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, seven lines to the page wr...

Three lines in muhaqqaq script from a large Ilkhanid manuscript of the Qur'an Iraq, early 14th CenturyArabic manuscript on cream paper, consisting...

A large and finely illuminated frontispiece from a manuscript of the Qur'an Mamluk Egypt or Syria, 14th Centurythe left-hand frontispiece, ink, go...

Sultan Muhammad, known as La'li, Diwan, copied by Muhammad (Mehmed) Muhyi, and bearing the seal of Sultan Bayezid II (reg. 1481-1512) Ottoman Turk...

An illuminated Qur'an Safavid Persia, Shiraz, second half of the 16th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 361 leaves, 12 lines to the page written ...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama depicting Rustam, his horse impaled in a pit of spikes, killing Shaghad Persia, perha...

A court scene in an interior, with a young prince being served wine by attendants Persia, probably Mashhad, late 16th Centurygouache and gold on p...

A large illuminated album page with verses from Sa'di's Bustan, written in nasta'liq script Persia, late 16th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, ...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of the Barzu-nameh of Shams al-Din Muhammad Kawsaj, depicting Faramarz lassooing Barzu Persia, perhaps Qazwi...

A double-page, consisting of the first and last leaves from an illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry, with an attribution to, or possible signa...

Two illuminated pages from a manuscript of Persian poetry Persia, late 16th/early 17th CenturyPersian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, two conj...

Two leaves from a manuscript of Persian poetry Persia, late 16th/early 17th Centuryframed back to back, Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper...

A calligraphic album page, attributed to Shah Mahmud Nishapuri Persia, mid-16th CenturyPersian manuscript on cream paper, six lines of text writte...

A calligraphic album page copied for Abu'l Hasan Mirza, perhaps a grandson of Fath 'Ali Shah Persia, 19th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, two ...

A calligraphic composition consisting of the bismallah in the form of a cockerel Deccan, or perhaps Persia, 17th Centurygouache and gold on paper ...

An illuminated Qur'an Afsharid Persia, mid-18th CenturyArabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 276 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi ...

A maiden, perhaps Shirin, kneeling and combing her hair by a stream in a landscape, attributed to the artist Abu'l Hasan Ghaffari al-Mustawfi Kash...

A maiden washing by a stream, attributed to the artist Abu'l Hasan Ghaffari al-Mustawfi Kashani Zand or Afsharid Persia, circa 1780gouache on pape...

A Tartar warrior, holding a musical instrument, a spear and a bottle Persia, 18th-19th Centurypen and ink with use of gold on paper, laid down wit...

A youth reading a poem in a garden Qajar Persia, 19th Centurypen and ink with some watercolour on paper, laid down within the illuminated borders ...

Munajat Amir al-Mu'minin, prayers of the Imam 'Ali, an album of découpage calligraphy North India, 20th Centurydécoupage calligraphy in large nast...

Majnun brought to Layla's camp in chains by a beggar woman, after an illustration in Shah Tahmasp's manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa, by a follower o...

A rare and early felt backed kilim mat Central Asia, 1st-3rd Centuryof rectangular form, the brown ground ornamented with two bends of woven geome...

A figural bronze sprinkler possibly Umayyad Syria or Palestine, 8th Centuryof piriform on a short foot with long waisted neck and flattened rim, d...

A Fatimid bronze ewer Egypt, 10th Centuryon three waisted feet with wide cylindrical body and sloping shoulder, long straight spout to one side, t...

A Khorasan niello bronze dish Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof shallow circular form with central stem surmounted by a poppy seed shaped finial, engra...

A fine Seljuk niello gold gem-set bangle and gem-set gold ring Persia, 12th Centurythe bangle with triangular section shank terminating in a doubl...

An Umayyad monochrome moulded pottery ewer Syria or Mesopotamia, 8th/ 9th Centuryof square form on four short feet with ridged neck surmounted by ...

A Samanid slip-painted calligraphic pottery bowl Persia, 10th Centuryof conical form on a short foot, decorated in manganese on a cream ground wit...

A Samanid slip-painted pottery bowl Nishapur, Persia, 10th Centuryof rounded form on a short foot with inverted rim, decorated in yellow on a brow...

