Antiquities, Islamic & Indian Arts

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveTwo engraved seals mounted as rings, the mounts possibly Persia and India, 15th...

Property from a Private London CollectionA Qajar green stone plaque with a battle scene, 20th century, an interpretation of Rustam encounter with ...

Property from a Private London CollectionA Mughal mirrored wood scribe's case, India, 17th century, of rectangular casket form, the lid and sides ...

Property from a Private London CollectionA Qajar lacquered papier mache mirror case, Persia, dated AH 1274/1857-8 AD, of rectangular form, decorat...

Property from a Private London CollectionA rectangular lacquered papier mache mirror case, Qajar Iran, 19th century, the polychrome painted decora...

Property from a Private London CollectionA Nishapur moulded monochrome cobalt blue glazed pottery inkwell, Ilkhanid Iran, second half 12th century...

Property from a Private London CollectionA Qajar book of verse, dated 1295 AH (1878 CE), Persian manuscript on paper, 22ff., with a few illuminate...

Property from a Private London CollectionNaan ve halva,  Qajar Iran, Muhammad Baha al-Din Amili, dated AH 1310 / 1893 AD, 33ff., 2fl., 11ll. of bl...

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveA Qajar Qur’an, Iran, dated Jumada II 1202 AH/ March 1788AD, Arabic manuscript ...

Property from a Private London CollectionA Safavid copy of Layla ve Majnun, Safavid Iran, copied in Qazwin by Muhammad Bidakhshi and dated Ramadan...

Property from a Private London CollectionAn illustrated copy of Manzume of Jami, Safavid Iran, dated Ah 92[1]/1515 AD, Persian manuscript on paper...

Property from a Private London CollectionKitab Neghaba, Ottoman Turkey or provinces, dated Jumada I AH 1119 /1707 AD, 103ff., 15ll. per page withi...

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveDivan of ‘Attar, possibly copied in Safavid Iran, late 16th-early 17th century,...

Property from a Private London CollectionAn illustrated Safavid compilation manuscript including the Haft Paykar of Nizami, Shiraz, Iran, 16th cen...

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold with No ReserveA Persian manuscript, Iran, 18th century, Persian mansucript on paper, each fol...

Property from a Private London CollectionA diwan, Mughal India, late 18th century, by different authors, Persian manuscript on paper, 36ff., 4fl, ...

AMENDMENT - Please note this Qalamdan is not signed and the footnote in the printed catalogue is incorrect. Property from a Private London Collect...

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveAn astronomic manuscript, Near east, 18th century or earlier, Arabic manuscript...

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveA Qajar copy of the Sharh al-Kafiyya of Radi al-Din al-Astarabadi, Iran, 19th c...

Property from a Private London CollectionJuz 15 of a 30 part Qur'an, Safavid Iran, 17th century, Arabic manuscript in paper, 22ff., with 9ll of na...

Property from a Private London CollectionAn early Qur'an  section (Juz'), Mamluk Egypt or Ottoman Turkey,16th century,  Juzz Qāla ’l-mala'u (قَالَ...

Property from a Private London CollectionPersian manuscript on paper, Safavid Iran, dated AH 842 / 1438 AD and later, on paper, 175ff., 11fl., wit...

Property from a Private London CollectionKashkul of Baha al-Din al-Amili, Iran, 19th century, with possibly added date of AH 1065 / 1655 AD, Arabi...

Property from a Private London CollectionTalkhis kitab al-maqulat, Ibn Rushd’s middle commentary on Aristotle’s Categories, copied in Iran in the ...

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold with No ReserveA Qajar prayer scroll, Arabic manuscript on paper, in black naskh with interlin...

Property from a Private London CollectionA Qur'an juz’, Qajar Iran 19th century, juz'17, Arabic manuscript on paper, 9ll. of black naskh to the pa...

Property from a Private London CollectionA lacquered papier mache pencase (qalamdan), signed (?)... Ibrahim, Qajar Iran, 19th century, the decorat...

Property from a Private London CollectionA group of four Ottoman and Safavid bindings and binding covers, Turkey and Persia, 17th-19th century, co...

Property from a Private London CollectionA Qajar manuscript containing the 99 names of God, Iran, 19th century, 8ff. the opening folio with 4ll. o...

