Islamic and Indian Art

An Ottoman brocade silk panel Turkey, 17th/ 18th Centuryof square form, woven in polychrome silks with a cusped lattice overlaid with floral vines...

A 'Dome of the Rock' pottery tile Jerusalem, circa 1550decorated underglaze in cobalt-blue and black outline on a white ground with a split-palmet...

A presentation album of twenty photographs of Jerusalem and the Dome of the Rock, inscribed by the Head of the Supreme Islamic Council of Jersuale...

A Damascus underglaze-painted pottery tile Syria, 17th Centuryof square form, decorated underglaze in cobalt blue on a white ground with a central...

A Damascus underglaze-painted pottery tile Syria, 1580-1600of square form, decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise and green with black outline on a w...

An Ottoman gilt-copper (tombak) dish Turkey, 18th Centuryof shallow circular form with wide flaring rim, profusely engraved and decorated in repou...

A group of six Kutahya pottery hanging ornaments Turkey, 18th Centuryeach of bulbous form, four decorated in polychrome on a white ground with ser...

A rare Ottoman painted wood quiver with 21 arrows Turkey, 18th Centuryof tapering rectangular form with suspension bracket to one side, the interi...

An Ottoman coral-inlaid flintlock holster pistol Algeria, 18th Centurythe steel barrel with chiselled bands running down the length, retained by t...

An Ottoman niello silver-mounted trousse with Armenian inscription Turkey, 18th Centurycomprising a knife and two-pronged fork, both with tortoise...

An Ottoman mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell-inlaid casket Turkey, 19th Centuryof rectangular form on four bracketed feet, three drawers to front,...

An Ottoman mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell inlaid wood casket Turkey, 18th/ 19th Centuryof rectangular form on four bracketed feet, the hinged l...

A mother-of-pearl inlaid wood casket Jerusalem, late 18th/ 19th Centuryof rectangular form with domed hinged lid and two drawers to the front, pro...

An Ottoman gold and silver damascened brass ewer and basin Balkans, possibly Bosnia, late 19th Centurythe ewer of compressed globular form with co...

A fine engraved amber and silver-gilt mounted cane later mounted as a parasol Egypt, 19th Centurythe bamboo shaft profusely engraved with architec...

An Ottoman engraved reed document holder or pen box depicting Constantinople Turkey, 19th Centuryof cylindrical form with interlocking lid to one ...

An Iznik style pottery candlestick Europe or Turkey, 19th/ 20th Centuryof waisted form with flared base, the neck of tapering form surmounted by a...

A Cantagalli Iznik style pottery tankard Italy, 19th Centuryof waisted cylindrical form with angular handle, decorated in cobalt blue, raised red,...

Bernhard Moritz, Bilder aus Palästina, Nord-Arabien und dem Sinai, comprising 106 plates after photographs of the Middle East, including the holy ...

A large metal-thread embroidered calligraphic silk panel from the burqa' Egypt, late 19th Centuryof rectangular form with curved ends, the black s...

A Mamluk style enamelled glass mosque lamp Europe, 19th/ 20th Centuryof typical form on a short foot with six loop handles around the shoulder, de...

A Mamluk style enamelled glass mosque lamp Europe, 20th Centuryof typical form on a long splayed foot, six suspension loops to body, decorated in ...

A Mamluk style emamelled glass mosque lamp by Jacques-Philippe Imberton France, dated 1895of compressed globular form with splayed foot and long f...

A bronze Alhambra-style vase Europe, 19th/ 20th Centuryof inverted piriform on a tall flaring foot with long waisted neck, the body with two wing ...

A Ming style bronze censer for the Islamic market China, 19th/ 20th Centuryof flaring rectangular form on four short feet, animal mask handles to ...

A nobleman, Nawwab Prince Muhammad Mirza, seated on a balcony terrace, by the artist Mirza Jani Qajar Persia, circa 1850-70watercolour on paper, l...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) Persia, dated AH 1182/ AD 1768-9with rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt with scenes...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) presented to Sardar As'ad Persia, 19th/ 20th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome ...

A Qajar lacquer mirror case Persia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form with hinged lid, decorated in polychrome and gilt, the reverse and exterior li...

A Qajar Safavid Revival gold-damascened steel sword (shamshir) Persia, 19th Centurythe single-edged watered steel blade of curved form becoming do...

