Two bifolia from a manuscript of the Qur'an written in Eastern kufic script on vellum Persia or Mesopotamia, 11th-12th CenturyArabic manuscript on...

A fine double-page illuminated frontispiece, consisting of the opening to the Guy va chawgan, The Ball and the Polo Stick (also known as Hal-nameh...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Nizami's Kherad-nameh, the second book of the Iskandar-nameh, depicting Iskandar's meeting with the Seven...

An illustrated leaf from a dispersed manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Yazdgerd out hunting with the harp player Persia, 17th Centurygo...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Faridun leading the evil king Zahhak as a prisoner to the Alborz mountains...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, depicting Faridun leading the evil king Zahhak as a prisoner to the Alborz mountains...

An Uzbek or Mongol warrior reclining against a large Chinese vase in a landscape, laid down on an album page with a verse couplet above Persia, pe...

Sa'di, Kulliyat, copied by Muhammad al-Qawam al-Shirazi Persia, probably Shiraz, circa 1550-70Persian manuscript on paper, 374 leaves, 12 lines to...

A large composite album page with two sections from illustrated leaves from a manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, with illustrations attributed to ...

Dervishes seated beneath a tree in a landscape, attributed to Mir Yusuf al-Husaini Persia, probably Isfahan, circa 1640-50drawing with some gouach...

A leaf of Ottoman calligraphy, copied by Mir Mustafa bin Ferhad Pasha Ottoman Turkey, dated AH 991/AD 1583Arabic manuscript on paper, 6 lines to t...

Nizami, Khamsa, copied by ibn Husain Murad 'Ali Damavandi, with 29 illustrations Persia, dated Thursday, the beginning of Rabi' I 1061/23rd Februa...

Hafiz, Divan, with an extended prose preface Qajar Persia, dated three times, Sha'ban 1275/March-April 1859; Rajab 1275/February-March 1859; and a...

Two Qajar calligraphic exercises from an album Qajar Persia, 19th CenturyPersian manuscript on paper, each consisting of a quatrain written diagon...

Two paintings depicting a youth with a dog, and a youth holding a bottle, in the manner of Mu'in Musavvir Qajar Persia, late 19th Centurygouache a...

Maktabi Shirazi, Layla va Majnun, with eighteen illustrations, copied by Muhammad Husayn ibn Mirza Muhammad Mazandarani Persia, dated AH 1247/AD 1...

A Persian translation of The History of Alexander, originally made for Prince 'Abbas Mirza, Governor of Adharbayjan, and son of Fath 'Ali Shah Qaj...

An important early Islamic bronze horse and rider Persia, 7th/ 8th Centurya stallion, standing square, the front and back legs each with horizonta...

An Umayyad monochrome moulded pottery ewer Syria or Mesopotamia, 8th/ 9th Centuryof bulbous form with slightly flaring cylindrical neck terminatin...

An Umayyad monochrome moulded pottery ewer Syria or Mesopotamia, 8th/ 9th Centuryof hexagonal form with waisted neck surmounted by a flaring cup, ...

A rare Abbasid lustre pottery dish depicting a bull Mesopotamia, 9th Centuryof shallow form with short flaring sides and wide flat rim, decorated ...

A rare slip-painted pottery albarello Persia, 10th Centuryof cylindrical form on a short foot with flaring rim, decorated in manganese and red on ...

A blue mould-blown glass jug Persia, 9th/ 10th Centuryof compressed globular form on a short foot with long flaring neck, the handle ornamented wi...

A large slip-painted pottery dish Samarkand, 10th Centuryof shallow form on a short foot, rising gently to a slightly everted rim, decorated in ma...

A slip-painted pottery bowl Nishapur or Samarkand, 10th Centuryof conical form on a short foot, decorated in manganese and red on a cream ground w...

A slip-painted calligraphic pottery bowl Nishapur or Samarkand, 10th Centuryof conical form on a short foot, decorated in manganese and red on a c...

A Nishapur 'imitation lustre' slip-painted pottery bowl Persia, 10th Centurywith convex well and straight sides on a short foot, decorated in och...

A Nishapur slip-painted pottery bowl depicting a seated figure Persia, 10th Centuryof conical form on a short foot, decorated in red, ochre and ma...

A large slip-painted pottery bowl Persia, 10th Centuryof flaring form on a splayed foot, decorated in manganese, olive and red on a cream ground w...

