Islamic & Indian Art

THREE COBALT BLUE AND LUSTRE-PAINTED STAR POTTERY TILES PROPERTY OF THE LATE BRUNO CARUSO (1927 - 2018) COLLECTION Possibly Kashan, Iran, 13th - 1...

A TURKISH DOCUMENT PROPERTY OF THE LATE BRUNO CARUSO (1927-2018) Ottoman Turkey or Iran, late 19th century Turkish manuscript on paper, laid on gr...

THE TUGHRA OF THE OTTOMAN SULTAN ABDULMEJID I (r. 1839 - 61) PROPERTY OF THE LATE BRUNO CARUSO (1927 - 2018) COLLECTION Ottoman Turkey, mid-19th c...

A PERSIAN CALLIGRAPHIC COMPOSITION PROPERTY OF THE LATE BRUNO CARUSO (1927 - 2018) COLLECTION Iran, 18th - 19th century Persian calligraphy on pap...

A COURTLY BANQUET IN A GARDEN PROPERTY OF THE LATE BRUNO CARUSO (1927 - 2018) COLLECTION Possibly Provincial School Shiraz, late Safavid Iran, 18t...

A PUJA TO SRI NATHJI PROPERTY OF THE LATE BRUNO CARUSO (1927 - 2018) COLLECTION Rajasthan, North Western India, late 19th - early 20th century Opa...

TWO MEN IN CONVERSATION PROPERTY OF THE LATE BRUNO CARUSO (1927 - 2018) COLLECTION Northern India, 19th century Opaque pigments heightened with si...

A PRINCE TAKING A REST PROPERTY OF THE LATE BRUNO CARUSO (1927 - 2018) COLLECTION Possibly Deccan, Central India, late 18th century Opaque pigment...

A MURAQQA ' ALBUM PAGE: AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE ISKANDARNAMEH (v.) AND SECTION 37 OF THE TUHFAT AL-AHRAR FROM JAMI'S HAFT AWRANG (r.) PROPERTY OF...

A COUPLE IN AN INTIMATE EMBRACE PROPERTY OF THE LATE BRUNO CARUSO (1927 - 2018) COLLECTION Possibly Safavid Isfahan, Iran, 17th - 18th century Opa...

A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF TWENTY-FOUR MODERN INDIAN AND PERSIAN PAINTINGS MADE FOR THE WESTERN EXPORT MARKET PROPERTY OF THE LATE BRUNO CARUSO (192...

A PLASTER KUFIC STELE Possibly Iran or Egypt, circa 10th - 12th century Of rectangular shape, with 17ll. of angular k ufic script carved in relief...

FIVE LOOSE KUFIC QUR'AN BIFOLIOS Near East or North Africa, 9th - 10th century Arabic manuscript on vellum, each folio with 7ll. of slender sepia ...

A LOOSE QUR'AN BIFOLIO North-West Africa or Andalusia, 13th - 14th century Arabic manuscript on vellum, each folio with 5ll. of bold sepia ink mag...

UMDAT AL AHKAM (FOUNDATION OF RULES) BY IBN AL-SAROUR AL-MAQDISI (1146-1203) AND KITAB AL RAHBAH BY ABDUL-WAHHAB AL-MALIKI (973-1031) Mamluk Holy ...

FOUR FOLIOS OF KITAB BAYA' AL-GHURAR WAS AL-MULAMASSAH BY IMAM MALIK IBN ANAS (d. 795 AD) Qairawan, Tunisia, North Africa, 11th - 12th century Ara...

AN UNBOUND VOLUME OF A POETIC ANTHOLOGY AND FOUR FOLIOS FROM THE BUSTAN OF SA'DI Safavid Iran, the volume 16th -17th century, the folios late 17th...

TWO MURAQQA ' FOLIOS OF POETRY Iran, 16th centuryPersian qasideh poetry on paper, each folio with 15ll. of black ink nasta'liq script, within gold...

A SELECTION OF SONNETS BY HAFEZ PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Qajar Iran, 19th century Persian manuscript on paper, 26ff....

A PRAYER BOOK IN SAFINA FORMAT PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, dated 1192 AH (1778) Arabic manuscript on paper, in el...

YOUSUF O ZULAIKHA IN JAMI'S HAFT AWRANG (AWRANG 5) PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 17th century Persian manuscript of...

A TALISMANIC PARCHMENT SCROLL Iran or India, 19th century Arabic manuscript on very fine parchment, in black ink in thuluth script, text panels wi...

*A CALLIGRAPHIC MURAQQA ’ ALBUM PAGE PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION India, 17th century Arabic prose and Persian verses on...

*A CALLIGRAPHY PANEL WITH SURAT AL-FATIHA (1) PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 18th - 19th century Arabic manuscript o...

A SUB-SAHARAN QURAN Possibly Nigeria, Africa, late 19th - early 20th century Arabic manuscript on paper, 404ff., each loose folio with 16ll. of se...

AN OTTOMAN FIRMAN Ottoman Turkey, 20th century Ottoman Turkish manuscript on cream paper, 9ll. to the page of black ink divani script, some lines ...