A large Qajar tinned-copper urn made for the smallpox vaccinator Hayder 'Ali Persia, dated AH 1271/ AD 1854-5of waisted flaring form on a long spl...

A large pair of Qajar openwork tinned-copper torchstands Persia, 19th Centuryeach of cylindrical form with two raised bands on splayed feet, hinge...

A collection of 23 manuscript documents and 32 photographs consisting of correspondence and documentation from the archive of the French Consulate...

A fine Qajar woven wool coat Kashmir or Kirman, third quarter of the 19th Centurythe wool woven in polychrome with a repeat design of interlinked ...

A Qajar metal-thread embroidered velvet panel Persia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form, the red velvet ground embroidered in polychrome silk and si...

An Ikat silk velvet mihrab panel Persia, dated AH 1321/ AD 1903-1904of rectangular form, woven in polychrome silks with two cypress trees within a...

A Safavid illuminated miniature Qur'an in a metal case, copied by Asad 'Ibadi al-Sanziwari Persia, dated Thursday 25th Shawwal 991/Thursday 10th N...

A large illuminated Qur'an section (Juz' I) Herat or Ottoman Turkey, late 16th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 32 leaves, 15 lines to the page,...

An illuminated Qur'an Ottoman Turkey, 17th/early 18th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 271 leaves, 12 lines to the page written in in black nask...

A small illuminated Qur'an, copied by Abu Talib Tibati [?] Halabi Probably North India, dated 15th Rabi' II 1142/6th November 1729Arabic manuscrip...

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by 'Abd al-Jalil ibn Mustafa ibn Isma'il bin 'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi Ottoman Empire, Syria, probably Damascus, date...

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 Roman garnet intaglio set within a gold ring and three other gem-set gold rings 1st/ 2nd Century and laterthe Roman garnet engraved with a heron...

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...

An Ottoman gold-damascened steel helmet Turkey, 16th Century and laterthe conical steel skull rising to a button finial cut with flutes, and retai...

A rare set of three Ottoman silver-damascened steel Jarids Turkey, 18th/ 19th Centuryeach with shaped spear-head decorated with silver-damascening...

An Ottoman enamelled silver-mounted trousse Turkey, 16th/ 17th Centurycomprising a knife and two-pronged fork, both with mother-of-pearl grips and...

An Ottoman walrus ivory-hilted gold-damascened steel sword (yataghan) by Usta Ahmed Turkey, dated AH 1218/ AD 1803-4the single-edged steel blade o...

An Ottoman coral-set silver-mounted sword (yataghan) Turkey, dated AH 1222/ AD 1807the single-edged steel blade of slightly curved form, decorate...

An Ottoman parcel-gilt silver-mounted sword (yataghan) signed al-Hajj Muhammad Husayn Balkans, dated AH 1237/ AD 1821-22the single-edged slightly ...

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 de...

A fine parcel-gilt and niello silver mounted velvet belt Central Asia, dated 1909comprising a leather band mounted in velvet, with thirty-two parc...

A pearl-set silver-gilt mounted dress sword in the Ottoman taste Eastern Europe, 19th Centurywith broad curved fullered single-edged blade, the hi...

An Ottoman gilt-copper belt Balkans, 18th/ 19th Centurycomprising a leather band mounted with thirty-four rectangular plaques decorated in repouss...

An Ottoman turquoise-set filigree gilt-silver belt Caucasus, 19th Centurythe buckle in two parts with a central oval element flanked by two large ...

An Ottoman silver-gilt belt Turkey, late 19th Centurythe woven band with buckle in the form of a bow with scalloped ends, traces of gilding, tughr...

An Ottoman silk-embroidered wool purse Turkey, circa 1800of piriform, rounded with envelope flap, string and tassels, embroidered in polychrome on...

An Ottoman repoussé silver pipe reputedly belonging to General Emile Fleury (1815-1884) Turkey, 19th Centuryof repoussé silver decorated with elon...

A fine enamelled gold pocket watch depicting Constantinople inscribed 'Sultan Mohamed Reshad Khan', Sultan Mehmet V (reg. 1909-1918) Switzerland,...

A Damascus painted wood doorway Syria, 19th Centurycomprising two rectangular hinged doors within an arched frame, profusely carved and decorated ...