Islamic & Indian Art

FRAGMENTS FROM TWO CALLIGRAPHIC AND FIGURED SILK TEXTILESEgypt or Iran, circa 12th centuryThe group of lampas weave silks assembled on ivory silk,...

A MAMLUK TEXTILE FRAGMENT Egypt, 15th century The unbleached plain-weave linen brocaded with horizontal bands of stylised animal, vegetal, and sta...

A LARGE SILK HANGINGOttoman Provinces, late 19th centuryThe joined panel of red silk woven in ecru and black silk threads with geometric patterns ...

A LARGE OTTOMAN EMBROIDERED FLORAL PANELOttoman Turkey, 18th centuryThe joined panel of unbleached linen finely worked in diagonal stitch with a d...

AN OTTOMAN SCUTARI VELVET PANELOttoman Turkey, 19th centuryThe panel of cut silk velvet in teal blue and red voided to reveal an undulating border...

A PAIR OF SCUTARI VELVET PANELSOttoman Turkey, 19th centuryThe panels of cut silk velvet of red and pale green each voided to reveal a sinuous bor...

A LONG EMBROIDERED PANELOttoman Provinces, late 19th - early 20th century The joint length of un-dyed cotton embroidered in rust and polychrome fl...

A SILVER-EMBROIDERED HANGING Ottoman Turkey, late 19th centuryThe horizontally joined lengths of pale blue satin silk delicately worked in silver ...

A CENOTAPH COVER LENGTHOttoman Provinces, late 19th centuryThe length of black silk, brocaded in metallic silver thread wound around a silk core i...

AN OTTOMAN EMBROIDERED PANEL (BOCHA)Ottoman Turkey, 19th century The joined plain-weave cotton ground chain-stitched in bright polychrome silks wi...

A CIRCULAR EMBROIDERED VELVET PANELNorthern Iran, 19th century The joined cherry red silk velvet ground delicately embroidered in yellow metallic ...

AN EMBROIDERED TASHKENT SUZANI BANDUzbekistan, late 19th century A strip from a large suzani, the coarse cotton ground boldly worked in strong pur...

A RED VELVET OVERCOAT AND A PURPLE VELVET HOODED CAPEOttoman Provinces, late 19th century Comprising a sleeveless red overcoat of crimson silk vel...

TWO MEN'S COATS WITH SILK IKAT AND VELVET EXTERIORSPossibly Uzbekistan, Central Asia, late 19th century Comprising a coat of rare black silk velve...

AN EMBROIDERED TASHKENT GREEN SUZANIUzbekistan, late 19th - early 20th century The bright green joined silk ground worked in varying shades of dus...

A RASHT PANEL Caspian region, Iran, early 20th centuryThe joined ground of several bands of face cloth wool in concentric squares around a circula...

A RASHT HANGING Caspian region, Iran, late 19th centuryThe red face cloth wool intricately chain-stitched in polychrome silks and appliqued motifs...

A RASHT PANEL Caspian region, Iran, early 20th centuryThe dark blue face cloth wool ground elegantly worked in warm-hued threads in chain-stitch e...

A PRINTED HANGING Europe or Russia for the Persian market, late 19th centuryThe fine wool hanging, screen-printed predominantly in red and blue wi...

A FULL LENGTH OF TERMEH SHAWL CLOTH Possibly Kashan, Iran, dated 1901The red wool ground twill-tapestry woven in coloured wools with a repeating p...

A PAIR OF PATEH HANGINGSKashan, Iran, 19th centuryThe deep red wool ground intricately embroidered in coloured wools with a blossoming tree with i...

A LENGTH OF YELLOW TERMEH SHAWL CLOTHPossibly Kashan, Iran, 19th centuryThe joined saffron yellow wool ground twill-tapestry woven in polychrome w...

A COMPLETE LENGTH OF UNCUT TERMEH SHAWL CLOTHPossibly Yazd, Iran, late 19th centuryThe deep red wool ground twill-tapestry woven in green, blue, o...

A QALAMKAR SOFREH Possibly Isfahan, Iran, 19th centuryThe floor-spread banqueting cloth of fine white cotton, painted and printed in turkey red, s...

A LONG KASHMIRI SHAWLPROPERTY FROM LADY CONSTANCE STEWART RICHARDSON COLLECTIONIndia, late 19th century The oblong format elegantly woven in twill...

A QALAMKAR HANGING Iran, dated 1278 AH (1861), signed Mohammad MehdiThe fine white cotton ground painted and printed predominantly in turkey red, ...

A QALAMKAR HANGING Possibly Deccan, Central India, early 19th centuryThe fine cotton ground painted and printed predominantly in pinks and blues w...

A SQUARE KASHMIRI SHAWL North India, 19th century Twill tapestry-woven in coloured wools, the large scale buti crowned by small palmettes convergi...

A BROCADE PANELIndia, 19th centuryThe length of fuchsia silk brocaded with closely-set rows of small stylised buti, the bases with blue and white ...

A PURPLE SILK ABASyria, late 19th-early 20th centuryOf typical rectangular form, the joined silk woven with vertical gold lines emanating from the...