λ TWO UMAYYAD CARVED BONE FRAGMENTS Possibly Umayyad Syria or Mesopotamia, 8th - 9th century Each of rounded rectangular shape, the surface deeply...

A SELJUQ CAST BRONZE MIRROR Iran or Anatolia, 12th - 13th century Of circular shape with a thin straight handle, one side decorated with two addor...

A NIELLOED SILVER NECKLACE BEAD AND A CYLINDRICAL AMULET Possibly Southern Anatolia or Western Iran, 12th century Comprising a circular necklace b...

λ A WALRUS IVORY-HILTED KARD DAGGER Ottoman Turkey, 18th - 19th century With a double-edged gently curved steel blade, with a medial ridge on both...

A RED-ENAMELLED OPALESCENT WHITE BLOWN GLASS JUG Possibly Beykoz, Istanbul, Ottoman Turkey, 19th century Of pyriform shape, resting on a splayed c...

AN OTTOMAN REPOUSSÉ SILVER MIRROR CASE Ottoman Turkey, late 19th century Of oval shape, the repoussé exterior decorated with a row of Neoclassical...

SIX FRAGMENTARY ARCHITECTURAL DAMASCUS POTTERY TILES Ottoman Syria, 18th century Comprising two in their complete square shape, four in fragmentar...

*A SAFAVID TINNED COPPER BOWL PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 17th - 18th century Of compressed circular shape, on a ...

AN ENGRAVED TINNED COPPER BOWL Safavid Iran, 17th century Of typical compressed hemispherical shape, resting on a splayed circular foot, with a re...

A LATE TIMURID MURAQQA ' ALBUM PAGE North Western Iran, 15th - 16th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the recto with a horizo...

λ A KHATAMKARI -INLAID AND LEATHER -LINED BLUNDERBUSS Iran, 18th century Of typical shape, with long cylindrical watered steel barrel with everted...

*A SAFAVID STEEL LOCK PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 17th - 18th century Of typical shape, with a curved hoop head, ...

*A YOUNG SHEPHERD HOLDING A FAWN PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Possibly Isfahan, Iran, 17th century, Reza Abbasi school P...

A SAFAVID PIERCED STEEL PROCESSIONAL STANDARD (' ALAM ) Iran, dated 1088 AH (1677) Of typical drop-like shape, with flaring spikes at the top, two...

A DRAGON-HANDLE STEEL CRUTCH DAGGER ( ZAFAR TAKIYEH ) Iran or India, 18th century Of typical shape, the armrest with a flat centre and curved drag...

*A QAJAR MURAQQA' PAGE: TWO LADIES WITH A BAGPIPE PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 19th century Gold, opaque pigments,...

A FINE QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED PIERCED STEEL MIRROR Iran, 19th century The mirror case of circular shape with scalloped rim, mounted on a crescent-s...

*A PAIR OF QAJAR GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL BOTTLES PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, second half 19th century, signed Hajji...

*AN ALBUM OF TRADESMEN AND THEIR COSTUMES PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Qajar Iran, 19th century Opaque pigments on paper...

A LARGE QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ CASKET Iran, early 19th century Of typical rectangular shape, resting on four rectangular feet on each corner...

*A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE ( QALAMDAN ) PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 19th century With rounded ends ...

*A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ WOODEN CASKET WITH ABU TALEB-STYLE MARBLED DECORATION PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran,...

*A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ FIGURAL BOOKCOVER PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 19th century Of rectangular shape, ...

*A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE ( QALAMDAN ) PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 19th century With rounded ends ...

A MONUMENTAL SAFAVID-REVIVAL LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PANEL: A CONGREGATION OF WISE MEN REACHING THE CITY Qajar Iran, 19th century Of rectangular sh...

*A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ FLORAL BINDING PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, mid to late 19th century Of rectangula...

*A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER-MÂCHÉ PEN CASE ( QALAMDAN ) PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 19th century With rounded ends ...

A CARNELIAN PENDANT Qajar Iran, 19th century The frameless pendant of ovoid form tapering to a point, shouldered, with drilled cord channel to the...

A COMPOSITE GLASS AND QUARTZ PENDANT Najaf, Iraq, early 20th century The oval composite hardstone encased in plain silver frame with faceted rim, ...

A QAJAR REPOUSSÉ SILVER COVER Iran, 19th century Of rectangular shape, the central cartouche with a floral and vegetal virtuoso composition remini...

*AN ALBUM PAGE WITH GOLDEN FLORAL DECORATION PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 18th - 19th century Gold and opaque pigm...

A COMMEMORATIVE SILVER BOX Iran, 1960s , commemorating Mohammad Reza Pahlavi's coronation on 26 October 1967 Of rectangular shape, the top and sid...

A SILVER COCKTAIL SHAKER Iran, 20th century Of cylindrical shape, divided in three parts intricately worked in horizontal registers , the central ...

*AN ENGRAVED STEEL AXE ( TABAR ) PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Possibly Iran or Deccan, Central India, late 18th century ...