Two consecutive leaves from a manuscript of the Qur'an written in kufic script on vellum Near East or North Africa, 9th-10th CenturyArabic manuscr...

Two consecutive leaves from a manuscript of the Qur'an written in kufic script on vellum Near East or North Africa, 9th-10th CenturyArabic manuscr...

A leaf from a manuscript of the Qur'an written in kufic script on vellum Near East or North Africa, 9th-10th CenturyArabic manuscript on vellum, s...

A group of five large leaves from a dispersed manuscript of the Qur'an written in bihari script Sultanate India, 15th-16th CenturyArabic manuscrip...

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

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

A Safavid gold-tooled bookcover Persia, 16th Centurycovers detached, lacking spine, black morocco gilt, each cover with a central panel with three...

An illuminated Qur'an, commissioned by Muhammad Husayn Nizam al-Dawlah (also known as Sadr-e Isfahani), copied by Muhammad Hasan al-Isfahani Qajar...

A youth reading a poem in a garden Qajar Persia, 19th Centurypen and ink with some watercolour on paper, laid down within the illuminated borders ...

An early Islamic bronze ewer Persia, 8th/ 9th Centuryof globular form on three feet with waisted fluted neck leading to a raised band and further ...

A Fatimid bronze ewer Egypt, 9th/ 10th Centuryon three slightly waisted feet with wide cylindrical body and sloping shoulder, long straight spout...

A Khorasan bronze mace head Persia, 12th Centuryof cylindrical form with eight flanges and a splayed end, terminating in a dome finial, the head d...

A Seljuk inscribed schist casting mould Persia, 12th Centuryof teardrop form with raised central boss, the mould area to interior of circular for...

A monumental Khorasan pierced bronze lampstand Persia, 12th Centuryin five sections, comprising a domed base on three lion feet rising to a centra...

A carved marble waterspout in the form of a lion Probably Sicily, 12th Centurythe rectangular channel terminating in a lion's head with gaping jaw...

A rare Seljuk turquoise and pearl-set belt Persia, 12th-13th Centurycomprising fifteen gold elements each connected by chains with possibly later ...

An openwork gold ring Egypt or Persia, 12th/ 13th Centurythe bezel with an openwork six pointed star with a granule at each point and to the centr...

A Fatimid woven linen fragment (tiraz) Egypt, 10th/ 11th Centurythe natural ground woven in polychrome with a band of inscriptions in kufic to the...

A rare Umayyad splashware moulded pottery dish Eastern Mediterranean, possibly Egypt, 8th Centuryof circular form with raised vertical sides and e...

A large Nishapur slip-painted pottery jug Persia, 10th Centuryof inverted piriform on a short foot with flaring neck and strap handle, decorated i...

A large Aghkand sgraffiato pottery bowl Persia, 12th Centuryof shallow rounded form with flattened rim on a short foot, incised and decorated in ...

A sgraffiato pottery bowl Persia or Syria, 14th Centuryof deep rounded form on a short foot with everted rim, incised and decorated in green and o...

A Sultanabad underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 13th/ 14th Centuryof deep rounded form on a tall foot, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise an...

A Sultanabad underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 13th/ 14th Centuryof deep rounded form on a tall foot, decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise an...

A Sultanabad underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 13th/ 14th Centuryof deep rounded form on a tall foot, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise an...

A large slip-painted pottery dish Samarkand, 10th Centuryof shallow form on a short foot, rising gently to a slightly everted rim, decorated in ma...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 12th-13th Centuryof deep rounded form on a long foot, decorated in cobalt-blue, manganese and bla...

A Kashan lustre pottery vessel Persia, 12th/13th centuryof squat globular form on a short foot with slightly flaring neck and two zoomorphic handl...

A Kashan cockerel-headed lustre pottery ewer Persia, 13th Centuryof globular form on a splayed foot with tapering neck surmounted by a cockerel he...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 12th-13th Centuryof deep conical form on a tall foot, decorated in cobalt-blue, black and mangane...

