Gouache colours heightened with gold on paper, depicting a seated musician playing music at instrument, ruled in gold and polychrome borders, the ...

An Ottoman Kaaba kiswa brocade or samadiyah, of square form placed always on the four corners of the Kaaba. Embellished in silver and gilt wires w...

The gilt bronze bowl has a simple, rounded form with smooth, gently curving sides. The shape is symmetrical, and the rim is wide, with a geometric...

Of rectangular form, the cobalt-blue ground painted in manganese, green, yellow, brown, white and black with a depiction of a meeting of lovers ac...

Two inscribed panels, of rectangular shape and inscribed on both sides in Arabic black script. Inscriptions: v.99-v.111 from surah al-Israa, v...

The shoulder moulded under the glaze with a band of Kufic inscription. Height: 25 cm. Width: 20 cm. PROVENANCE From a private German co...

Of accentuated inverted drop-shape with pointed lower terminal. Length: 12 cm.

A Persian brass kashkul, finely engraved around the body and the base with a dense design of figures engaging in different activities, drinking, p...

Decorated in blue with a central panel enclosing a bird perched on ornamental rocks amongst flowers, the sides with alternating panels enclosing f...

Gouache colours heightened with gold on paper, depicting a seated derwish wearing colorful turban, seated under a tree amidst birds and animals, r...

Gouache colours heightened with gold on paper, depicting the Miraculous Night Journey of the Prophet Muhammad, with the veiled Prophet Muhammad ri...

Standing upright on two front legs, engraved to the chests with roundels containing abstract vegetal interlace, further decoration to the ears and...

Tinted pencil heightened with gold on paper, a kneeling sage wearing a long robe and scarf tied around his cap, two lines of nasta'liq above, laid...

An ottoman silver plated Quran case, of rectangualr shape and engraved on both sides with a roundel enclosing a floral scroll surrounded by a band...

An Ottoman wooden box inlaid with mother of pearl, decorated with roundels enclosing engraved Christian figures. 15 by 25 cm. Height: 17 ...

With rectangular body on small four feet, the cover and the four sides inlaid and engraved with different figural scenes, a king in his court, the...

Of typical elongated form, the polychrome painted decoration with women and children on each side, a sliding drawer with a silver compartment, and...

A Bohemian clear glass hookah base, with cut panelled neck and body, decorated with various floral sprigs and sprays and highlighted with gilding....

Ink on paper with the use of gold, inner borders decorated with animals and vegetation in colors and gold, outer border with illuminated panels cu...

Painting: 23 by 13.5 cm. Folio: 31.5 by 19.5 cm.

A mythical beast hunt.

Opaque pigment heightened with gold on paper, laid down on red card borders, depicting Maharaja Man Singh on a horse surrounded by his soldiers. ...

Gouache heightened with gold and silver on paper, a ruler, seated on a terrace, smoking a hooka, an attendant waving a morchal above him, applied ...

Opaque pigment heightened with gold on paper, laid down on red card borders, depicting a prince on a horse. 33 by 23 cm.

Gouache colours heightened with gold on paper, Ram and Laxman carried by Garuda, perhaps a folio from Ramyana series. 20 by 15 cm.

The lid opening, the face engraved with astrological signs. Folding engraved string with engraved tables on underside and face. To use the ...

Rising from short vertical foot to a slightly everted rim, the interior painted in black under the turquoise glaze with a central roundel of inter...

This painting captures the essence of Islamic decorative arts through its complex interplay of geometric shapes and floral elements. At the heart ...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, with 298 leaves and 15 lines to each page, written in black naskh script, al-tajwid in red ink. Surah headings in...

150 by 69.5 cm.

Diameter 32 cm.

Each wood mirror of rectangular form, decorated in mother-of-pearl and bone inlay, the crest in openwork with interlaced vines. Fine artwork inlai...

A fragment of hanging panel of the inner kiswa, with an inscribed weave in cream color over a light green silk ground. Embellished with a prominen...

Ink, gouache and gold on paper pasted on a cardboard page, four in Persian, in nastaliq, in reserve in clouds on a gold background garnished with ...

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, depicting a seated Kay Kavous with attendants in a landscape, above lines of text written in four columns o...

Gouache and gold on paper, four lines of text written in nasta'liq script in black ink in four columns, depicting a prophet seated in a landscape ...

Opaque pigments on paper heightened with gold, the miniature possibly later, depicting an enthroned ruler and courtiers within a landscape, with f...

Persian manuscript on paper, 8 leaves on board, each page written with 6 lines in nastaliq script in different colors, in clouds reserved against ...

Grisaille pen and ink heightened with gold on paper. Laid down on album leaf decorated a youth and an old man accompanied with a dog, ruled in g...

Grisaille pen and ink heightened with gold on paper. Laid down on album leaf decorated with a lady holding a cup and a jug in landscape, ruled i...

An Ottoman oval shaped Qibla indicator with paintings on wooden base, an engraved brass plate on wooden base ( needle missing). Three oval shap...

A later silver re-inlaid and gilt bronze bowl, of deep rounded form decorated with an inscription separated by six roundels, each containing a whi...

Of typical form, densely carved with a calligraphic band in nasta'liq scripts between floral arabesques. Length: 31 cm. Height: 14.5 cm.

Gouache heightened with gold on paper, depicting a seated lady wearing colorful clothes, the margin stylized with gilt floral scrolls. 20 by 28.5...

With rounded ends and sliding tray, the polychrome painted decoration depicting seated Qajar figures in a landscape. 21.5 cm.

A Persian silver magic bowl, engraved to the interior with a central roundel enclosing a horseman in a hunting scene, the sides with panels enclos...

A Persian copper jug, with ovoid body under a waisted neck, rising to a spreading mouth and pointed spout , a handle connecting the body with the ...

The kaftan of typical form, originally for use in one of the Holy Kabaa, with an inscribed weave in cream color over a light red silk ground. Embe...

Length 47 cm.

Of wide rounded form on rounded base, the waisted neck with everted mouth, the shoulder with a band of interlaced floral scroll, the neck engraved...

A Persian axe head with two crescent-shaped blades, each engraved with a central floral design, surrounded by two seated figures and birds perched...

Height 14 cm.