Islamic & Indian Art

A PAIR OF QAJAR COMPOSITE POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED GOLD EARRINGSIran, 19th centuryEach decorated with a drop-shaped pendant painted in polychrome enam...

A PAIR OF RUBY AND SPINEL-ENCRUSTED EARRINGSSouth India, late 19th centuryMade of a segment taken from a pendant or ornament of a much bigger pair...

A PAIR OF GOLD SPINEL-ENCRUSTED CEREMONIAL EARRINGS (KARANPHUL JHUMKA)Rajasthan, North-Western India, early 20th centuryThe long ornamental hair c...

TWO GILT AND POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED BANGLES WITH PARROT HEADSJaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 20th centuryEach of circular shape, the ends fo...

A TRIBAL INDIAN SILVER NECKLACEIndia, 19th - 20th centuryFeaturing a rectangular silver pendant engraved with three stylised figures, possibly mus...

TWO INDIAN SILVER BELTSPROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTIONMumbai and Pune, Maharashtra, Central India, 19th centuryComprising a double braid...

AN ENGRAVED SILVER FRAME AND A PAIR OF CHAMPLEVÉ ENAMELLED SILVER BRACELETSThailand or Laos and Central Asia, 19th - 20th centuryComprising a smal...

A GILT AND GUILLOCHÉ ENAMELLED ORDER OF THE CROWN OF THAILAND MEDALThailand, circa 1900sBadge of the Knight Commander (2nd Class) and the Commande...

A SINGHA-SHAPED GILT NIELLOWARE STEEL BETEL NUT CUTTERThailand, South East Asia, 19th centuryDesigned in the shape of a singha, the renowned Thai ...

A RAILWAY BRONZE PLAQUE OF THE JOHOR-SINGAPORE CAUSEWAYState of Johor, Malaysia, South East Asia, 1923 - 1940sOf oval shape, featuring the coat of...

λ A LARGE OVAL IVORY MINIATURE OF THE QUTB MINAR COMPLEX IN DELHIDelhi, Company School, Northern India, mid to late 19th centuryOpaque pigments an...

A GUJARATI VILLAGE WOMANPossibly Delhi, Company School, Northern India, mid to late 19th centuryOpaque pigments, ink and pencil on paper, the stan...

A LADY BEING SHOWN A BEAU'S PORTRAITRajasthan, North-Western India, 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical compos...

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES: KAKUBHA RAGINIPahari Provincial School, Northern India, ca. 1860 - 1880Opaque pigments heightened with gol...

THE NIGHT’S RESTProvincial Mughal School, Deccan, Central India, 18th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold on wove paper, the vertical com...

TWO COURTLY LADIES DRINKING IN THE PALACEPossibly Bundi or Kotah, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century Opaque pigments heightened with gol...

LADIES IN CONVERSATION IN A GARDENPossibly Provincial Mughal School or Kotah, Rajasthan, North-Western India, early 19th centuryOpaque pigments he...

A DOUBLE ILLUSTRATED FOLIO: THE HUSTLE INSIDE THE FORT / LADIES AT THE WELLPossibly Mewar or Jodhpur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 18th century...

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A BARAMASA SERIES: LADIES ON A SWING CELEBRATING THE MONTH OF SHRAAVANA (MONSOON)Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century...

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM AN INDIAN RAGAMALA: AN ENTERTAINMENT SCENEJaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, first half 19th century Opaque pigments hei...

TWO INDIAN POLYCHROME-PAINTED LACQUERED PANELSPossibly Kishangarh, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 20th centuryOf typical rectangular shape, each ...

A STUDY OF SEATED DERVISHES PREPARING FOODPossibly Northern India in Persian style, mid to late 19th centuryInk and pencil on wove paper, the vert...

TWO MONUMENTAL STORY-TELLING CEREMONIAL WALL HANGINGSPossibly Udaipur (Mewar), Rajasthan, North-Western India, mid to late 20th centuryOpaque and ...

A STANDING PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJA JAGAT SINGH (1786 - 1818)Jaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, late 19th - 20th century Opaque pigments heighten...

A STANDING PORTRAIT OF NAWAB BAHLUL KHANNorthern India, late 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical composition d...

AN EROTIC SCENE: TWO LOVERS RESTING AND ADMIRING THE STARRY SKYPossibly Mankot, Jammu, Northern India, 19th century Opaque pigments heightened wit...

AN EROTIC SCENE: LOVEMAKING IN THE PALACE AT NIGHTPossibly Devgarh, Rajasthan, North-Western India, early 19th century Opaque pigments heightened ...

AN EROTIC SCENE: TWO LOVERS AND A MAN MILKING A COWDathya, Madhya Pradesh, India, late 18th - early 19th century Opaque pigments heightened with g...

AN ENCAMPMENT SCENEJaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th century Opaque pigments heightened with gold and silver on wove paper, the vertica...

KRISHNA WITH RADHA AND AN ATTENDANT AT SUNSETPahari Provincial school, Northern India, 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, ...

KRISHNA AND RADHA IN A TENDER EMBRACENorthern India, late 19th – early 20th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold on paper, the vertical com...

KRISHNA AND RADHA MEETING IN A FORESTPossibly Basohli, Pahari Hills, North India, 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold and foil on pap...

