Asian art

Of cylindrical form, on a splayed base, decorated with narrow bands of scrolling palmettes and floral arabesques, the neck with a central band com...

A Khurasan twelve-sided box with lid applied with three hinged handles, decorated with silver-inlaid figures, zodiac signs, horsemen and animals w...

Of rounded shape, on flat base, the exterior incised with twelve circular interlaced medallions, three of which filled with bold thuluth calligrap...

With rounded base and sloping shoulder rising to a triangular-section rim, the body decorated with a band of poetry in thuluth reserved against ar...

Decorated with silver floral motifs and arabesque decoration. Diameter: 13 cm.

Of round form with curved rim, inlaid with leaf and floral sprays interspersed, around a central rosette, the rim with scrolling flowers. A s...

Of faceted waisted octagonal form extruded to points at the corners of the flat shoulder with slightly sunken centre, the tubular neck with rounde...

A fine bronze inkwell with a domed lid, round body and lotus-bud shaped ribs each engraved with interlaced geometric pattern. The rim of the lid w...

Cast bronze with engraved and punched decoration with niello, knop-head lid with central vertical aperture, carved with foliate Kufic band on lid ...

An octagonal brass incense burner, rating on vase shaped legs, each side is decorated with a floral pierced panel and silver inlaid inscriptions, ...

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...

With rounded base and sloping inverted sides leading to a thickened rim, engraved to the interior with the genealogy of the prophet tracing the li...

Of rectangular shape, resting on four animal head shaped feet, each side carved with multiple columns of gilt engraved inscriptions, bordered with...

Decorated with dragons chasing flaming pearls. Height: 46 cm. CONDITION Appears to be in good condition

A brass bowl with rounded base and sloping inverted sides leading to a lipped rim, the shoulder engraved with a band of bold thuluth inscription o...

Rising from flat base to oval shaped body with slightly flaring rim, open slightly curved spout also with flaring rim, the body decorated with car...

An Ottoman tombak door knocker pierced with interlacing openwork of floral leafy sprays. Diameter: 13 cm.

Of rectangular shape, the surface in the form of a lobbed cartouche, finely pierced with gilt interlocking floral scrolls. 11 by 7.3 cm.

A Khorassan bronze bowl standing on a flared foot adorned with a band of animated naskh inscriptions on a dense scroll ground, the rounded body wi...

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

A Roman amulet made of light grey chalcedony in the form of a cicada. Length: 31 mm. Weight: 6.7 gr. PROVENANCE Ex-European private...

Formed as an arch, the central niche with pointed arch under semi-circular top, the spandrels with crescent shaped medallions filled with religiou...

An Ottoman shirt made from the inner kiswa, with an inscribed weave in cream color over a deep green silk ground. Embellished with a prominent ins...

Watercolor on stucco heightened with gold, depicting a large roundel enclosing a view of Mecca, central al-Masjid al-Haram with seven minarets, an...

A Chinese porcelain cup and three saucers, decorated in famille verse enamels with flowers, butterflies and birds. Height of the cup 4 cm. ...

Opaque pigments with gold on paper. 34 by 19 cm. Folio from a Bhagavata Purana manuscript with black Devanagari script on the verso.

Two wooden Mihrab shaped panels, decorated and gilt with flower scrolls and gilt inscriptions. Length: both 130 cm. Width: 87 cm.

Gouache on paper, depicting the Harmandir Sahib and its famous gold covering. 38 by 22 cm.

Each of rectangular form with feet and tapering crest, decorated with mother of pearl inlaid fragments featuring lotus heads amongst floral leafy ...

Embroidered with silk on a silk green ground, with two ladies holding flowers in a landscape. 39 by 122 cm.

Arabic manuscript on paper, 10 leaves with 2 fly-leaves, written in 17 lines in elegant naskh and thuluth script, each page written horizontally, ...

The lower cubic section surmounted by canopy in the form of a pyramid, of red, green and black silk profusely embroidered with silver and gilt-sil...

Of cylindrical form, decorated around the body with a band of calligraphy between two rings at the rim and the base. Inscriptions: in large k...

A CHINESE GUAN-TYPE HU TWIN-HANDLED VASE, QING DYNASTY (1644-1912) Thinly potted, of pear shape, resting on a slightly flared foot, the tap...

A Persian pottery bowl with conical sides resting on a spreading foot, decorated with two figures on horseback on a leafy scrolls decorated ground...

Of deep rounded form with inverted rim and standing on a small foot, decorated in a turquoise band of a calligraphy on black ground. Diameter:...

Lady on terrace with attendants, Jaipur school, 19th century. Painting: 19.8 by 13.9 cm.

With square cartouche filled with inscription in naskhi to both sides, the borders with further inscriptions in naskh script, multiple dinar, extr...

In the Mamluk style, of hexagonal cylindrical form standing on knopped baluster feet supporting arched openings, an arched opening with two doors ...

A Persian pottery bowl resting on a small base with an everted rim, painted to interior in black with central band of Kufic inscriptions. Insc...

An Ottoman shirt made from the inner kiswa, with an inscribed weave in cream color over a deep red silk ground. Embellished with a prominent inscr...

Of drop form, surmounted by a small jar, the cut-steel body around two central drop shapes formed of solid steel engraved with scrolling vine, a b...

Of conical form with steep flaring walls stepped down to a low slightly everted foot, decorated in deep brown, green and white with a central band...

The well-rounded body is potted with a narrow neck rising to a flaring mouth and supported on a short spreading foot ring. The vase is covered in ...

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper. The couple depicted, Krishna holding a flute, under a blossoming tree. Radha is bringing a flower t...

The pear-shaped body is decorated in an under-glaze blue with lotus flowers and scrolling leaves above a band of plantain leaves. The neck decorat...

Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. 33 by 29.6 cm. Krishna and Radha Playing Holi India, BUNDI, circa 1820-1830 Depicting Kris...

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper. 31 by 20.5 cm. 24 by 14 cm.

Gouache colour heightened with gold on paper. Painting: 15 by 22 cm. With frame: 28 by 36 cm.

A Chinese jade fruiting branch carved with a Fu bat and mythical beast seated at top. Length: 7 cm.

A carnelian intaglio with a concave back. From the time of the Abbasid Caliphate. Carnelian. Abbasid 9/11th.c.A.D. 16 mm.

Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, depicting two seated imams ‘Jilani and Chichti’ in Al-Haram Al-Nabawi in the medina, ruled in gold ...

Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 13 lines of black diwani, beneath the tughra of Sultan Mahmud II in gold and polychrome. Very decorative and ...

The tenth Sikh Guru Govind Singh (1675-1708) seated on a throne against a bolster on a terrace, an attendant behind him waving a morchal, discipl...

The cartouche of rectangular form with cusped ends and small arch at the centre of each horizontal edge, the body with extremely elegant and bold ...

Opaque pigments on textile. The upper part of the painting depicts Kamdhenu the holy cow. Followed by Lord Vishnu, Goddess Laxmi, Brahma and ...

Of square form, embroidered in gilt threads on a deep red velvet ground with a central floral roundel surrounded by flower branches and foliage. ...

Four wooden calligraphic panels, each of rectangular form and stylised with inscriptions of poems and religious invocations. Largest: 90 by 2...

Gouache heightened with gold on paper. Krishna gazes at Radha, with gold-outlined green nimbuse, set in a palace scene with gopis on all sides ...

Gouache heightened with gold on paper. 41 by 31.5 cm.