Islamic and Indian Art

A Qur'an leaf written in kufic script on vellum Near East or North Africa, 9th-10th CenturyArabic manuscript on vellum, six lines written in kufic...

Four illuminated Qur'an leaves Persia, Herat, circa 1550Arabic manuscript on paper, four leaves mounted together in one frame, 15 lines to each pa...

A large album of leaves from dispersed manuscripts of the Qur'an, written in eastern kufic, thuluth, muhaqqaq and naskhi scripts, and calligraphic...

A fine and unusual double-sided album page from the Imperial Mughal Library during the reign of the Emperor Aurangzeb, with scenes from the life o...

An illustration to the Mihr o Mushtari of Assar Tabrizi, depicting the blindfolded Mushtari and Badr awaiting execution before King Shapur Persia,...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Jami's Yusuf va Zulaykha, depicting Egyptian women in a palace interior, cutting their hands at the sight...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Rustam killing the lion during his second khwan (trial) Persia, 16th Centu...

An illustrated leaf from a dispersed manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Talkhand dying on the back of his elephant Persia, possibly Hera...

A drawing depicting a recumbent chained lion, and two Europeans and their hounds after killing a stag Safavid Persia, 16th Centurydrawing with gou...

An illustrated leaf from from the Majalis al-'Ushshaq (Assemblies of Lovers) by Kamal al-Din Gazurgahi, depicting Shaykh Muhiyy al-Din A'rabi ridi...

A youth cradling a lamb Persia, mid-17th Centurygouache and gold on paper, indistinct inscription at lower centre, laid down on 19th Century album...

A practice sheet (siyah mashq) in nasta'liq script on an illuminated album page Persia, 18th-19th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, text written...

Al-Sahifa al-Kamila, a collection of prayers including seven prayers to be recited according to the days of the week Persia, late Safavid, late 17...

Muhammad Baqir Majlisi (d. 1110/1699), Miqbas al-Masabih, a text on prayers to be recited after daily prayers, copied for a certain Muhammad Quli ...

A calligraphic composition comprising a hadith of the Prophet Ottoman Turkey, 17th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, eight lines written horizont...

Two calligraphic album pages written in thuluth and naskhi scripts Ottoman Turkey, 17th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, each page consisting of...

Al-Jazuli, Dala'il al-Khayrat wa shawariq al-anwar, prayers, with two coloured diagrams of the Tomb of the Prophet and the Mihrab in the Mosque of...

Maktabi Shirazi, Layla va Majnun, with eighteen illustrations, copied by Muhammad Husayn ibn Mirza Muhammad Mazandarani Persia, dated AH 1247/AD 1...

A GROUP OF THREE ILLUMINATED PRAYER SCROLLS AND TWO TALISMANIC DIAGRAMS, WRITTEN ON VELLUM Qajar Persia, 19th CenturyArabic and Persian manuscript...

A lithograph copy of Firdausi's Shahnama, with 57 coloured illustrations, copied by two scribes,'Abd al-Karim bin Muhammad Ibrahim al-Tabataba'i a...

An Umayyad or early Abbasid bronze ewer Persia or Mesopotamia, 8th/ 9th Centuryof piriform on a splayed foot with waisted neck and flattened rim c...

An Umayyad bronze ewer Persia or Mesopotamia, 8th/9th Centuryof piriform on a short foot with waisted neck and raised band to rim, simple handle ...

An Umayyad bronze censer in the form of a horse Eastern Mediterranean, possibly Syria, 7th/ 8th Centurystanding on three legs, the front right leg...

A Sogdian silk samite fragment with horses Central Asia, 7th-9th Centuryof irregular rectangular form, woven in red, blue and cream silks, depict...

A Sogdian silk samite fragment with horses Central Asia, 7th-9th Centuryof rectangular form, woven in red, blue and cream silks, depicting three ...

A Sogdian silk samite fragment with confronting lions Central Asia, 7th-9th Centuryof irregular rectangular form, woven in red, blue and cream si...

A Sogdian silk samite fragment with lions and bulls Central Asia, 7th-9th Centuryof irregular rectangular form, woven in red, blue and cream silk...

Two Sogdian silk samite fragments with ducks Central Asia, 7th-9th Centuryboth of irregular polygonal form, woven in blue and cream silks, depicti...

A Sogdian silk samite fragment with winged horses Central Asia, 7th-9th Centuryof irregular square form, woven in red, blue and cream silks, depi...