A slip-painted pottery bowl Persia, 10th Centuryof slightly curved form on a short foot, decorated in cream on a manganese ground with a band of p...

A Nishapur slip-painted pottery bowl Persia, 10th Centuryof conical form on a short foot, decorated in red and manganese with a bold inscription i...

A rare Nishapur 'yellow staining black' slip-painted pottery bowl Persia, 10th Centuryof conical form on a short foot, decorated in olive-green, r...

A Kashan monochrome pottery tile panel Persia, 12th Centurycomprising twelve cobalt-blue tiles of cruciform and thirteen turquoise tiles of eight-...

A Kashan monochrome pottery ewer Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof compressed globular form on a splayed foot, the flaring neck with everted rim, cylin...

A Kashan pierced and incised blue and white pottery jug Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof piriform on a long splayed foot with flaring neck and strap h...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof conical form on a long foot, decorated in black on a white ground with a flo...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 12th Centuryof deep rounded form on a short foot with inverted rim, decorated in cobalt-blue and ...

A Kashan silhouette-ware pottery bowl Persia, 12th Centuryof conical form on a long foot, decorated with designs scratched through a black ground ...

A rare Kashan blue lustre pottery albarello Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof multifaceted form on a splayed foot with flattened shoulder, short cylind...

A Kashan pottery figure of a king on horseback Persia, 12th/ 13th Centurythe horse standing upright on all four legs, the rider with reins in one ...

A Kashan monochrome pottery vessel in the form of a man at prayer Persia, 12th Centuryin the form of a kneeling man with both arms raised, the cir...

A Kashan monochrome pottery figure of a Bactrian camel Persia, 12th Centurystanding upright on all four legs, with two humps, bridle to one side, ...

A Kashan lustre pottery bottle Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof lobed globular form on a splayed foot with cylindrical neck surmounted by a lobed cup,...

A Kashan lustre bowl depicting a horse and rider Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof deep rounded form on a splayed foot, decorated in a yellow-brown lus...

A group of Lajvardina and Kashan lustre pottery tiles Persia, 12th/ 13th Centurycomprising three Lajvardina moulded pottery tiles, variously deco...

A Minai pottery bowl Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof slightly flaring conical form on a short foot, decorated in polychrome on a cream ground, the we...

A rare Minai pottery bowl depicting Bahram Gur and Azada Persia, late 12th/ early 13th Centuryof deep rounded form with slightly everted rim on a...

A rare Laqabi ware pottery bowl Syria, 13th Centuryof deep rounded form on a short foot with everted rim, incised and decorated in cobalt-blue, gr...

A rare early Raqqa moulded lustre pottery Jar Fatimid Syria, 12th Centuryof inverted piriform with tapering neck and everted rim, moulded with fou...

A rare Raqqa lustre pottery stand Syria, 12th/ 13th Centuryof rectangular form on four stepped circular feet with two circular openings to the top...

A Raqqa moulded monochrome pottery tile Syria, 12th/ 13th Centuryof square form with lobed circular aperture, moulded with an interlace of palmett...

An Ilkhanid underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 14th Centuryof deep rounded form on a short foot, decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise and bla...

A Sultanabad pottery dish Persia, 13th/ 14th Centuryof shallow rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, decorated underglaze in cobalt-blue ...

A Khorasan bronze incense burner Persia, 12th/ 13th Centurythe bowl in the form of a flowerhead on four feet surmounted by four lion heads, the op...

A Khorasan bronze ewer Persia, 10th/ 11th Centuryof multifaceted globular form on a splayed foot, the octagonal slightly flaring neck with flatten...

A collection of Khorasan bronze and silver-inlaid bronze spoons Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryvariously engraved and decorated in silver inlay with ve...

A Khorasan silver and copper inlaid bronze ewer Persia, 12th Centuryof slightly flaring lobed form on a splayed foot, wide shoulder and long neck ...

A fine Khorasan high-tin bronze tazza Persia, 12th/ 13th Centurycast bronze, of shallow rounded form with flattened rim with raised edge, on a lon...

An engraved silver bowl Persia, 11th/ 12th Centuryof shallow rounded form, engraved to the interior with two concentric bands of vegetal motifs to...

A rare and important Seljuk niello silver bowl Siberia or Central Asia, 11th/ 12th Centuryof deep rounded form with slightly everted rim, engraved...