A Qur'an leaf written in kufic script on vellum Near East or North Africa, 9th-10th CenturyArabic manuscript on vellum, seven lines to the page wr...

An illuminated Qur'an Safavid Persia, Shiraz, second half of the 16th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 361 leaves, 12 lines to the page written ...

Two illuminated pages from a manuscript of Persian poetry Persia, late 16th/early 17th CenturyPersian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, two conj...

Two leaves from a manuscript of Persian poetry Persia, late 16th/early 17th Centuryframed back to back, Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper...

A calligraphic album page, attributed to Shah Mahmud Nishapuri Persia, mid-16th CenturyPersian manuscript on cream paper, six lines of text writte...

A fine Seljuk niello gold gem-set bangle and gem-set gold ring Persia, 12th Centurythe bangle with triangular section shank terminating in a doubl...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof conical form on a tall foot, decorated in black under a turquoise glaze with...

A large Fars gold and silver-inlaid brass bowl Persia, 13th/ 14th Centuryof compressed globular form tapering towards the everted flattened rim, p...

A rare Safavid embroidered cotton panel Caucasus, probably Azerbaijan, 16th/ 17th Century rectangular, the natural linen ground embroidered in po...

A rare Safavid embroidered cotton panel Caucasus, probably Azerbaijan, 17th/ 18th Century rectangular, the natural linen ground embroidered in po...

An Ottoman gilt-copper (tombak) dish Turkey, 18th Centuryof shallow circular form with wide flaring rim, profusely engraved and decorated in repou...

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

A bronze Alhambra-style vase Europe, 19th/ 20th Centuryof inverted piriform on a tall flaring foot with long waisted neck, the body with two wing ...

A Ming style bronze censer for the Islamic market China, 19th/ 20th Centuryof flaring rectangular form on four short feet, animal mask handles to ...

A Qajar Safavid Revival gold-damascened steel sword (shamshir) Persia, 19th Centurythe single-edged watered steel blade of curved form becoming do...

A large Qajar tinned-copper urn made for the smallpox vaccinator Hayder 'Ali Persia, dated AH 1271/ AD 1854-5of waisted flaring form on a long spl...

A fine Qajar woven wool coat Kashmir or Kirman, third quarter of the 19th Centurythe wool woven in polychrome with a repeat design of interlinked ...

A large illuminated Qur'an section (Juz' I) Herat or Ottoman Turkey, late 16th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 32 leaves, 15 lines to the page,...

An Ottoman walrus ivory-hilted gold-damascened steel sword (yataghan) by Usta Ahmed Turkey, dated AH 1218/ AD 1803-4the single-edged steel blade o...

A fine parcel-gilt and niello silver mounted velvet belt Central Asia, dated 1909comprising a leather band mounted in velvet, with thirty-two parc...

An unusual enamelled bronze Pendulum Clock in the form of a Mosque France, 19th Centurythe base, body and dome in three sections with removable cr...

A pair of Persian-style porcelain bottles by Théodore Deck France, late 19th Centuryeach of piriform on a short foot, the waisted neck with torus ...

A fine silk prayer rug Iran, 20th Centuryof rectangular form, woven in polychrome silks with a central mihrab filled with floral and foliate inter...

A Damascus bone-inlaid wood occasional table Syria, 19th Centuryof octagonal form, profusely carved in relief and inlaid in bone with geometric an...

A rare gold-koftgari steel combined walking stick and percussion gun India, mid 19th Centurythe handle finial in the form of a tiger-head with mov...

Kedara ragini: Mahadeva as a yogi seated on a terrace listening to a musician Bundi, circa 1750gouache and gold on paper, yellow panel at top with...

A Sikh ruler on horseback, apparently Maharajah Karam Singh, or Maharajah Narinder Singh of Patiala Madras, by a pupil at the School of Arts, late...