Asian art

A good Chinese silk brocade in Imperial yellow , Qianlong, with octagon and other medallions, clouds and floral arrangements overlaid on a latti...

A Chinese carved celadon jade pendant as a Buddha, having slice-cut polished back, h.1.8cm, with white metal bale, 2.1g, sold with a 15ct gold fin...

Kingdom of Cochin, (Indian Hindu Dynasties), gold fanam, obv: sun and moon above dots, rev: conch shell. (1)

An illuminated Qur'an, commissioned by Amir Guneh Khan Qajar, and completed for his son Nasrullah Qajar, copied by Ibn Muhammad Shafi' al-Tabrizi ...

An illuminated manuscript of Al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat , prayers, in a contemporary decorated leather carrying case Sub-Saharan Africa (fro...

A fine Safavid Astrolabe signed by Muhammed Husayn al-Yazdi ibn Muhammad Baqir and Ibn Muhamad Amir, Muhammed Mahdi al-Yazdi Persia, dated AH 105...

A large painting depicting Old Court House Street, Calcutta, after the print by Thomas Daniell Chinese School, probably Canton, 19th Century goua...

A folio from a Devi Mahatmya series: Kali is named Chamunda by Durga Kangra, circa 1840 gouache and gold on paper, blue and gold floral inner b...

Two Kashan lustre moulded calligraphic pottery tiles Persia, 13th Century each of rectangular form, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise and a gol...

A Kashan lustre pottery vessel Persia, 12th/13th century of squat globular form on a short foot with slightly flaring neck and two zoomorphic han...

A large illuminated Safavid Qur'an Persia, early 16th Century Arabic manuscript on paper, 239 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi sc...

A group of early Islamic glass tiles Possibly Mesopotamia, 8th-10th Century comprising seven square tiles, each of square form, decorated with po...

A carved wood panel North Africa or Umayyad Spain, 10th/ 11th Century of rectangular form, carved in deep relief with a band of trefoils containi...

An illustration to a Baramasa series: Radha and Krishna meeting in secret at night, in a rooftop garden pavilion Guler or Garhwal, circa 1790-1...

Jalal al-Din Muhammad Isfahani, Tuhfat al-Wuzara' , A Gift to Ministers, copied by Fath 'Ali Tonekaboni Qajar Persia, dated Jumadi II 1276/Decem...

A Khorasan bronze mace head Persia, 12th Century of cylindrical form with eight flanges and a splayed end with an applied ring, terminating in a ...

A Kashan silhouette ware pottery jug Persia, 12th Century of globular form on a slightly flaring foot, with conical neck and rounded handle, the ...

An Ilkhanid engraved brass casket Persia, 13th/ 14th Century of rectangular form on four feet, the hinged lid with sloped sides, foliate hinges a...

Two Qajar underglaze-painted moulded calligraphic pottery tiles Persia, 19th Century each of rectangular form, moulded and decorated in cobalt bl...

A Kashan silhouette ware pottery jug Persia, 12th/ 13th Century of globular form on a short foot, with cylindrical neck and rounded handle, the d...

A monumental Khorasan pierced bronze lampstand Persia, 12th Century in five sections, comprising a domed base on three lion feet rising to a cent...

A Mamluk enamelled glass beaker Syria, 13th Century of pale yellow glass and flaring cylindrical form, raised boss to base, decorated in polychro...

A lady seated on a terrace holding a narcissus, with an attendant Mughal, attributed to Muhammad Reza-i-Hindi, circa 1760-63 gouache and gold on ...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 13th Century of rounded form on a short foot, decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise, black and man...

A rare Mamluk firman Egypt, dated 23rd Sha'ban 874/25th February 1470 Arabic manuscript on paper, 10 lines (recto) written in naskhi script i...

A large illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad Rida Qajar Persia, dated 14th Jumada II 1245/11th December 1829 Arabic manuscript on paper, 291 le...

An illustrated leaf, and a text leaf, from Nizami's Kherad-nameh , the second book of the Iskandar-nameh , depicting Plato seated in the desert,...

A Timurid silhouette ware pottery jug Persia or Central Asia, 15th Century of globular form on a short foot with slightly waisted cylindrical nec...

A leaf from a dispersed Qur'an written on pink paper Andalusia, late 12th-13th Century Arabic manuscript on paper, five lines of text written in ...