A Sogdian silk samite fragment with confronting pheasants Central Asia, 7th-9th Centuryof irregular rectangular form, woven in red, blue and crea...

A Sogdian silk samite fragment with confronting pheasants Central Asia, 7th-9th Centuryof irregular rectangular form, woven in red, blue and crea...

A Sogdian silk samite fragment with confronting lions Central Asia, 7th-9th Centuryof square form, woven in red, blue and cream silks, depicting ...

A Sogdian silk samite fragment with confronting pheasants Central Asia, 7th-9th Centuryof irregular rectangular form, woven in red, blue and crea...

A Sogdian silk samite fragment with confronting eagles Central Asia, 7th-9th Centuryof irregular polygonal form, woven in red, blue and cream sil...

A Sogdian silk samite fragment with winged bulls Central Asia, 7th-9th Centuryof irregular polygonal form, woven in red, blue and cream silks, de...

A Sogdian silk samite fragment with pheasants and ducks Central Asia, 7th-9th Centuryof irregular polygonal form, woven in red, blue and cream si...

An Abbasid stucco wall panel fragment Mesopotamia, probably Samara, 9th Centuryof rectangular form, incised with an undulating band of split-palme...

An Abbasid lustre pottery bowl Mesopotamia, 10th Centuryof shallow rounded form on a short foot with slightly everted rim, decorated in a brownis...

An Abbasid slip-painted pottery bowl Mesopotamia, 9th Centuryof shallow rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, the cream ground decorated ...

An Abbasid lustre pottery bowl Mesopotamia, 9th Centuryof deep rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, decorated in a brown and golden-yell...

A Fatimid bronze bucket Egypt, 10th/ 11th Centuryof cylindrical form with rounded base and everted rim, circular foot ring and remains of two susp...

A bone perfume bottle Persia or Egypt, 10th/ 11th centuryof rectangular form on four feet, the neck with waisted sections and raised bands rising ...

An Abbasid or Fatimid rock crystal amulet Mesopotamia or Egypt, 9th/ 10th Centuryof elongated form with hexagonal section, the six faces engraved ...

A Nishapur blue glass mosque lamp Persia, 10th Centuryof globular form with wide flaring neck on a splayed foot, the body with six blue trails te...

A slip-painted pottery mug Persia, 10th Centuryof compressed globular form with slightly flaring neck on a short foot with simple handle, decorate...

A fine slip-painted pottery mug Persia, 9th/ 10th Centuryof compressed globular form with wide flaring neck on a short foot with simple handle, th...

A Nishapur buffware pottery bowl Persia, 10th Centuryof deep rounded form on a short foot, decorated underglaze in yellow, green and manganese on...

A Nishapur buffware pottery bowl Persia, 10th Centuryof deep rounded form on a short foot with everted rim, decorated underglaze in yellow, green ...

A large Nishapur 'yellow staining black' slip-painted pottery bowl Persia, 10th Centuryof deep rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, deco...

A Ghaznavid monochrome pottery tile Afghanistan, 11th/ 12th Centuryof rectangular form, moulded in relief with a large palmette motif overlaid wi...

A Ghaznavid high-tin bronze jug Persia, 11th/12th Centuryof compressed globular form with slightly flaring neck on a short foot, the strap handle ...

A Khorasan silver inlaid bronze mug Persia, 12th centuryof compressed globular form on a splayed foot with waisted neck, with gadrooned band to bo...

A Khorasan bronze weight in the form of a lion Persia, 12th Centuryseated facing left with ears erect and forepaws extended, the body profusely de...

A Khorasan copper-inlaid bronze bucket with the signs of the zodiac Persia, 13th Centuryof globular form on a splayed foot, the flaring neck with ...

A Khorasan silver-inlaid brass dish Persia, 12th Centuryof circular form with tapering sides and inverted flattened rim, engraved and inlaid in si...

A Khorasan silver-inlaid brass pen box Persia, 12th/13th Centuryof tapering rectangular form terminating in an openwork foliate motif with dome fi...

A Kashan moulded monochrome pottery vase Persia, 12th Centuryof inverted piriform on a short foot with slightly flaring neck and four strap handle...

A Kashan pierced and incised underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 12th Centuryof conical form on a short foot, decorated in black under a turq...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery vessel in the form of a musician Persia, 12th Centurythe figure holding a lute, decorated in black under a tur...

A Kashan monochrome pottery jug Persia, 12th Centuryof bulbous form with wide flaring neck on a splayed foot with strap handle, the neck incised w...