An illuminated sura heading and a single line from a large Ilkhanid manuscript of the Qur'an Iraq, early 14th Century Arabic manuscript on cream ...

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An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting a prince with courtiers Persia, Shiraz, circa 1450 gouache and gold on pa...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Rustam killing the white elephant Persia, Shiraz, circa 1450 gouache and ...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama depicting Yazdgerd being killed by the horse at the fountain of Su Persia, Shiraz, A...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Sohrab slain by Rustam Persia, Shiraz, Aq-Qoyunlu period, circa 1480-90 P...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Manuchehr lifting Tur from his horse and hurling him to the ground Persia...

Two illustrated leaves from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama Kashmir, late 18th/early 19th Century Persian manuscript on paper, 32 lines to th...

Amir Khusrau, Iskandarnameh Persia, Tabriz, 16th Century Persian manuscript on paper, 50 leaves, 17 lines to the page written in four columns in ...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Nizami's Haft Paykar, depicting Bahram Gur in the White Pavilion listening to the story told by the daugh...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa, depicting Bahram Gur with the Indian Princess in the black pavilion Persia, probably Sh...

A bifolium from an illustrated manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, with a painting by Mu'in Mussavir, depicting King Shapur receiving the defeated ...

An elegant youth seated in a landscape, holding a pomegranate Persia, the figure 17th century, with 19th Century additions to the background pen ...

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

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

Juz' X from a 20-volume Qur'an North Africa, 18th-19th Century Arabic manuscript on paper, 37 leaves, 11 lines to the page written in large maghr...

A leaf from an illuminated manuscript of the Qur'an North Africa, probably Morocco, 19th Century Arabic manuscript on paper, 18 lines to the page...

An unusual illustrated lithograph text in Urdu, Tilism-i Bangla, The Talisman of Bengal, concerning magic and astrology Agra, 1889 and 1891 litho...

A large illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad al-Charkasi, a pupil of al-Hajj 'Ali al-Kiraydi Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1262/AD 1845 Arabic manu...

An illuminated Qur'an with extensive commentaries Provincial Ottoman, late 19th Century Arabic manuscript on paper, 285 leaves, 15 lines to the p...

A Mamluk style illuminated frontispiece bifolium from a manuscript of the Qur'an Near East, 20th Century Arabic manuscript on paper, two leaves, ...

Suleyman (Solomon) enthroned, surrounded by demons and animals Persia, 19th Century gouache and gold on paper, laid down on an album page with go...

A bulbul perched with a butterfly on a flowering branch Qajar Persia, mid-19th Century watercolour on paper, inscribed in nasta'liq script, laid ...

Three paintings in Safavid style, depicting musicians and a youth in a landscape Iran, 20th Century gouache and gold on paper, inner borders with...

Persian Art, by Major R. Murdoch Smith, R.E. London, Chapman & Hall, n.d. [but circa 1880] pp. 103, second edition, from the series of South Kens...

Auction Catalogues: mostly Sotheby's, Oriental Manuscripts and Miniatures etc.; some Drouot, Paris various, 1970-1984 comprising: Sotheby's Highl...

A glass bottle probably Persia, 4th/ 5th Century of light blue glass, piriform with flaring neck on a vermicular foot, decorated in cobalt blue a...

A zoomorphic glass vessel Persia or Syria, 7th/ 8th Century of purple glass and globular form with flaring neck forming the body of a quadruped, ...

A zoomorphic glass vessel Persia or Syria, 7th/ 8th Century of pale green glass in the form of a quadruped surmounted by a double balsarium with ...

An Abbasid millefiori glass bowl circa 8th/9th Century of deep oval form on a short foot 9 cm. long Footnotes: Provenance Property from a Prince...

A Fatimid cut glass bottle Egypt or Syria, 9th/ 10th Century of cylindrical form on a flat base, the flat shoulder with narrow neck, cut with geo...

A Fatimid glass molar flask and miniature pot Egypt or Syria, 10th Century the molar flask of turquoise glass with waisted flaring neck and four ...

