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 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, ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

A butcher at work, attributed to the artist Bishan Singh (circa 1836-1900) Punjab, probably Amritsar, circa 1860-70gouache and gold on paper, blue...

A gold-koftgari steel armguard (dastana) Lahore, early 19th Centuryof typical form, decorated in gold overlay with floral designs and cartouches, ...