A Mamluk enamelled glass beaker Syria, 13th Century of pale yellow glass and flaring cylindrical form with slightly inverted rim, enamelled in po...

A woven wool panel for the Qajar market Kashmir, 19th Century rectangular, woven in polychrome with a repeat design of boteh forming large flow...

A youth reading a book and holding an apricot Safavid Persia, 17th Century pen and ink drawing on paper with some gold and gouache, laid down on ...

A fine Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 13th Century of conical form on a tall foot, decorated in black and cobalt blue under a tur...

An illuminated Ottoman Qur'an, attributed to the scribe Hasan Uskudari (d. 1614) Turkey, Constantinople, late 16th Century/early 17th Century, be...

Zayd revives the fainting Layla and Majnun, sprinkling them with the water of life Mughal, Oudh, attributed to Mir Kalan Khan, circa 1770 gouache...

A Timurid moulded pottery tile Central Asia, 14th Century of rectangular form, the surface deeply carved with two eight-pointed stars, to each a...

A mother-of-pearl inlaid wood panel with the Ninety Nine Names of God ( asma' al-husna ) Syria, 20th Century of rectangular form with a cusped ar...

A rare and large Qajar metal-thread embroidered, pearl-encrusted wool 'royal' termeh panel Persia, 19th Century of rectangular form, the woven w...

A Mamluk glass vessel Egypt or Syria, 13th/ 14th Century of squat globular form with a raised rim, the manganese glass decorated in applied whit...

A Timurid moulded pottery mihrab tile fragment Central Asia, second half of the 14th Century comprising the lower part of a large palmette, car...

A Nishapur slip-painted pottery bowl Persia, 10th Century of conical form on a short foot, decorated in manganese on a cream ground with an abstr...

A Safavid lustre pottery vase Persia, 17th Century of globular form with stepped shoulder on a short foot, the short neck with flared mouth, deco...

The death of the Giant Shankachura, from a dispersed Bhagavata Purana series Malwa, circa 1690-1700 gouache and gold on paper, red border, nag...

A Qajar pearl and metal thread-embroidered wool termeh panel Persia, 19th Century of rectangular form, the polychrome woven wool ground with a ...

A carved jade box North India, 19th Century of circular form on a flat base, the lid carved and decorated with a band of floral and foliate motif...

A painting from a Baramasa series, depicting Radha and Krishna celebrating the Tej festival during the month of Sravan, with female devotees car...

A Qajar lacquer casket Persia, 19th Century of rectangular form on four feet with hinged, stepped lid with chain to either side, decorated in pol...

A Deccani tinned-copper openwork pandan India, 17th Century of splayed form, the lid flaring to a shoulder surmounted by a dome with raised cen...

A carved relief sandstone Panel North or Central India, 8th/9th Century carved in high relief, the columns divided into niches, the left column d...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa , depicting Bahram Gur with the Indian Princess in the black pavilion Persia, probably ...

Two pairs of Qajar enamelled gold earrings Persia, 19th Century the first pair each comprising two domed tiers and a pendant teardrop element, de...

A black schist stele depicting Bhairava East India, Pala Period, 11th/ 12th Century standing in pratyalidhasana , with four arms, two holding a ...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery jug Persia, 12th Century of squat bulbous form on a short foot, the body rising to a slightly flaring cylindr...

A gilt-copper mounted elephant head ornament ( nettipattam ) South India, 20th Century of tapering form, the quilted cotton ground decorated with...

An Abbasid marvered glass bottle Syria or Egypt, 8th/ 9th Century of globular form with cylindrical neck and flattened flaring mouth, the dark pu...

Raja Sansar Chand of Kangra (reg. 1775-1823) seated on a palace terrace Kangra, early 19th Century gouache and gold on paper, blue floral border,...

A rare Safavid Gombroon pottery footed bowl Persia, 17th Century of deep rounded form with vertical sides and slightly everted rim on a long spla...

A Fatimid mould-blown glass beaker Egypt, 10th Century of amber glass and deep cylindrical form, a raised boss to the centre of the base, decorat...

A zoomorphic glass vessel Persia or Syria, 7th/ 8th Century of pale green glass in the form of a quadruped surmounted by a double balsarium with ...

A pair of Tanjore silver-inlaid copper vessels South India, 19th Century each of waisted form with stepped lids and yali handles, profusely d...