Islamic & Indian Art including Carpets

FIVE FOLIOS FROM THE SHAHNAMAHerat, Afghanistan, late 15th century Persian manuscript on paper, the Timurid - Turcoman folios in nasta'liq script,...

THE GULESTAN OF SA'DISafavid Iran, late 17th centuryPersian manuscript on paper, 95ff. and 7 fly-leaves, each folio with 15ll., in black ink in ki...

TWO SINGLE-SIDED LOOSE FOLIOS OF A QUR'ANPossibly Egypt or Syria, 17th centurySura 43 (Al Zukhruf) vv. 11 - 26, Arabic manuscript on paper, each f...

MOHAMMAD ZAKARIYA AL-RAZI, A COLLECTION OF THREE TREATISES ON MEDICINE Central Asia or Afghanistan, dated 15 January 1789Arabic manuscript on pape...

MAHMOUD DEHDAR AYANI, MAFATIH AL-MAGHALIQ (THE KEY TO LOCKS), AND THE HALL UR-ROMUZ FI SHARH UL-KONOOZIran, dated 976 AH (1568)Persian manuscript ...

A SELSELEH NAMA, A MANUSCRIPT ON GENEALOGYOttoman Turkey, 19th century Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, in black ink script, 62ff., containing...

TASHRIH-E MANSOURI BY MANSOUR BIN MOHAMMAD BIN ELYASIndia, 19th centuryPersian manuscript on paper, 308ff., each folio with 15ll., the celebrated ...

FOUR QUR'ANIC FOLIOS Possibly India, late 18th - 19th century Sura 33 (Al-Ahzab), vv. 61-69 and  52-55, Sura 35 (Fatir), vv. 37-42, Sura 28 (Al-Qa...

AN ILLUMINATED CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITIONTurkey or Iran, 20th centuryArabic manuscript on paper, the field of cobalt blue, other bright opaque pigme...

A PALM-LEAF MANUSCRIPT Orissa, Eastern India, 19th centuryIndian manuscript on palm leaves, 140 palm leaves of non-illustrated Brahmanic discourse...

A SELECTION OF REFERENCE BOOKS ON ARMENIAN ART AND ISTANBULAkşit, Ilhan. Treasures of Istanbul, Akşit Kültür Turizm Sanat Ajans LtD., 1997.Ertuğ, ...

TWO ISLAMIC ART AND CULTURE REFERENCE BOOKSPrisse d'Avennes, Emile. Arab Art, Taschen, 2010, signed by Sheila Blair and Jonathan Bloom, 392pp.Azzi...

A SELECTION OF REFERENCE BOOKS ON CONTEMPORARY INDIAN AND MIDDLE EASTERN ARTDalmia, Yashodhara. Contemporary Indian Art Other Realities, Marg Publ...

TWO ISLAMIC ART AND CALLIGRAPHY REFERENCE BOOKSMeen, V.B. and Tushingham, A.D. Crown Jewels of Iran, University of Toronto Press, 1974, 159pp.Zein...

TWO RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAMIran, 1976One version in nine languages, with illustrations by Tajvidi, the calligrapher Seifullah Yazdani, Padideh pu...

A REFERENCE BOOK ON IRANMinorsky, Sanghvi, and Ghrishman, Roman. Persia The Immortal Kingdom, London, 1971, printed in English, in fitted case, 22...

A LARGE SELECTION OF AUCTION HOUSE CATALOGUES OF ISLAMIC AND INDIAN ART SALES Auction catalogues from major, minor, UK and international auction h...

TWO REFERENCE ART BOOKS ON THE SHAHNAMEH BY FERDOWSIGray, Basil. An Album of Miniatures and Illuminations from the Baysonghori Manuscript of the S...

FOUR EDITIONS OF THE QUR'ANIran, 20th centuryThe Imperial Qur'an, Arabic lithograph on paper, Bank Melli Publishers, 1965, 788pp., by the calligra...

KRISHNA VISITING HIS BELOVEDMalwa, West Central India, 18th century  Opaque pigments on paper, the vertical composition portraying in the foregrou...

A MUSICAL RASAMalwa school, West Central India, 17th-18th century Opaque pigments on paper, the vertical composition depicting a musician playing ...

A ROYAL COUPLEMalwa, West Central India, 19th century Opaque pigments on paper, the vertical composition depicting a courtly couple seated on a lu...

TWO LADIES PAINTING ON A TERRACE  Bundi, North Western India, mid to late 19th century Opaque pigments on paper, the vertical composition depictin...

A FEMALE PORTRAITKangra, Pahari Hills, North India, late 19th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition depi...

A NAYIKA SURROUNDED BY BEESKangra, Pahari Hills, North India, late 19th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical compos...

COURTLY LADIES AT NIGHT WITH FIRECRACKERS Kangra, Pahari Hills, North India, late 18th - early 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold on...

TWO LOVERS ON A TERRACE Kangra, Pahari Hills, North India, late 19th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical compositi...

AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAITPunjab, Northern India, 19th century Opaque pigments on paper, the vertical composition depicting a nobleman seated on a whi...

A SEATED NOBLEMAN MEETING PUNDITS (BRAHMANIC SCHOLARS)North Western India, late 19th - early 20th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on ...

A ROYAL PROCESSIONRajasthan, North Western India, late 19th - early 20th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the horizontal com...

A MUSICAL CLASS SCENE Punjab, Sindh, Northern India, late 19th century Opaque pigments on paper, the vertical composition depicting a courtly Sikh...

AN INTERIOR SCENE Jodhpur, Rajasthan, North Western India, 19th century  Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting a y...

A BUSY VILLAGE SCENE Jodhpur, Rajasthan, North Western India, 19th century  Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical compositio...

RADHA AND KRISHNA ON SWINGSKota, North Western India, 19th century Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting the blue-...

KRISHNA AND RADHA ON A COURTLY TERRACEBundi, North Western India, late 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical com...

A YOGIC CHAKRAS DIAGRAMRajasthan, North West India, 19th century  Opaque pigments on paper, the vertical composition depicting a cosmic man portra...

A LEARNED WISE MAN Deccan, Central India, 19th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition depicting a learned...

AN INEBRIATED FARANGI COUPLEBundi, North Western India, late 18th - early 19th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical...

A NAYIKA AT NIGHT Bikaner, North Western India, early 19th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition depicti...

A VILLAGE SCENE Possibly Faizabad, Mughal India, 19th century Pencil and black ink on paper, the fine drawing portraying a village scene, the vert...

A TIGER HUNTING SKETCHKota, North Western India, late 19th - early 20th century Opaque pigments and black ink on paper, the horizontal composition...

A NAYIKA BECKONING ANIMALS IN THE FORESTPahari school, North India, 19th centuryOpaque pigments and gold on paper, the central female heroine rest...

FOUR INDIAN PAINTINGS India, late 19th - early 20th century All in opaque pigments on paper, comprising an elegant lady wrapped in a do-shala shaw...

A DEPICTION OF DURGA MAHISHASURAMARDINI Rajasthan, North Western India, late 19th century Opaque pigments on paper, the vertical composition depic...

A DEPICTION OF IMAM ALI'S WHITE HORSE DULDUL Lucknow or Delhi, Northern India, late 19th - 20th century Opaque pigments, black ink and gold leaf o...

A CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITIONIndia, dated 1278 AH (1861)Black ink and opaque pigments on paper, a nasta'liq calligraphic composition, the main text i...

THE FOOT-PRINT OF THE PROPHETPossibly Deccan, Central India, 20th century Black ink and burnished gold illumination on paper, the centre with a sc...

A PAINTING OF AN 'ALAM (PROCESSIONAL STANDARD)Deccan, Central India, first half 20th century Opaque pigments and gold leaf applied on a wooden boa...

DECCANI MOSQUE PROFILESHyderabad, Deccan, Central India, mid to late 19th century Opaque pigments and gold on paper, the vertical composition divi...

AN AERIAL VIEW OF MECCAPossibly Delhi, Company School, Northern India, late 19th centuryOpaque pigments on paper, the horizontal composition depic...

THE ARTILLERY MESS HOUSE AT CAWNPORE Company School, North India, dated 1858Opaque watercolours on paper, the horizontal composition depicting the...

FIVE INDIAN ARCHITECTURAL PAINTINGS Possibly Delhi, North India, 20th centuryOpaque pigments on burnished paper, comprising five paintings of vari...

TWO LARGE ARCHITECTURAL PAINTINGS OF INDIAN BUILDINGSPossibly Delhi, Company School, late 19th century Comprising a painting of the Taj Mahal, opa...

A LARGE OVAL IVORY MINIATURE OF THE QUTB MINAR COMPLEXDelhi, Company school, Northern India, late 19th century Opaque pigments on an oval ivory me...

TWO INDIAN MINIATURES OF THE TAJ MAHAL AND SIKANDRA (AKBAR'S TOMB)Indian School, 19th CenturyOpaque pigments, grey tones and white wash on oval iv...

THREE SETS OF MINIATURES ON IVORY Company School, Delhi, North India, late 19th- early 20th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on oval i...

TWO REVERSE GLASS PORTRAITS OF A COURTLY COUPLE India, 20th centuryComprising a portrait of a nobleman, acrylic colours and gold foil on glass, de...

TWO REVERSE GLASS PORTRAITS OF MAHARAJASIndia, 20th century Comprising a vertical portrait of a Maharaja, possibly from the Patiala state, acrylic...

A PICHWAI WITH KRISHNA AND THE GOPISIndia, 20th centuryThe unbleached cotton ground painted with Krishna playing the flute, flanked by six gopis b...

A GROUP OF FIVE INDIAN BOTANICAL PAINTINGS Possibly Delhi, late Company School, North India, late 19th – early 20th centuryOpaque pigments on card...