Islamic Art & Manuscripts

A restored Garrus-ware green-glazed bowl, Iran, 12th century, with flared sides and flat base, the thick walls with with incised hatched decoratio...

A small intact Kashan pottery bowl, Iran, 12th century, of conical form, decorated to interior in black under a turquoise glaze with lattice desi...

A Qarakhanid woven damask silk bag, Central Asia, 12th century, of rectangular form, with a fasten cord attached to the upper side of the bag, two...

A Lajvardina ware pottery bowl, Iran, 13th-14th century, of conical form on short foot, decorated with a cobalt glaze overpainted with foliate dec...

A restored Gurgan-ware bowl with pierced decoration and crenellated rim, Eastern Iran, late 12th-early 13th century, of conical form, the finely p...

A cobalt-blue glazed bowl, Iran, late 12th-early 13th century, of conical form on a short foot, the interior with carved foliate decoration within...

An Ilkhanid parcel gilt silver fitting, Iran, 12th-13th century, of drop form and slightly convex shape, the face decorated with adorsed horses em...

A restored turquoise glazed mihrab tile, Kashan, Iran, 13th century, of rectangular form, the central mihrab shape cut out with two raised domes e...

A Khorassan bronze tray, Northwest Iran, 13th century, of rectangular form, with sunken octagonal panel with sloping sides, the flat sides with ra...

A glazed pottery inkwell, Central Asia 12th-13th century, of rectangular form with five circular recessed areas, the exterior with olive green gla...

An openwork brass painters box, Iran, 14th century, of rectangular form, the main body with inscription in naskh either side, the lid decorated wi...

A deeply carved Timurid turquoise tile fragment, Central Asia, late 14th-early 15th century, probably from a border, of rectangular form, the sur...

A group of seven gilded Lajvardina tiles, Central Iran, 14th century, comprising two of rhomboid form and five of pentagonal form, decorated with ...

Two small Veneto-Saracenic brass inlaid bowls, probably Mamluk Syria, 15th century, of similar form on a flat wide base, tapering shoulder and str...

Two Timurid cuerda seca pottery tiles, Samarkand, early 15th century, of hexagonal shape, moulded, decorated with central flower head on a geometr...

A large late Mamluk brass bowl, Syria or Egypt, late14th-early 15th century, hammered and engraved brass, with slightly rounded base, inverted sid...

A small early Ottoman small silver bowl, Egypt or Syria, 17th century, of deep form, engraved to exterior with a large Arabic thuluth inscription,...

A Damascus Iznik tile, Syria, circa 1530, of rectangular form, underglaze painted in cobalt and turquoise with central cartouche, 21 x 27cm.Please...

A Damascus Iznik border tile, 16th century, of rectangular form, the cobalt-blue ground decorated with cintamani design in white and manganese and...

A Damascus Iznik border tile, 16th century, of rectangular form, the cobalt-blue ground decorated with cintamani design in white and manganese and...

A Damascus Iznik tile fragment, 17th century, formerly of square form, the white ground decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise and black with design ...

A Damascus Iznik border tile, 16th century, of rectangular form, the cobalt ground decorated in white, turquoise, and black with a reciprocal des...

A Safavid "Kubachi" border pottery tile, Iran, 17th century, of rectangular form, the white ground decorated in turquoise, cobalt-blue, red and ye...

A Damascus Iznik tile, 16th century, of rectangular form, the turquoise ground decorated in white, cobalt-blue and black with a design of white an...

A Damascus border tile, late Mamluk, 16th century, of rectangular form, the cobalt ground decorated in white, green and black with a design of whi...

A Kutahya tile, Turkey, 18th century, of rectangular form, the cobalt-blue ground with design of carnation and tulip flowers and saz leaf in white...

A Kutahya tile, Turkey, 18th century, of rectangular form, the cobalt-blue ground with design of carnation and tulip flowers and saz leaf in white...

An Iznik border tile, Turkey, 16th century, of curved, ribbed, form, underglaze painted in cobalt blue, green, red and black with a chevron design...

A Damascus Iznik border tile, 16th century, of rectangular form, the cobalt ground decorated in white, green and black with a reciprocal design of...

A Damascus Iznik border tile, late 16th century, of rectangular form, the cobalt-blue ground with a strong design of meandering green and white ar...

