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...

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A Persian translation of The History of Alexander, originally made for Prince 'Abbas Mirza, Governor of Adharbayjan, and son of Fath 'Ali Shah Qaj...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 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 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 calligraphic pottery bowl Nishapur or Samarkand, 10th Centuryof conical form on a short foot, decorated in manganese and red on a c...

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

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

Four Timurid cuerda seca pottery Tiles Persia, 15th Centuryeach of square form, variously decorated in yellow, white and black outline on a blue ...

A Mamluk tinned brass magic bowl Egypt or Syria, 15th/ 16th Centuryof deep rounded form with slightly flattened everted rim, engraved with a centr...

A rare Mamluk engraved-brass basin from the reign of Sultan Qaytbay (reg. 1468-1496) Egypt, late 15th Centuryof rounded multifaceted form, the sid...

A Safavid cuerda seca pottery tile Persia, 17th Centuryof square form, decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise, yellow, ochre, green and manganese wit...

A Safavid cuerda seca pottery tile Persia, 17th Centuryof square form, decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise, yellow, ochre, green and manganese wit...

Two Safavid cuerda seca pottery tiles Persia, 17th Centuryeach of square form, decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise, green, yellow, ochre and manga...

A Safavid underglaze-painted pottery workbox Persia, 17th Centuryof rectangular form on four stepped feet, the interior organised into three compa...

A rare large painted and lacquered wood panel, depicting animals and birds amongst foliage and vegetation Safavid Persia, probably Tabriz or Qazwi...

A small Safavid painted lacquer panel, depicting a youth in dalliance with a maiden at a picnic, a female attendant looking on Persia, perhaps Isf...

A rare Safavid enamelled brass bowl Persia, first half of the 17th Centuryof compressed globular form on a tapering foot with waisted flaring rim,...

An Iznik pottery tile Turkey, circa 1530of rectangular form, decorated in cobalt blue and turquoise on a white ground, a central flowerhead altern...

An Iznik pottery tile Turkey, circa 1575-80of square form, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise and raised-red with black outline on a white ground...

An Iznik pottery tile Turkey, circa 1580of square form, decorated in raised-red, cobalt blue, turquoise and green with black outline on a white gr...

Four Diyarbakir pottery tiles Turkey, late 16th Centuryeach of square form, decorated underglaze in raised-red, cobalt blue, turquoise and black o...

A framed panel formed of Iznik pottery tile sections Turkey, the tiles circa 1580the tile sections decorated in raised-red, cobalt-blue, turquoise...

A Damascus underglaze-painted calligraphic pottery tile Syria, 17th Centuryof rectangular form, decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise, green and bla...

A 'Dome of the Rock' pottery tile Jerusalem, circa 1550decorated underglaze in cobalt-blue and black outline on a white ground with a split-palmet...

An Aleppo pottery tile depicting St George by Musa ibn Stephan Ottoman Syria, dated AD 1699of square form, painted underglaze in cobalt blue, turq...

An Ottoman tinned-copper candlestick Turkey, 16th/ 17th Centuryof stepped bell form, the drip tray with flattened rim, the stem of cylindrical for...

Two Ottoman bronze tulip candlesticks Turkey, 17th Centuryeach of bell form, the drip trays surrounded by openwork friezes, the shafts surmounted ...

An Ottoman brass candlestick Turkey, 17th Centuryof bell form with two raised bands, the drip tray surrounded by an openwork foliate arcade, the s...