Thirty-nine illustrated leaves from a dispersed manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama North India, Kashmir, mid-19th CenturyPersian manuscript on pape...

A lithograph text of Firdausi's Shahnama in Urdu, with 21 illustrations, translated from Persian by Mul Chand Munshi North India, Lucknow, second ...

A gold-damascened steel helmet (kulah-khud) Persia or India, 19th Centuryof domed form surmounted by a spike, decorated in gold overlay with swirl...

A bronze figure of Krishna the butter thief Tamil Nadu, Vijayanagara Period, 15th/ 16th Centurydepicted as a crawling infant, his right hand raise...

A Deccani engraved brass ewer India, early 17th Centuryof globular form rising to a point, with splayed foot and faceted spout terminating in a dr...

An impressive Mughal ivory-inlaid wood cabinet depicting European figures Western India, early 17th centuryof rectangular form with fifteen drawer...

An Indo-Portuguese ivory-inlaid table Probably Goa, late 17th Centuryof rectangular form on four legs in the form of swans, the swans each resting...

A Vizagapatam ivory-inlaid wood box South India, 18th Centuryof rectangular form with hinged lid, the interior with six compartments and five draw...

A brass shield possibly from the armoury of Hyder Ali (d. 1782) South India, 18th Centuryof circular convex form with upturned rim and applied cen...

A silver-gilt Seringapatam medal belonging to Peter Cherry (1773-1823), Paymaster to the Nizam of Hyderabad's detachment England, circa 1801-02cir...

A rare manuscript report on the secret alliance between Tipu Sultan and the nawabs of the Carnatic, signed by the author N. B. Edmonstone (1765-18...

A brass-hilted steel sword (tegha) from the Mysore armoury Rajasthan, 18th/ 19th Centurythe single-edged curved watered-steel blade becoming sligh...

A South Indian steel push dagger (katar) Vijayanagara, 16th/ 17th Century and laterthe hilt of typical form with curved triangular protective guar...

A gem-set jade-hilted steel dagger (khanjar) India, 18th/ 19th Centurythe double-edged steel blade of slightly curved form with chiselled inscript...

A gilt-copper hilted steel sword (shamshir) India, Kutch, 19th Centurythe single-edged steel blade of curved form, chiselled and decorated in silv...

A prince mounted on an elephant, accompanied by soldiers on foot Mughal, circa 1620-30gouache and gold on paper 143 x 210 mm. (sight); page 220 x ...

A prince and his retinue meeting a sage while on a hunting expedition Mughal, circa 1590-1600gouache and gold on paper, inner margins ruled in blu...

A Rajput ruler, perhaps Maharao Mukund Singh of Kotah (reg. 1648-58), standing holding a flower Mewar, circa 1675-1700gouache and gold on paper, r...

A painting from a Baramasa series, depicting Radha and Krishna celebrating the Tej festival during the month of Sravan, with female devotees carry...

An illustrated Hindu calendar-almanac (pancanga), in scroll form, in cylindrical painted wood case Western India, probably Gujarat, dated VS 1917/...

A blue-skinned prince and maidens by a pavilion, perhaps an illustration to a Rasraj of Matiram series Datia, circa 1770gouache and gold on paper,...

The Maratha ruler Mahadji Scindia (reg. 1768-94) seated on a terrace with singers and musicians Lucknow, circa 1770gouache, gold and silver on pap...

Thirteen views of Indian monuments at Agra, Sikandra and Fatehpur Sikri, including the Taj Mahal, the mausoleum of Itimad-ud-Daulah, and the Moti ...

The gate of the Red Fort, Agra Company School, North India, early 19th Centurypencil and watercolour with bodycolour on paper laid down on card, i...

The tomb of Humayun; the Alai Darwaza, or Alauddin Gate, Delhi Delhi, circle of Mazhar 'Ali Khan, circa 1840-60watercolours on paper, black inner ...

Nineteen small portraits of Timurid and Mughal rulers, possibly commissioned by the French Resident Colonel Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gentil (1726–1799...

A painting from the Fraser Album, depicting a Kathiawar horse, Puch Kuleean, belonging to William Fraser, with a groom Delhi, Haryana, circa 1816w...

An album of 67 paintings depicting Hindu deities and other figures from Hindu mythology South India, probably Tanjore, 1820swatercolours on paper,...

N. R. Sardesai (Indian, 1885-1954) Study of a womancharcoal on paper, signed twice, lower left and lower right, and dated 8/3/[19]09 lower left 29...