A small cut glass cup Syria or Egypt, 10th Century of pale yellow glass and stemmed flaring form with everted rim on a splayed foot, decorated to...

A glass sprinkler (qumqum) Egypt or Syria, 12th/ 13th Century of pale yellow glass and flattened globular form with kick foot and narrow cylindri...

A Mamluk glass vessel Egypt or Syria, 13th/ 14th Century of squat globular form with a raised rim, the manganese glass decorated in applied whit...

An opaque turquoise glass jug Persia or Egypt, 11th/ 12th Century of compressed globular form on short splayed foot with cylindrical neck and str...

A mould-blown blue glass flask fragment Persia, 11th/ 12th Century of blue glass and piriform with cylindrical neck, raised bands to the rim, sho...

A Nishapur slip-painted pottery bowl Persia, 10th Century of conical form on a short foot, decorated in red, manganese and olive green on a cream...

A large Nishapur 'yellow staining black' slip-painted pottery bowl Persia, 10th Century of conical form on a short foot, decorated in manganese w...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery jar Persia, 12th Century of piriform on a short foot with four strap handles, decorated in blue and black un...

A Kashan monochrome composite pottery rider on horseback Persia, 12th/ 13th Century the horse standing upright on four legs and a flat base, the ...

Two minai pottery fragments depicting a horse and camel Persia, 12th/ 13th Century each of irregular form, decorated overglaze in polychrome on a...

A Khorasan bronze mace head Persia, 12th Century of cylindrical form with eight flanges and a splayed end with an applied ring, terminating in a ...

A Timurid tinned-bronze jug Persia, 15th Century of squat form on a short foot, the cylindrical neck flaring slightly at the rim, engraved and de...

A late Timurid or early Safavid tinned-copper bowl Persia, late 15th/ early 16th century of squat form tapering at the neck towards an everted ri...

A 'Veneto-Saracenic' silver-inlaid lidded bronze bowl Probably Mamluk Syria, 16th Century of deep rounded form with fitted flat lid, profusely en...

An Hispano-Moresque lustre pottery bowl Spain, second third of the 18th Century of deep rounded form decorated in a golden brown lustre with a ce...

An Hispano-Moresque lustre pottery bowl Spain, second half of the 17th Century of deep rounded form with slightly everted rim, decorated in a gol...

A cuenca pottery tile with Nasrid blazon Spain, 16th Century of rectangular form, decorated in blue, white and ochre with central lobed cartouche...

Two Nasrid style moulded plaster panels Spain, 19th/ 20th Century the first of rectangular form moulded with vegetal and geometric decoration; th...

A bronze 'Alhambra' vase Europe, 19th Century of piriform on a flaring base with openwork elements and four zoomorphic feet, the tall neck with m...

A painted gesso Alhambra plaque by Diego Fernandez Castro Granada, late 19th Century of rectangular form, depicting a doorway decorated in gilt a...

A painted gesso Alhambra plaque by Rafael Rus Acosta Granada, early 20th Century of rectangular form, depicting a doorway surmounted by three win...

An Iznik pottery dish Turkey, circa 1600 of shallow rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, decorated in raised red, cobalt-blue, turquois...

A Damascus underglaze-painted pottery tile Syria, 17th/ 18th Century of square form, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise, and manganese on a whit...

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

An Ottoman gilt-copper (tombak) enamelled ewer Turkey, 18th Century of piriform on a flaring foot, the slightly flaring neck with raised ring, th...

A pair of Ottoman silver-mounted gold-damascened steel flint lock pistols Turkey, period of Mahmud II (AH 1223-55/ AD 1808-39) the steel barrels ...

An Ottoman schist tombstone fragment Turkey, 18th/ 19th Century carved in relief with lines of inscription in thuluth, with stand the fragment a...

An Ottoman woven silk lampas-weave panel and jacket Egypt or Syria, late 19th/ 20th Century the panel of rectangular form, decorated in gold on a...