish scale pane...

Krishna the butter thief Mandi, circa 1770-80gouache and gold on paper, small pieces of coloured foil on paint surface at various points to repres...

A Calcutta Hackney coach, with Indian occupants and attendants, by Shaykh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, Calcutta, circa 1840-50pencil and watercolour...

A nobleman and his entourage being entertained by nautch girls and musicians Patna, attributed to Siva Lal, circa 1850-60gouache on paper, in poss...

A botanical study (Myrsinoee), from an album executed for Mountstuart Grant Duff, Governor of Madras Company School, Madras, attributed to the art...

A pair of Victorian silver plates possibly George Clements, London 1838 shaped-circular, reeded rim interspersed with foliate motif, the raised b...

A botanical study (clerodendron), from an album executed for Mountstuart Grant Duff, Governor of Madras Company School, Madras, attributed to the ...

Maharajah Jam Ranmalji (reg. 1820-52), seated on a terrace with two courtiers, Bhavsar Mona and Khavas Demar Nawanagar, Kathiawar, Gujarat, circa ...

A framed group of nine miniatures on ivory depicting Sikh notables, including Maharajah Ranjit Singh, Rani Jindan Kaur and Maharajah Duleep Singh ...

De Rudder after A. Soltykoff, Chir Singh [Sher Singh] Maharaja des Siks, Roi de Panjab avec sa suite/Lahore Avril 1842, from Voyages dans L'Inde A...

De Rudder after A. Soltykoff, Chir Sing [Sher Singh] Roi du Panjab et sa suite allant a la chasse aux environs de Lahore, Mars 1842, from Voyages ...

Prince Alexis Soltykoff (1806-59), Voyages dans L'Inde Paris, Garnier, [1851]third edition, with 36 tinted lithographed plates after Soltykoff, on...

A stallion and its Sikh groom Delhi, or possibly Punjab, circa 1850gouache on watermarked paper, black margin rules, laid down on a separate sheet...

Emily Eden, Portraits of the Princes and People of India, with 28 hand-coloured lithographed plates J. Dickinson & Son, 184428 hand-coloured litho...