An illustration from a Bhagavata Purana series, depicting depicting the battle of the gods Nepal, circa 1775-80goauche on paper, red border, nagar...

Ugratara standing on prostrate Shiva in the charnel ground Pahari, Kangra or Mandi, circa 1820-30gouache and gold on paper, in a painted oval, cor...

A scene from a Ramayana series (the 'Second' Guler Ramayana), depicting Vibhishana, younger brother of the demon king Ravana, together with a reti...

Varaha avatar: the Boar avatar of Vishnu in combat with the demon Hiranyaksha Pahari, probably Kangra, circa 1835gouache and silver on paper, dark...

An illustration from a nayika series: Virhini nayika Guler or Kangra, circa 1800gouache and gold on paper 203 x 133 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe col...

A prince and a courtesan in an erotic embrace in the grounds of a pavilion Pahari, Punjab Hills, circa 1830-50gouache and gold on paper, dark blue...

Four illustrations from a Janamsakhi manuscript, a life of Guru Nanak Provincial Mughal, probably Murshidabad, late 18th Centurygouache on paper, ...

Max Arthur Macauliffe, The Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, in six volumes Oxford, 1909six volumes, approximately 350-450 pp...

An early drawing of the Golden Temple, Amritsar British School, dated January 1850pencil on paper, dated Umritsir, Jany 1850 lower left 316 x 475 ...

Ernst Trumpp, Die Religion der Sikhs: nach den Quellen Dargestellt, one of the first European accounts Leipzig, Otto Schulze, 1881124 pp., German ...

Khazan Singh, History and Philosophy of the Sikh Religion, in two volumes Lahore, 19142 vols., 699 pp. in total, red cloth 213 x 135 mm.(2)Footnot...

A gold Sikh Temple Token depicting Guru Nanak with Bala and Mardana India, 19th Centuryof circular form, one side depicting Guru Nanak seated unde...

Seven chromolithograph and lithograph plates from the Journal of Indian Art, four depicting the wood and ivory mosaics, and three after Amir Baksh...

A large chromolithograph of Maharajah Duleep Singh, after the portrait in the Royal Collection by Franz Xavier Winterhalter R. J. Lane, lithograph...

The Sikh polymath, inventor, soldier and statesman, Lehna Singh Majithia (d. 1854), riding past a walled city, possibly Lahore, besides a flowing ...

Three works relating to the First Anglo-Sikh War: The War in India: Despatches of the Rt. Hon. Lt. General Viscount Hardinge, Governor-General of ...

Major H. M. L. Lawrence, Adventures of an Officer in the Punjaub, second edition, in two volumes London, Henry Colburn, 18462 vols., 287 and 262 p...

General Sir Charles Gough, VC, & A. D. Innes, The Sikhs and the Sikh Wars London, A. D. Innes & Co., 1897pp. 296, full title The Sikhs and the Sik...

Lieutenant-General Sir George Lawrence, Reminiscences of Forty-Three Years in India, including the Cabul Disasters, Captivities in Afghanistan and...

Sir Lepel Griffin, Rulers of India: Ranjit Singh Oxford, 1892pp. 219, one folding frontispiece map, bookplate of Ralph D. Blumenfeld, blue cloth, ...

Prince Alexis Soltykoff (1806-59), Voyages dans L'Inde Paris, Garnier Freres, [1851]third edition, with 36 tinted lithographed plates after Soltyk...

D. Ross, The Land of the Five Rivers and Sindh: Sketches Historical and Descriptive London, Chapman & Hall, 1883pp. 309, blue cloth gilt, 230 x 15...

Med Egron Lundgren i Indien 1858-1859 [With Egron Lundgren in India, 1858-1859] Bonnier, Stockholm, 1931no. 17 of a limited edition of 500, pp. 37...

A group of fifteen letters and two books relating to the Maharajah of Patiala and the Chamber of Princes Patiala and elsewhere, 1930s-40scomprisin...

A group of four books and pamphlets relating to Patiala, Jind and Nabha Printed variously in London, Lahore, Jind and Patiala, approximately 1923-...

A rare 'Ganga-jamuna' mail shirt Lahore, 19th Centuryof typical form with open front, long sleeves and single vent to back, formed of small iron, ...

An embroidered figural shawl (amli rumal) Kashmir, 19th Centuryof square form, comprising polychrome silk embroidery on a brown cotton ground with...