A leaf from a manuscript of the Qur'an written in kufic script on vellum Near East or North Africa, 9th-10th CenturyArabic manuscript on vellum, 7...

A Qur'an leaf in gold and black muhaqqaq script Persia, probably Shiraz, mid-16th CenturyArabic manuscript on cream-coloured paper, 12 lines to th...

A calligraphic composition written in nasta'liq script, comprising two couplets from a ghazal of Amir Khusraw Dehlavi, signed by 'Imad al-Hasani P...

A large album of leaves from dispersed manuscripts of the Qur'an, written in eastern kufic, thuluth, muhaqqaq and naskhi scripts, and calligraphic...

An album of calligraphy in concertina form, copied by 'Ali Reza Persia, dated AH 982/AD 1574-75Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper laid dow...

A calligraphic composition consisting of the nada 'Ali quatrain in the form of a lion Deccan, 18th Centurypen and ink and gold on paper, mounted o...

Two calligraphic compositions, each comprising verses from the Qur'an, written in bold naskhi script India, 19th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper...

An illuminated Qur'an North India, late 17th/early 18th CenturyArabic manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 425 leaves, 15 lines to the page written...

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Ibrahim Saidawi[?], a pupil of 'Ali al-Wasfi al-Istanbuli Ottoman, provincial, dated AH 1254/AD 1838-39Arabic man...

An illuminated Qur'an, Husain al-Zahidi, a pupil of Ahmad al-Nazifi Ottoman Turkey, dated AH [1]269/AD 1852-53Arabic manuscript on paper, 303 leav...

An illuminated Qur'an copied by 'Uthman Sa'di, a pupil of Khalil Safi Ottoman, provincial, AH 1297/AD 1879-80Arabic manuscript on paper, 303 leave...

A large calligraphic composition comprising four panels in thuluth script, copied by 'Abd al-Hamid Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 1313/AD 1895-96Arabic ...

A hilyeh (the attributes of the Prophet), signed by the scribe Muhammad Turkey, dated AH 1390/AD 1970-71Arabic manuscript on paper, the text compr...

A small illuminated Qur'an, commissioned for Hasan 'Ali Beg and copied by Muhammad Sadiq Qajar Persia, dated AH 1217/ AD 1802-03Arabic manuscript ...

Two Qajar albums of calligraphic compositions, mostly written in shikasteh Persia, mostly second half of the 19th CenturyPersian (and some Arabic)...

Majnun brought to Layla's camp in chains by a beggar woman, after an illustration in Shah Tahmasp's manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa, by a follower o...

Khusraw Parviz with an assembly of courtiers and servants, by a follower of Haj Mirza Aqa Imami (1880-1955) Iran, 20th Centurygouache and gold on ...

A bird perched in a rose bush, with butterflies round about (Gul-o Bulbul), signed by Muhammad 'Ali Qajar Persia, dated [1]273/AD 1856-57watercolo...

An illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad Hashem al-Isfahani, known as Zargar Persia, dated AH 1170/AD 1756-57Arabic manuscript on paper, 243 leav...

A small illuminated Qur'an Persia, late 18th/early 19th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 275 leaves, 18 lines to the page written in small naskh...

An illuminated Qur'an Qajar Persia, circa 1800-1840Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 313 leaves, 14 lines to the page written in naskhi scri...

A fine prayer book, beginning with du'a' al-'alawi (The 'Alawi Prayer), and ending with dua' sayfi (The Sayfi Prayer), commissioned by, or in the ...

A concertina album with eleven leaves of calligraphy in naskhi script, and five paintings, including two views of palaces Qajar Persia, early 19th...

A large illuminated Qur'an leaf, framed together with a small painting of Imam 'Ali Qajar Persia, mid/late 19th CenturyArabic and Persian manuscri...

Two illuminated leaves from a dispersed manuscript of the Qur'an North India, 16th-17th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 12 lines to the page wr...

Sa'di, Kulliyat, poetry, copied by 'Abd al-Karim al-Tabataba'i Qajar Persia, begun in AH 1267/AD 1850-51, completed on Rabi' II 1268/January-Febru...

Abu Nasr Farahi bin Abi Bakr bin Husain Sajzi Adibi (d. 1242), Nisab al-Sibiyan, a versified Arabic-Persian glossary for teaching children Arabic ...

Two illuminated leaves from a manuscript of Persian poetry relating to the Prophet Muhammad Kashmir, 19th CenturyPersian manuscript on gold-sprink...

