Islamic & Indian Art including Carpets

A TURQUOISE-GLAZED POTTERY SPRINKLER  Possibly Kashan, Iran, 12th century  Of faceted cylindrical shape, resting on a short circular foot, with n...

A SELJUQ CAST BRONZE MIRROR  Iran or Anatolia, 12th - 13th century  Of circular shape, the front decorated with two addorsed sphinxes with scorpi...

TWO BRONZE ANIMAL FIGURINES Iran, 12th - 13th century  Comprising a horse-shaped locker, engraved with lines and abstract motifs, 8cm long; and a...

A SILVER AND COPPER-INLAID BRASS GAZELLE Iran, 11th - 12th century  Zoomorphic, in the shape of a solid brass gazelle, the head pierced all the w...

A COPPER AND SILVER-INLAID BRASS DISH Iran, 12th - 13th century  Of circular shape, with flat plain base and everted flat rim, the body decorated...

AN ENGRAVED BRASS DISH Iran, 12th - 13th century  Of circular shape, with flat base engraved with a roundel with a bird, with everted flat rim, t...

A BLACK ENAMELLED BRASS BOWL Iran, 12th - 13th century  Of hemispherical shape, on a splayed circular foot, the exterior decorated below the rim ...

AN ENGRAVED BRASS BASIN WITH KUFIC INSCRIPTIONS Iran, 12th - 13th century  Of circular shape, with slightly everted rim, on flat base engraved wi...

A KHORASSANI COPPER-INLAID BRASS EWER Iran, 11th - 12th century  Of faceted cylindrical shape, resting on a splayed circular foot, with narrowing...

A SILVER-INLAID BRASS BOWL Iran, 12th - 13th century  Of hemispherical shape, on a splayed circular foot, the exterior finely decorated with a ba...

A SMALL BRONZE CAULDRON  North-Eastern Iran, 12th - 13th century  Of hemispherical shape, with flat everted rim, three small legs on the base, th...

A DEEP COPPER ALLOY BOWL Iran, 10th - 12th century Of hemispherical shape, no foot, the engraved decoration both to the interior and exterior con...

TWO AL QIRWANI 'S TANBIH AL ANAM North Africa, 19th century Arabic manuscripts on paper on Islamic manners and the glorification of the Prophet, ...

AN EBRU SHEET AND TWO CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITIONS  Ottoman Turkey, 19th century  Comprising a fine piece of ebru paper marbling, the predominant gr...

AN OTTOMAN FIRMAN Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Ottoman Turkish manuscript on burnished paper, 8ll. to the page of black and red ink diwani script...

THE TUGHRA OF 'ABD AL HAMID I (r. 1774 - 89) Ottoman Turkey, last quarter 18th century Opaque pigments, black ink and gold on paper, the majestic...

TWO OTTOMAN ROSEWATER SPRINKLERS  Ottoman Turkey, 17th - 18th century  Comprising a gilt copper sprinkler, the pyriform body with tapering neck a...

THREE PAIRS OF GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL CALLIGRAPHER'S SCISSORS  Ottoman Turkey and Iran, 19th century  Each of typical form with elongated blades, ...

A TALL MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND BONE-INLAID DISPLAY STAND Ottoman Provinces, 19th - 20th century  Carved and inlaid in tiers, the top and base with au...

AN OTTOMAN CARVED MARBLE TURBAN Ottoman Turkey, 19th century  Carved in the round, the base characterised by the turban's fine diagonal folds and...

FOUR SPANISH ARISTA TILES  Possibly Seville, Post-Nasrid Spain, mid 16th century  Each of square shape, with different patterns such as Islamic-i...

TWO PAINTED GESSO ALHAMBRA ARCHITECTURAL PANELS Granada, Spain, early 20th century  Comprising two moulded gesso panels, both of square shape, ca...

A SAFAVID-STYLE SAMSON POTTERY VASE France, late 19th century  Pyriform, rising from a straight circular foot to a fine tapering neck, underglaze...

TWO INJUID SHAHNAMEH FOLIOS Shiraz, Iran, late 14th - early 15th century  Persian manuscript on paper, in naskh script in six columns, 34ll., in ...

A MARBLE PANEL FRAGMENT Iran, 15th - 16th century  Arabic inscription carved in two rows, sura 67 (Al-Mulk), aya 1, in thuluth script, mounted on...

A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION IN GHUBARI SCRIPT Qajar Iran, dated 1309 AH (1892) Arabic manuscript on paper, a quatrain to invoke the Ashab-al-'Aba,...

A LARGE SAFAVID-STYLE LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) Iran, 19th century  With rounded ends and opening, removable lid, the top and si...

A SAFAVID BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY VASE Iran, 17th century  Of compressed globular shape, on straight circular foot, the body underglaze painted in...