Property from a Private London CollectionA composite calligraphic album folio, Safavid and Qajar Persia, 16th-19th century, the upper panel with a...

Property from a Private London CollectionA Qajar portrait of a youth in the Safavid style reclining on a cushion, Iran, 19th century, opaque pigme...

Property from a Private London CollectionAn illustrated album folio : a ruler entertained, Deccani artist at a Mughal court, circa 1600, opaque pi...

Property from a Private London CollectionA Safavid portrait of a kneeling cleric, Persia, dated 1032AH/1620AD, gouache on paper heightened with go...

Property from a Private London CollectionTwo Qajar calligraphic panels in Shikasteh script, Persia, 19th century, each with 9ll. of black shikaste...

Property from a Private London CollectionA prince being entertained, Lucknow or Faizabad, India, circa 1820, opaque pigments heightened with gold ...

Property from a Private London CollectionA Safavid double frontispiece from a Qur'an, Herat, 15th century, ink, gold and polychrome on paper, with...

Property from a Private London CollectionA lacquered papier mache pencase (qalamdan), Iran, 19th century, with large portraits medallions of ladie...

Property from a Private London CollectionFour trimmed text panels in nasta'liq script, Safavid Iran, 17th century, ink, polychrome and gold on pap...

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold Without ReserveThree fragments of a qur'an folio and three calligraphic panels in bold naskh h...

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold Without ReserveA group of calligraphies comprising 14 panels with a single line of elegant bla...

Property from a Private London CollectionA stenciled scene : Two courtiers meet the simurgh, Mughal revival style, 20th century, on paper,  in a f...

Property from a Private London CollectionA oval portrait of Naser al-Din Shah on lacquered paper, Qajar Persia, dated 1288AH/1871AD and signed, de...

Property from a Private London CollectionA lacquered papier mache binding, Qajar Iran, 19th century, the upper and lower cover with similar polych...

Property from a Private London CollectionA lacquered papier mache pencase (qalamdan), Qajar Iran, signed 'Ali Muhammad, dated AH 1278/1861 AD, sig...

Property from a Private London CollectionA group of Mamluk and Ottoman bindings, Egypt or Syria, 15th-18th century, comprising three full bindings...

Property from a Private London CollectionEight lacquered papier mache small figural panels, Qajar Iran, 19th century, possibly playing cards, depi...

Property from a Private London CollectionA large gilt brown leather tooled binding, Qajar Iran, 19th century,  the upper and lower covers with sim...

Property from a Private London CollectionA fine Mughal gilt decorated book binding, India, 18th century, of rectangular elongated format, the uppe...

Property from a Private London CollectionThree Maghribi book bindings, North Africa, 18th-19th century, two gilt red morocco bindings, each with l...

Property from a Private London CollectionA large lacquered papier mache binding, Qajar Iran, 19th century, the upper and lower cover's central pan...

Property from a Private London CollectionTwo leaves, one illustrated, from a dispersed manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting the enthroneme...

Property from a Private London CollectionA large lacquered papier mache pencase (qalamdan), Qajar Iran, 19th century, of typical form with rounded...

Property from a Private London CollectionA leaf from the Shahnameh, Sub-Imperial Mughal with later overpainting, circa 1600 and later, gouache hei...

Property from a Private London CollectionA Timurid illustrated folio from a Shahnameh, Persia, 15th century, gouache heightened with gold on paper...

Property from a Private London CollectionBahram Gur meets the princess of India in the Black Pavilion, Shiraz, Safavid Iran, second half of the 16...

Property from a Private London CollectionA large lacquered papier mache binding, Qajar Iran, 19th century, the upper cover's lobed foliate centerp...

Property from a Private London CollectionA large lacquered papier mache binding, Qajar Iran, 19th century, the upper and lower cover's central pan...

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold with No ReserveThree Qur'an folios, Persia, 14th century, Arabic manuscript on paper, comprisi...

Property from a Private London CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveA group of nine calligraphic folios including a group from a manuscript and a c...

A Kutch repousse silver topped wooden staff, Northwest India, circa 1880, the upper section fitted with a silver repousse work floral handle, the ...