Asian art

High 60 / 65 cm.

Pencil, ink and gouache on paper, lines of ?Devanagari above, narrow yellow border, black rules, buff margins, the reverse of some of the folios w...

Leporello illustration book filled with polychrome shunga paintings. Shunga ?? (literally “spring pictures”), is an erotic artistic tradition that...

Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 15 lines of elegant black naskh script, diacritics and vowels in red, marginal occasional notes indica...

Persian manuscript on paper, each page with a central panel enclosing 15 lines in nastaliq black script, surrounded by diagonally written scripts,...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 592 leaves, each folio with 11 lines of black naskh script written on a cream coloured ground, each line within double...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 10 leaves with 2 fly-leaves, written in 17 lines in elegant naskh and thuluth script, each page written horizontally, ...

Arabic manuscript on paper depicting prayers in honor of the Prophet Muhammad, each folio with 10 lines, written in elegant black naskh script, wi...

A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on paper, 15 lines to each page in bold black naskh script within a red and gilt border. Surah headings in whi...

A pair of six-panel hinagata byôbu ???? (doll festival folding screens) with a continuous painting on gold leaf showcasing flower carts ?? (hana’g...

An uniquely double-gourd-shaped lacquer suzuri’bako ?? (writing box) with a design of gourd leaves, by Hara Yôyûsai ???? (1769-1845). Covered with...

A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 17ll. written in black bihari script, the word 'Allah' picked out in gold. Firs...

Arabic manuscript on paper, complete Quran, 10 lines to each page, written in large black naskh script, catchwords in large script, diacritics and...

Of faceted waisted octagonal form extruded to points at the corners of the flat shoulder with slightly sunken centre, the tubular neck with rounde...

The lower cubic section surmounted by canopy in the form of a pyramid, of red, green and black silk profusely embroidered with silver and gilt-sil...

A mid-size four-panel byôbu ?? (folding screen) by Sagawa Kakoku ???? (1867-1946) featuring a vivid painting of fowl in action. It portrays a scen...

A manual on Arabic grammar. Arabic manuscript on paper, with 20 lines to each page and written in black naskh script, with occasional marginal ...

Elegant lacquer low two-tiered display table, known as a ‘kanmuri’shoku’ ?? (crown display table) adorned by intricate design of autumn flowers ex...

A large six-panel byôbu ?? (folding screen) covered with six separate hanging scroll paintings ??? (kakejiku) depicting different taka ? (hawks) p...

A large gold lacquer wooden sculpture of the bodhisattva Kannon ??, the Goddess of Mercy, standing on a double lotus throne. Kannon is also better...

Terracotta 'Fang Hu' vases with covers and original paint. Height: 38 cm.

Arabic manuscript on paper, 41 lines to the page, written in small Naskh script, key words and letters picked out in red or in larger black ink, f...

An Arabic manuscript on paper, 71 leaves with 31 lines to each page, written in black naskh script. Catchwords and titles in red ink, the upper ...

Arabic manuscript on paper of 19 leaves with 18 lines to each page, in naskh script with black and red ink. 1. A short thesis on Medicine, Arabi...

Of cylindrical form, decorated around the body with a band of calligraphy between two rings at the rim and the base. Inscriptions: in large k...

A pair of large two-panel byôbu ?? (folding screen) with a refined polychrome painting on silk of a winter scene. A company of three Chinese warri...

A life-size wooden statue (height 172 cm) of a Buddhist deity in his manifestation of a warrior, clad in armour and standing on a rock. The eyes o...

A medium-sized six-panel byôbu ?? (folding screen) showcasing a delicate Rinpa School-style painting that captures a tranquil gathering of four cr...

Arabic manuscript on paper, with Mecca and Medina drawings, prayers and Quran verses. Single scroll divided into different main divisions with thu...

Arabic manuscript on cloth, with Mecca and Medina drawings, prayers and Quran verses. A Single cloth scroll divided into different main divisions ...

A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on paper, 217 leaves with 3 fly-leaves, 19 lines to the page written in minute naskhi script in black ink with...

