Islamic and Indian Art

A leaf from an illustrated manuscript, depicting an enthroned ruler with courtiers Persia, 16th Centurygouache and gold on paper, four lines of te...

An album page of calligraphic practice writing (siyah mashq) in profuse nasta'liq script Persia, 17th-18th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, clo...

An album page of calligraphic practice writing (siyah mashq) in profuse nasta'liq script Persia, 17th-18th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, clo...

Amir Mu'izzi (d. circa 1127), Divan, poetry Persia, 19th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, 88 leaves, 16 lines to the page written in nasta'liq...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) depicting Europeans in 17th Century dress Persia, 18th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in p...

A Qajar style lacquer penbox (qalamdan) Persia, 20th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt with floral spray...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) Persia, 19th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt with a cartouche contai...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) Persia, 19th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt with floral sprays and ...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) depicting a wedding scene Persia, 19th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gi...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) Persia, 19th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, the top and sides painted with floral interlace on a br...

An unfinished Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) Persia, early 20th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt with...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) Persia, second half of the 19th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt with...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) depicting the Holy Family Persia, 19th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and g...

A small Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) Persia, 19th Centurywith curved ends and in two parts, decorated in poychrome and gilt with a branch with ...

A fine Zand lacquer mirror case and tool box by Hasan Khodad Persia, dated AH 1192 (AD 1759-60)of rectangular form with sliding draw opening to re...

A Qajar lacquer mirror case depicting the Holy Family Persia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form with lifting cover, decorated in polychrome and gilt...

A Qajar lacquer mirror case depicting the dervish Nur 'Ali Persia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form with lifting cover, decorated in polychrome and...

A Kashmir lacquer tray Srinagar, 20th Centuryof rectangular form, decorated in polychrome and gilt with floral and foliate motifs, inscribed 'Srin...

A Qajar lacquer box containing a set of portable merchant's weights and scales Persia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form with hinged lid, containing...

A Qajar lacquer box containing a set of portable merchant's weights and scales Persia, dated AH 1253/ AD 1837-38of rectangular form with hinged li...

A Qajar pearwood comb and painted box Persia, 19th Centurythe comb carved with an inscription-filled cartouche to each side, the painted box of re...

An Umayyad carved marble panel Cordoba, probably Medinat al-Zahra', 10th Centuryof rectangular form, carved in relief with a tree with undulating ...

A Qajar enamelled copper casket Persia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form on shaped bracket feet with hinged lid, profusely decorated in polychrome ...

A Qajar jade bowl Persia, 19th/ 20th Centuryof curved flaring form on a short foot, engraved with four cartouches filled with inscriptions in nast...

A Qajar lacquer mirror case Persia, 19th Centuryof rectangular form with hinged lid and clasp, decorated in polychrome and gilt with central pane...

A Qajar lacquer panel or book cover depicting the prophet Suleyman (Solomon) Qajar Persia, mid-19th Centuryof rectangular form, decorated in polyc...

Three pairs of Ottoman gold-damascened steel calligrapher's scissors Turkey, 19th Centuryeach of typical form, decorated in gold overlay with flor...

Six pairs of Ottoman gold and silver-damascened steel Calligrapher's scissors Turkey, 19th Centuryof varying forms, six decorated in gold overlay ...

A set of Ottoman gold-damascened steel calligrapher's tools Turkey, 19th Centurycomprising a pair of scissors, a pen-rest and a knife, each decora...

A rock crystal mounted gold-damascened steel dervish crutch North India, 18th/ 19th Centurythe cylindrical iron shaft with bell-shaped foot, decor...

A scene depicting a ruler overseeing the execution of an offender Mughal, circa 1600gouache and gold on paper, erased text panel at lower right, l...

A portrait of Queen Victoria on ivory, painted to commemorate the fiftieth year of her reign Delhi, circa 1887gouache and gold on ivory, the portr...

Guru Arjan seated on a terrace beneath a canopy Pahari, early 19th Centurygouache and gold on paper, in a painted oval, one line of gurmukhi scrip...

A set of gold-koftgari watered steel armour plates (char-aina) Lahore, circa 1820each of convex rectangular form, comprising one large plate and t...

A collection of postcards of Amritsar and other Sikh subjects Europe, late 19th - early 20th Centurycomprising 68 various views of the Golden Temp...

A view of the Baba Atal Tower, Amritsar British School, early 20th Centurypen and ink and watercolour on paper 415 x 335 mm.Footnotes:This towerin...