A SQUARE KASHMIRI SHAWL North India, 19th century Twill tapestry-woven in coloured wools, the elaborate and predominantly red palmettes surroundin...

THREE UMAYYAD HOT-WORKED GLASS BOTTLESSyria, 7th - 8th century Comprising three free-blown and hot-worked glass bottles, possibly used as essentia...

THREE FREE-BLOWN MONOCHROME GLASS BOTTLESIran, 10th century and later Comprising three monochrome glass bottles, two of compressed globular shape ...

WITHDRAWNA CARVED ROCK-CRYSTAL CHESS GAMING PIECEPossibly Egypt, 10th - 12th century Of zoomorphic shape, possibly an early representation of the ...

*A GROUP OF TWENTY-ONE MISCELLANEOUS SMALL BRONZE ITEMS AND FRAGMENTSPROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTIONIran and Central Asia, ...

TWO LARGE PAINTED WOOD ARCHITECTURAL MUQARNAS PANELSPossibly Egypt or Post-Nasrid Spain, 14th - 16th century Of rectangular shape, polychrome-pain...

A PSEUDO-SYRIAC BRASS DIVINATION BOWLEgypt or Syria, 15th - 16th century Of typical rounded shape, the centre marked with a conical boss with flat...

AN ENGRAVED COPPER BOWLPossibly Egypt or Syria, 15th - 16th century Of circular shape, on a plain base, with straight circular rim, the body heavi...

A MAMLUK ENGRAVED TINNED COPPER BASINEgypt or Syria, 14th - 15th century Of hemispherical shape, with a rounded plain base, the rim reinforced, th...

A SCHOLARLY MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION OF THIRTY-TWO FRAGMENTED CALLIGRAPHIC FOLIOSNear East, Morocco, Egypt and Iran, 11th - 19th century Comprisin...

A MAGHRIBI QUR'AN  North-West Africa, 12th - 14th century Arabic manuscript on parchment, 22ll. of sepia ink maghribi script to the page, approxi...

WITHDRAWNJUZ' XVI FROM A MAMLUK QUR'ANCairo, Egypt, early 16th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 30ff. plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 7ll....

JUZ' III FROM A QUR'AN Egypt, dated 1715 Arabic manuscript on paper, 24ff. plus four fly-leaves, each folio with 9ll., in black naskh script, dia...

A SAFAVID QUR'AN LOOSE FOLIOIran, 16th - 17th century Sura 16 (Al-Nahl), vv. 104 - 127, Arabic manuscript on paper, 12ll. of black naskh and 3ll. ...

A QAJAR MINIATURE QUR'AN Iran, dated 1231 AH (1816) Arabic manuscript on paper, 256ff. plus three fly-leaves, each folio with 19ll. of black nask...

A MISCELLANEOUS BRICOLAGE OF MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATIONSOttoman Turkey or Iran, 17th - 18th century and later Opaque pigments, ink and gold on paper,...

A MUNAJAT MANUSCRIPTPROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTIONIran, dated 1124 AH (1712), signed by Muhammad Muhsin Al-IsfahaniArabic ...

THE OLD MAN REVIVING LEYLA AND MAJNUNTurkoman school, Iran, late 15th - early 16th centuryOpaque pigments, gold and black ink on paper, an illustr...

*A MURAQQA' PAGEPROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTIONIran, late 16th centuryPersian manuscript on paper, the left hand folio from...

SHIRIN VISITING FARHAD AT MOUNT BISOTUNIran, late 15th century Opaque pigments, gold and black ink on paper, an illustration to a Persian Khosrow ...

KING GAYUMARS IN THE WILDERNESSTurkman school, Western Iran, late 15th century Opaque pigments, gold and black ink on paper, the nasta'liq text di...

TALHAND DIES ON THE BACK OF AN ELEPHANTPossibly Herat, modern-day Afghanistan, late 16th centuryOpaque pigments and black ink on paper, the vertic...

THE BATTLE OF BARIR AND YAZIDIran, late 15th centuryOpaque pigments, gold, and black ink on paper, the folio a loose illustrated page from Rauza-t...

AN ILLUSTRATED LOOSE FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FIRDOWSIIran, late 17th- early 18th centuryPersian manuscript on paper, 25 lines of black nasta'li...

AN ILLUSTRATED LOOSE FOLIO FROM THE SHAHNAMA OF FIRDOWSI Possibly Shiraz, Iran, late 17th - early 18th century Persian manuscript on paper, 27ll....

TWO PAINTINGS OF COURT GATHERINGSIran, 18th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the two vertical compositions depicting lively g...

A KULLIYAT (THE COMPLETE WORKS) OF SA'DIPROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTIONIran, dated 1241 AH (1825), signed by Ali Muhammad S...

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...

A TALISMANIC PENDANT WITH SCROLLPROPERTY FROM THE PARKER LIBRARY COLLECTIONPossibly Iran, 19th century Arabic manuscript in ghubari script on gaze...

A NATHR UL LA'ALI ATTRIBUTED TO FAZL BIN HASSAN TABARSI (d. 548 AH): ALPHABETISED QUOTATIONS FROM THE SAINT ALI IN CONCERTINA MURAQQA PROPERTY FRO...