Great, tall two-panel byôbu ?? (folding screen) adorned with two separate hanging scroll paintings ??? (kakejiku), each depicting a taka ? (hawks)...

Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 20 leaves with 3 fly-leaves, each page with 9 lines. The first, central and the last line in very elegant black ...

The ovoid body moulded with arched bands of beading, the neck with three small handles. Height 54 cm. CATALOGUE NOTE This type of alkaline...

A tall two-panel byôbu ?? (folding screen) featuring a painting on shiny golden silk portraying a pair of cranes ? (tsuru) perched on a jutting ro...

Comprising the 4th and 5th juz’, Arabic manuscript on paper, 36 leaves, each folio with 11 lines of elegant black naskh script, surah headings in ...

Arabic manuscript on paper, with later added interlinear Persian translation, 45 leaves with 2 fly-leaves, 9 lines to each page in elegant black m...

A large six-panel byôbu ?? (folding screen) covered with six separate hanging scroll paintings ??? (kakejiku) depicting different taka ? (hawks) p...

A CHINESE GUAN-TYPE HU TWIN-HANDLED VASE, QING DYNASTY (1644-1912) Thinly potted, of pear shape, resting on a slightly flared foot, the tap...

Of rectangular convex form, decorated in blue, turquoise, brick-red, black and white, outlined with a section of a calligraphic inscription in flo...

A Persian pottery bottle vase with compressed globular body resting on a short foot, the narrow tapering neck joined to a wide flaring fluted mout...

Of rectangular form with recessed gold fundame edges, bearing a superb gyobu nashiji ground finely decorated in gold, brown, and red hiramaki-e an...

A Mamluk Quran section, Arabic manuscript on paper, 19ff. with 2 fly-leaves, each folio with 13ll.,written in elegant gold Muhaqqaq script outline...

Pair of lacquered Kansai-style lidded ohitsu ????? (rice containers) complete with a pair of lacquered rice spoons. The ohitsu feature a crest ? (...

Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 22 leaves, eachv page with 11lines, written in Arabic naskh script and Persian nasta'liq script, ruled in ...

A large bowl of deep rounded form decorated around the rim with an elegant benedictory inscription separated by eight floral leafy roundels each c...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 298 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script in black ink with diacritics and vowel points in red and bla...

A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on paper, 310ff. with 2 fly-leaves, 15 lines to each page in bold black naskh script within a polychrome and g...

A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on paper, 17 lines to each page in bold black naskh script within a gilt and black border. Surah headings in r...

A dark red lacquered wooden zushi-shrine. Its black lacquered inside is elegantly decorated with a lotus pond with white and red lotus flowers and...

The glass relief-cut bottle with a layer of polychrome iridescence, the conical form neck with everted rim and rounded lip, a band of flower heads...

Arabic manuscript on paper in scroll form, written in black Ghubar script of the whole Quran, the headpiece with gold and royal blue decoration en...

A Khurasan twelve-sided box with lid applied with three hinged handles, decorated with silver-inlaid figures, zodiac signs, horsemen and animals w...

Black lacquered steel jingasa ?? (ancient soldier’s hat) of the ensui ?? (conical) type. The front and back with a gold lacquer family crest ? (mo...

Fine black lacquer wooden upright katana sword stand ??? (tachi’kake) fully encrusted with shiny blue mother-of-pearl ?? (raden). Height: 65.9...

A Persian pottery bowl with conical sides resting on a spreading foot, decorated with two figures on horseback on a leafy scrolls decorated ground...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 13 lines to the page, the upper and lower line in large blue thuluth script, the middle line in large gold thuluth scr...

Arabic manuscript on cream-coloured paper, 7 lines to the page written in clear large maghribi script, significant words picked out in red and gre...

Persian manuscript on paper, 193 leaves with 14 lines to the page arranged in two columns separated by gilt floral scrolls, written in nasta’liq s...

A black lacquer bajô jingasa ???? (horseback samurai hat) with a slightly upward-bent visor. Covered with crests ? (mon) in golden maki-e depictin...