Muhammad bin Murtada, better known as Muhsin, al-Mafatih al-Sharayi'a, on Islamic law, originally composed in AH 1042/AD 1633-34 Qajar Persia, dat...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) by Najaf 'Ali Isfahani Persia, dated AH 1265/ AD 1848-9with rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychr...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) by Ibrahim Persia, late 19th/early 20th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and ...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) depicting Christian scenes signed by Ahmad Persia, dated AH 1313/AD 1895-96with rounded ends and sliding tray, d...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan) by Muhammad Husain Persia, circa 1850-70with rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in monochrome and gilt wit...

A Qajar lacquer penbox (qalamdan), signed by Ahmad ibn Mirza Hasan Persia, dated AH 126[0]/AD 1844-45with rounded ends and sliding tray, decorate...

A Qajar lacquer calligraphic penbox (qalamdan), presented to Husayn Quli Khan Persia, late 19th Centuryof rectangular form with sliding tray, de...

A Qajar lacquer box by Ma'sum 'Ali Persia, dated AH 1325/AD 1907of rectangular form with lifting lid, decorated in polychrome and gilt with a cent...

A Safavid walrus ivory-hilted dagger (kard) Persia, 17th/ 18th Centurythe single-edged watered steel blade of tapering form with flattened spine, ...

A minai pottery bowl Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof rounded form on a splayed foot, decorated in polychrome on a blue ground with a six-petaled lotu...

A rare Laqabi ware pottery dish Syria, 13th Centuryof shallow form with short slightly inverted sides and flattened everted rim, incised and decor...

A group of Timurid underglaze-painted pottery border tiles Persia, 15th Centuryeach of rectangular form, decorated in black under a turquoise glaz...

A Fars silver-inlaid brass bowl Persia, 14th Centurywith rounded base, inverted sides and flattened rim, engraved and decorated in silver inlay wi...

A Safavid cuerda seca pottery Tile Persia, 17th Centuryof square form, decorated in mustard, cobalt-blue, yellow and turquoise with black outline...

A Qajar turquoise-set enamelled gold amulet case Persia, 19th Centuryof octagonal form with suspension loops to each side, decorated in repoussé w...

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

A Qajar velvet and Safavid brocade silk cover Persia, 17th and 19th Centuryof rectangular form, the crimson velvet centre voided with floral spray...

Four Qajar lacquer penboxes (qalamdan) Persia, 19th Centurycomprising three of typical form with rounded ends and sliding trays, decorated in poly...

A maiden with a parrot, attributed to Muhammad Isma'il Qajar Persia, dated AH 1269/AD 1852-53watercolour on paper, inscribed in nasta'liq script 3...

A Damascus underglaze-painted pottery tile panel Syria, 18th Centuryof rectangular form, comprising four tiles decorated in cobalt blue, green, tu...

A collection of Ottoman postcards including depictions of the Hajj, Mecca and Medina Turkey, Egypt and Europe, early 20th Century167 postcards, co...

A metal thread-embroidered silk calligraphic panel Probably Egypt, 19th/ 20th Centuryof square form, the black ground emroidered in gilt-silver t...

A silver and copper-inlaid brass vase depicting dervishes Syria, circa 1900of inverted piriform on a short foot with flaring neck,engraved and dec...

A gem-set jade hilt North India, 19th Centuryof curved form with foliate quillons and openwork pommel in the form of a floral spray, carved with f...

The Emperor Farrukhsiyar (reg. 1713-19) holding a falcon, seated on a terrace with a courtier and an attendant holding a flywhisk Mughal, 18th Cen...

A lady, described as Taj Bibi of Agra, seated with a consort on a palace terrace, two courtiers kneeling before them, surrounded by female musicia...

A fakir seated beneath a tree cooking Provincial Mughal, Deccan, 18th Centurygouache on paper, laid down on an album page with marbled and gold-sp...

Bhairava Raga: a prince seated on a terrace with a maiden, who anoints him with oil, with three female attendants and a musician Bikaner, early 18...

A couple in an erotic embrace on a palace terrace Bundi, 18th Centurygouache and gold on paper, yellow and red borders 200 x 120 mm.Footnotes:Prov...

A prince seated against a terrace smoking a hookah, an attendant with a flywhisk standing nearby Jodhpur, or perhaps Nagaur, second half of the 18...

A composite elephant ridden by a demon Rajasthan, probably Jodhpur, early 19th Centurygouache and gold on paper, coloured borders 295 x 246 mm.For...

The Emperor Akbar in durbar with noblemen and attendants Delhi, late 19th Centurygouache and gold on paper, Persian identifying inscriptions on pa...