*THREE SAFAVID POTTERY VASES PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 17th century  All of compressed globular shape, resting...

A SAFAVID BLUE AND WHITE GOMBROON POTTERY EWER Iran, 17th century  Of compressed globular form with faceted sides, on straight circular foot, ris...

A BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY INKWELL Iran, 18th century  Of elongated rectangular shape, with rounded ends, on a carved foot following the shape of t...

A QAJAR BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY TRAY Iran, 19th century  Of octagonal shape, on straight octagonal foot, with splayed rim, the body underglaze pa...

A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY VASE Iran, 17th - 18th century  Of rectangular vertical shape, on plain base, with a twisted, carved neck and pinc...

TWO SAFAVID CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILES Isfahan, Iran, 17th century  Comprising two tiles, one squared and the other rectangular, both painted in ye...

A SAFAVID CUERDA SECA POTTERY TILE Isfahan, Iran, 17th century  Of square form, painted in cobalt blue, yellow, green, turquoise, white, brown an...

A FIGURAL FARS BRASS BOWL Iran, 14th - 15th century  Of compressed globular shape, on a plain base engraved with two epigraphic medallions, with ...

*A LARGE COPPER BASIN PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 18th century  Of conical shape, resting on a large circular pl...

A LARGE TINNED COPPER BOWL Safavid Iran, late 16th - early 17th century  Of compressed globular shape, resting on a plain base, with a flared nec...

A SAFAVID KARD WITH WALRUS IVORY HANDLE  Iran, 18th century  With a long single-edged wootz steel blade, with reinforced tip and thick ridge, the...

*A SAFAVID COPPER BATH PAIL  PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 17th century Of typical compressed baluster shape, res...

A SAFAVID TINNED-COPPER BOWL Iran, 17th century  Of compressed globular shape, with a narrower neck and gently splayed rim, the body engraved wit...

* A QAJAR AUBERGINE GLASS EWER  PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 19th century  With a globular body, worked with drop...

A BRASS 'MAGIC' BOWL Iran, late 19th century  Of typical hemispherical shape, on short straight foot, with everted flat rim, the central boss wor...

A COPPER ALLOY MUGHAL-STYLE DRAGON-SPOUTED EWER Qajar Iran, 19th century  Of typical drop shape, flattened on the sides, resting on an oval splay...

TWO QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASES (QALAMDAN) Iran, late 19th - early 20th century  Comprising two pen cases, both with rounded ends and ...

A PAIR OF LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ BOOK COVERS Iran, 19th century  Possibly the binding for a Shahnama manuscript, depicting an epic battle, probab...

* A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN)  PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, dated Safar 1290 AH (February -...

A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE (QALAMDAN) Iran, mid-19th century, in the style of Abu Talib al-Mudarris  With rounded ends and sliding t...

THREE SAFAVID-STYLE INCISED BRASS VESSELS Qajar Iran, 19th century  Comprising a bulbous bucket with circular handle, the exterior decorated with...

A TINNED COPPER KASHKUL (BEGGING BOWL) Iran, dated 1342 AH (1923) Of typical boat shape, on a polylobed straight foot, the chain hoops modelled a...

A FOOTED TINNED COPPER BASIN Iran, late 18th - early 19th century  Of compressed hemispherical shape, resting on a splayed conical foot, with sli...

A FIGURAL HUNTING SCENE KALAMKARI Qajar Iran, 19th century  The hanging of ecru cotton, printed and painted with a turbaned and mustachioed noble...

A SMALL PARCEL-GILT SILVER BOX Iran, 18th - 19th century  Of rectangular shape, with evened edges, the exterior incised with scrolling tendrils a...

*A SMALL RECTANGULAR GOLD BOX  PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Isfahan, Iran, early 20th century, marked Abdol Hosein '750'...

A COPPER BASIN  Iran, late 19th century  Of compressed globular shape, on a short circular foot, with a tall neck with everted rim, the body inci...

TWO PIERCED BRASS DECORATIVE DOOR PANELS Iran, mid-20th century  The concave ovals with lobed borders, pierced with scrolling arabesques, one wit...

A CARVED AND PIERCED MARBLE JALI North India, 20th century Within a rectangular frame, with open work lobed arch, the spandrels with iris flowers...

A SILVER HANDLE IN THE FORM OF A YALI PROPERTY FROM THE JOURDAN-BARRY COLLECTION OF INDIAN ART Tamil Nadu, South India, 19th century Of zoomorphi...

A DECCANI GOLD-PRINTED HANGING Central India, 18th - 19th century  The fine cotton profusely gold-printed in Rughni technique with a central flor...

A SAFAVID-STYLE CARVED INDIAN YOUNG COCONUT North India, 19th century  Of ovoid shape, carved in the round with exquisitely intricate floral and ...