Islamic and Indian Art including Modern and Contemporary South Asian Art

An Afsharid gold-damascened steel sword (shamshir) Persia, 18th Centurythe single-edged steel blade of curved form with single fuller, the blade w...

A Safavid walrus ivory-hilted gold-damascened steel sword (shamshir) Persia, 17th/ 18th Centurythe single-edged watered steel blade of curved form...

A silver and coral mounted steel dagger (kindjal) Caucasus, 19th Centurythe double edged steel blade with single fuller, the hilt and scabbard dec...

An Ottoman gold-damascened miquelet gun Turkey, 18th Centurythe wood stock decorated in natural and green stained bone and circular brass and ebon...

A large silver durbar sword India, circa 1900the single edged steel sword with two fullers, inlaid in brass to one side with 'eyelash' motifs, the...

A fine Mughal jade-hilted push dagger (katar) North India, 18th/ 19th Centurywith tapering double-edged blade of polished watered-steel, the hilt ...

A steel dagger (chilanum) India, 17th Centuryof typical form with curved and tapering double-edged blade with six converging fullers to each side,...

A mother of pearl hilted dagger (peshkabz) India, probably Gujarat, 17th Centurythe single-edged watered steel blade of tapering form, the hilt cl...

A Mughal rock crystal horse head dagger (peshkabz) North India, 18th/ 19th Centurythe single-edged watered steel blade of tapering form, the pomme...

A gold koftgari steel push dagger (katar) North India, 18th Centurythe tapering double-edged steel blade with central spine, the grip in the form ...

A gold koftgari steel dagger (khanjar) India, 19th Centurythe double-edged watered steel blade of curved form, decorated in gold overlay with a ca...

A painted and lacquered leather shield (dhal) Rajasthan, 19th Centuryof convex rounded form, decorated in polychrome with four lions in a rocky la...

A gold koftgari steel ritual sword (tegha) Rajasthan or Madhya Pradesh, 18th Centurythe single-edged broad curved blade with six fullers, the hilt...

An 1803 pattern infantry officer's sabre and a German hunting sword Europe, 19th Centurythe sabre with curved single-edged blade, horn grips, the ...

A Mughal gold koftgari steel axe (taberzin) North India, 18th/ 19th Centurythe watered steel head with chiseled interlaced palmettes to upper and ...

Two steel swords (tulwars) North India, 18th/ 19th Centurythe first with single-edged steel blade of curved form with fullers, the gilt-silver hil...

A gold koftgari steel sword (tulwar) North India, 18th Centurythe single-edged steel blade of curved form, the hilt of typical form decorated in g...

A Mughal jade-hilted dagger (khanjar) North India, 17th/ 18th Centurythe double-edged steel blade of curved form with two fullers and chiseled pal...

A wood hilted steel dagger North India, the blade Indonesia, 17th/ 18th Centurythe doubled edged steel blade with raised spine and slightly flarin...

Three walrus ivory-hilted steel daggers North India and Persia, 19th Centurycomprising a Qajar jambiyya, the hilt with traces of enamelled-gold in...

A gold koftgari-hilted steel push dagger (katar) North India, 18th/ 19th Centurythe double-edged watered steel blade with chiseled palmette to for...

A gold koftgari-hilted steel push dagger (katar) North India, 18th/ 19th Centurythe double-edged watered steel blade of curved form, the forte wit...

A silver-thread embroidered glass-bead-mounted velvet-clad leather quiver North India, early 19th Centuryof tapering form, the leather body clad e...

A silver-thread embroidered velvet-clad leather quiver North India, probably Lahore, early 19th Centurythe quiver of tapering form, the leather bo...

A Sialkot gold and silver koftgari bow North India, Late 19th Centuryof typical form, profusely decorated with gold and silver with a repeat desig...

A gold koftgari matchlock rifle (torador) Lahore, circa 1800the watered steel barrel chiseled and decorated to each end in gold overlay with palme...

A gold koftgari steel quoit (chakram) North India, 19th Centuryof watered steel, circular in form, the outer edge sharpened, decorated in gold inl...

A military despatch from Mir Singh, a general in the Sikh khalsa army, to a British officer, Sir Paul [...], recovered by the British after the Ba...