A Raqqa underglaze-painted pottery jug Syria, 12th/ 13th Centuryof piriform on a short foot with long conical neck and everted rim, strap handle t...

A rare Sultanabad pottery jug Persia, 13th/ 14th Centuryof inverted piriform with slightly splayed foot, waisted tapering neck, and strap handle, ...

A Timurid moulded pottery mihrab tile fragment Central Asia, second half of the 14th Centurycomprising the lower part of a large palmette, carved ...

A Timurid moulded pottery tile Central Asia, 14th Centuryof rectangular form, the surface deeply carved with two eight-pointed stars, to each a c...

A Timurid moulded pottery tile Central Asia, late 14th Centuryof rectangular form, decorated in cobalt blue and turquoise glaze on a white ground ...

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

A large Mamluk engraved brass basin Egypt, with date AH 920/ AD 1514-15of deep rounded form with a reinforced rim, the rim decorated with engrave...

A large Mamluk tinned-copper dish possibly made for Sultan Janbalat (reg. 1500-1501) Egypt, 15th/ 16th Centuryof shallow circular form with lobed ...

A Timurid or early Ottoman silk and metal-thread brocade panel Persia or Turkey, 15th/ 16th Centuryof rectangular form, woven in cream and silver ...

A Safavid underglaze-painted pottery vase Persia, 17th centuryof spherical form on a short splayed foot with slightly flaring neck, decorated in c...

A rare Safavid Gombroon pottery footed bowl Persia, 17th Centuryof deep rounded form with vertical sides and slightly everted rim on a long splaye...

A Safavid underglaze-painted pottery dish for the Armenian market Persia, probably Isfahan, late 17th/ early 18th Centuryof shallow rounded form w...

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

A Safavid Mecca-centred World Map Persia, 17th Century the circular brass base plate with centrally-pivoted rotating brass diametrical rule fixed...

Nasr-al-Din Shah Qajar (reg. 1848-96) Qajar Persia, second half of the 19th Centuryoil on canvas 48 x 37 cm. Footnotes:An attribution to Mirza Ja'...

A Qajar official, perhaps a member of the Supreme Consultative Council of Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar Persia, by a follower of the artist Abu'l Hasan K...

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 Qajar cuerda seca pottery tile panel depicting an assembly of Shah 'Abbas with dancers and musicians Persia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, co...

A Qajar cuerda seca pottery tile panel depicting two youths Persia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, comprising twelve tiles decorated in polychro...

A Qajar underglaze-painted pottery tile panel depicting men in prayer Persia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form with a curved top, comprising twenty...

A Qajar underglaze-painted pottery tile panel depicting a seated ruler with courtiers Persia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, comprising fifteen ...

A large Qajar underglaze-painted pottery vase Persia, 19th Centuryof piriform on a short foot with a wide neck and everted rim, with four handles,...

A large Qajar underglaze-painted pottery vase Persia, 19th Centuryof piriform on a short foot with a wide neck and everted rim, with four strap ha...

A Qajar reverse-glass painted mirror with painted wood frame Persia, mid-19th Centurythe central rectangular mirror surrounded by a narrow band of...

A Safavid style woven silk sash Poland, 18th Centuryof long rectangular form, the central panel woven with alternating horizontal bands of blue, r...

An engraved bronze ewer Central Asia, possibly Tashkent, 18th/ 19th Centuryof hexagonal form on a long splayed foot with waisted hexagonal neck su...

A Qajar turquoise-inlaid silver-damascened steel peacock Persia, 19th Centurystanding upright with open beak and tail erect on an octagonal base, ...

An Ottoman steel arm-guard Turkey, 16th Centuryof typical form, engraved and decorated with rosettes contained within concentric circles, surround...

An Ottoman gem-set jade-hilted dagger (jambiyya) Turkey, 17th Centurythe double-edged steel blade of curved form with raised spine inlaid with ste...

An Ottoman silver-mounted dagger with jade grips Turkey, dated AH 1113/ AD 1701-2the double-edged blade of slightly curving form with raised centr...