A Samanid slip-painted pottery bowl Nishapur or Samarkand, 10th/ 11th Centuryof conical form on a short foot, decorated in yellow and brown with a...

A Samanid slip-painted calligraphic pottery bowl Nishapur or Samarkand, 10th Centuryof conical form on a short foot, decorated in manganese on a c...

A Samanid slip-painted calligraphic pottery bowl Nishapur or Samarkand, 10th Centuryof conical form on a short foot, decorated in manganese on a c...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof conical form on a tall foot, decorated in black under a turquoise glaze with...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof conical form on a long foot, decorated in black under a turquoise glaze with...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery albarello Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof slightly flaring conical form on a short foot, with sloping shoulder an...

Three Kashan monochrome pottery bowls Persia, 12th Centuryeach of conical form on a short foot, decorated in a turquoise glaze each 18.5 cm. diam....

Two Kashan lustre pottery bowls Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryeach of conical form on a short foot, decorated in a brownish gold lustre on a cream and...

A mould-blown glass bottle Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof compressed globular form on a short foot, the cylindrical neck with applied spiral trailin...

A calligraphic mould-blown glass bottle Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof compressed globular form on a slightly flaring foot, the long cylindrical nec...

Two woven silk fragments Middle East, 11th/ 12th Centuryeach of irregular form, woven in blue and polychrome silks with a repeat design of baluste...

A large Fars gold and silver-inlaid brass bowl Persia, 13th/ 14th Centuryof compressed globular form tapering towards the everted flattened rim, p...

An Ayyubid brass magic bowl or 'poison cup' Egypt or Syria, 13th/ 14th Centuryof shallow rounded form engraved to the interior with talismanic dia...

A Raqqa calligraphic pottery tile Syria, 12th/ 13th Centuryof square form, decorated in black and cobalt-blue on a turquoise ground with a band of...

A Timurid moulded pottery mihrab tile Central Asia, second half of the 14th Centuryin the form of a mihrab, decorated in cobalt-blue and turquoise...

A Timurid cuerda seca pottery tile spandrel Samarkand, 1420-30 ADcomprising two tiles, the upper square tile with lower curved triangular tile to...

A Mamluk tinned-copper dish with Hebrew inscription Egypt or Syria, 15th Centuryof shallow rounded form with slightly everted rim, engraved and de...

A Mamluk brass bowl Egypt or Syria, 14th/ 15th Centuryof deep rounded form with flattened rim, engraved and decorated with scrolling foliate vine ...

A Marinid painted wood calligraphic panel North Africa or Spain, 14th Centuryof rectangular form, carved with a series of cusped arches containing...

A rare Safavid embroidered cotton panel Caucasus, probably Azerbaijan, 16th/ 17th Century rectangular, the natural linen ground embroidered in po...

A rare Safavid embroidered cotton panel Caucasus, probably Azerbaijan, 17th/ 18th Century rectangular, the natural linen ground embroidered in po...

A Safavid brass torch stand Persia, early 17th Centurythe cylindrical shaft on a flaring foot, with everted rim, divided into three sections by ra...

A Safavid brass torch stand Persia, early 17th Centurythe cylindrical shaft on a flaring foot, with everted rim, divided into three sections by ra...

A Safavid underglaze-painted pottery bottle Persia, probably Kirman, 17th Centuryof rounded form with flattened profile on a trumpet foot, with ta...

A Safavid style woven silk sash Poland, 18th Centuryof long rectangular form, the central panel woven with alternating horizontal bands of blue, r...

An embroidered silk cap Persia, 17th Centuryof rounded form constructed in quilted bands filled with wool, embroidered in polychrome with a repeat...

An important Iznik pottery water bottle (surahi) Turkey, circa 1575the body of piriform rising through a recurved band to a tubular neck with toru...

A rare Ottoman openwork bronze incense burner Turkey, 16th/ 17th Centuryof bulbous form on a splayed shaft with hinged lid and bud finial, the dri...

An Ottoman ruby-set and enamelled gold belt buckle Turkey, 17th Centurycomprising a central rose surrounded by openwork tendrils flanked by two cu...

An Ottoman metal-thread embroidered leather water flask (matara) Turkey, 17th Centuryof curving conical form fashioned from two panels of leather ...