THE CREATION OF THE UNIVERSE: VISHNU ANANTASHAYANAProvincial Pahari Hills, Northern India, late 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold o...

PAYING RESPECT TO VISHNU, THE HINDU GOD OF PRESERVATION Possibly Bundi, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened wit...

A DEVOTIONAL SCENE AT A SHRI NATHJI SHRINEPossibly Nathdwara, Rajasthan, North-Western India, late 18th - 19th century Opaque pigments heightened ...

THE HINDU GOD OF DESTRUCTION, SHIVAPre-Kalighat style, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, North-Eastern India, ca. 1820 - 1830Black ink and pencil o...

SHIVA AND PARVATI UNDER A WHITE MARBLE CANOPYKangra, Pahari Hills, Northern India, late 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with gold on paper,...

A GROUP OF KANPHATA YOGIS AND YOGINIS IN A FORESTPROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTIONDelhi or Awadh school, Northern India, mid to late 19t...

TWO ILLUSTRATED FOLIOS FROM A TANTRIC DEVI SERIESPossibly Odisha (Orissa), North-Eastern India, ca. 1890 - 1910Opaque pigments, ink and pencil on ...

TWO BUDDHIST DEVOTIONAL PAINTED ICONSTibet, Nepal and Himalayan foothills, late 19th - 20th centuryOpaque pigments on canvas, comprising two small...

A FRAGMENT FROM A COTTON PICHHWAI TEMPLE HANGINGTamil Nadu, Southern India, 19th centuryThe fine white cotton ground painted in sepia, white wash,...

A PAIR OF DEVOTIONAL STANDING PORTRAITS OF HINDU DEITIESThanjavur (Tanjore), Tamil Nadu, South India, mid to late 19th centuryOpaque pigments, gol...

BABY KRISHNA STEALING BUTTER (GHEE)Thanjavur (Tanjore), Tamil Nadu, South India, early 19th centuryOpaque pigments, gold leaf and sukka (limestone...

AN ENTHRONEMENT SCENE WITH LORD RAMA AND HIS CONSORT SITAThanjavur (Tanjore), Tamil Nadu, Southern India, 19th centuryOpaque pigments, gold leaf a...

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM THE SUNDARA KANDA OF A RAMAYANA SERIES: HANUMAN SETTING FIRE TO RAVANA’S CITADEL, LANKANorth-Western India, late 18th century...

THE ENTHRONED HINDU GODDESS OF KNOWLEDGE AND ART, SARASWATIPROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE LONDON COLLECTIONThanjavur (Tanjore), Tamil Nadu, South India, ...

THE FOURTH AVATARA OF VISHNU, NARASIMHA, AND HIS CONSORT, LAKSHMI, THE GODDESS OF WEALTHMysore (Mysuru), Karnataka, South-Western India, 19th cent...

EAST INDIA COMPANY OFFICERS ENTERTAINED BY INDIAN ACROBATSJaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, ca. 1760 - 1780Opaque pigments on paper, the hor...

λ A CARVED IVORY FIGURAL PALANQUIN VILLAGE SCENEDelhi, Northern India, 19th centuryComprising thirteen carved ivory figurines, including four pala...

THREE PORTRAITS OF SIKH GURUSPunjab, Northern India, late 20th centuryCrushed gemstones like low-grade rubies and sapphires, pebbles, coloured san...

THE COURT OF THE FIRST SIKH RULER, MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH (1780 - 1839)Provincial Punjab School, Punjab, Northern India, 20th centuryOpaque pigment...

A TINTED DRAWING OF AN INDIAN NOBLEMANPossibly Bikaner, Rajasthan or Punjab Hills, Northern India, late 18th - early 19th century Opaque pigments,...

λ ELEVEN CARVED IVORY FIGURES OF THE FIRST SIKH RULER, MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH (1780 - 1839), AND HIS COURTDelhi, Northern India, first half 19th ce...

λ A PORTRAIT MINIATURE ON IVORY OF THE LAST SIKH RULER, DULEEP SINGH (1838 – 1893)Possibly Delhi, Northern India, 19th centuryOpaque pigments and ...

A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE LAST MAHARAJA OF THE SIKH EMPIRE, DULEEP SINGH (1838 - 1893), AND ANOTHER OF THE BRITISH PRIEST ROBINSON DUCKW...

A WOODEN WALKING STICK WITH A HYENA HEADIndia, first half 20th centuryWith a tapering wooden staff terminating in a faceted steel spike, and a cur...

λ AN IVORY-HILTED DAGGER (PESH KABZ) WITH SHEATHPossibly Punjab, Northern India, or Iran, 18th - 19th centuryWith a long, straight, single-edged, ...

A QAJAR STEEL DAGGER (PESH KABZ) AND ENGRAVED STEEL SCABBARDIran, 19th centuryWith a gently curved single-edged blade with a broad steel tang, the...

λ A BUFFALO HORN-HILTED STEEL DAGGER (PESH KABZ)Iran or Central Asia, 18th - 19th centuryWith a single-edged, slightly curved steel blade, with a ...

A QAJAR KHANJAR DAGGER WITH MULTIPLE BLADES AND AN ACID-ETCHED SPEARHEAD Qajar Iran, 19th centuryComprising a khanjar dagger with an unusual, curv...