A hexagonal Damascus Iznik tile, 16th century, underglaze painted in black, white and cobalt-blue, with a central rosette enclosed by a six-point ...

A Mamluk Damascus tile fragment, 15th-16th century, the white ground decorated with cobalt-blue floral spray with black stems, within a black outl...

A large Safavid turquoise and black deep pottery bowl, probably Tabriz, Iran, 17th century, of deep form with everted rim and curved edge, the cen...

A Safavid silk and metal thread brocade panel, possibly by the weaver "Raisul", Iran, early 17th century, of rectangular form, decorated in polych...

A rare Safavid damascened steel helmet, Iran, 17th century, of shallow domed form, with three plume holders with openwork floral attachments, the ...

Three steel elements, a belt buckle, a flint strike and a powder flask, Safavid Iran, 17th century, the belt buckle with large flower element, the...

A Safavid-style pierced openwork steel plaque, Iran, of cusped rectangular form, decorated in openwork with a band of inscription in nastaliq on a...

A large Safavid tinned copper bowl, Iran, late 17th century, the bowl rising from a short spreading foot through wide rounded body to flaring rim,...

An Ottoman silver travelling knife and fork set, Turkey, 17th century, the knife with a single edged blade narrowing to a point, the handle with s...

An Ottoman silver-inlaid copper dish, Egypt or Syria, 18th century, of shallow form with slightly raised centre and everted rim, the centre with i...

An Ottoman silk and metal thread embroidered Robe, Turkey, 18th century, the pale beige ground embroidered with a series of vertical bands contain...

Two Kütahya polychrome pottery dishes, Turkey, second half 18th century, one painted underglaze in mauve, yellow, turquoise, blue and bole red, th...

A large Iznik pottery dish with three large blue flowers, Ottoman Turkey, late 16th-early 17th century, of shallow form, underglaze painted in cob...

A Damascus pottery bottle with Ottoman brass mounts, Ottoman Syria, 17th century with 19th century additions, of globular form, underglaze painted...

An Iznik pottery dish, Turkey, circa 1600, underglaze painted in raised red, cobalt blue, green and black on a white ground with tulips, a rose, c...

An Iznik pottery plate, Turkey, 17th century, with wide sloping rim and slightly raised well, decorated in polychrome raised red, cobalt blue, gre...

An Iznik pottery dish, Turkey, circa 1600, of deep form with sloping rim, underglaze painted in cobalt blue, green and black, with a saz leaf, bro...

An Iznik pottery dish, Turkey, 17th century, of shallow rounded form on a short foot with everted rim and slightly raised well, decorated in raise...

An Iznik blue and white pottery bowl, Turkey, 17th century, of shallow form with everted rim, decorated to centre well with floral spray with two ...

An Iznik pottery dish, Turkey, 17th century, of shallow rounded form on a short foot with everted rim and slightly raised well, decorated in raise...

An Iznik pottery dish, Turkey, circa 1600, of shallow form, with sloping rim, underglaze painted in raised red, cobalt blue, green and black, deco...

An Iznik pottery bowl, Turkey, 17th century, with wide sloping rim, decorated in polychrome raised red, cobalt blue, green on a bluish-green grou...

A rare and early Canakkale dish, Ottoman Turkey, late 17th/early 18th century, of deep form on short straight foot, with sloping sides, the yellow...

A rare and early Canakkale pottery dish, Ottoman Turkey, late 17th/early 18th century, of deep form, on short straight foot, with gently sloping r...

An early Canakkale pottery dish, Ottoman Turkey, 18th century, on a short straight foot, with wide sloping sides, the blue, yellow and orange pain...

A group of three Canakkale pottery bowls, Turkey, 19th century, of deep form, underglaze painted in manganese and ochre, the first with a mosque s...

A large Chinese porcelain dish for the Islamic market, China, 18th century, painted in famille rose enamels on celadon ground with flowering peony...

Three Qajar underglaze-painted moulded pottery tiles, Iran, 19th century, two depicting pairs of princely warriors waving scimitars, the third dep...

A pair of Qajar underglaze moulded pottery tiles, Iran, 19th century, depicting three dancers and three musicians in a flowering garden, on a coba...

A Qajar underglaze painted moulded tile depicting a royal feast, Iran, 19th century, depicting the ruler enthroned surrounded by members of his co...