Opaque pigments on paper, depicted in a classical stance after her killing spree, her tongue struck out, wearing a belt of hands and a necklace of...

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...

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, interlinear Persian translation, 14 lines to each page, written in black Kufic script, diacritics in red, rosette vers...

Arabic manuscript on paper, written in Maghribi and angular Kufic script in black and red ink. 135 by 15.5 cm.Surah Al-Ikhlas is written 12 tim...

Arabic manuscript on cream paper, each page with 15 lines. The first, central and the last line in very elegant black thuluth script, the other 12...

Comprising the 15th juz’, Arabic manuscript on paper, 18 leaves plus two fly-leaves, each folio with 11 lines of black thuluth script, Basamallah ...

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...

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 ...

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...

Arabic manuscript on paper depicting prayers in honour of the Prophet Muhammad, 108 leaves with 3 fly-folio, each folio with 11 lines written in e...

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

Arabic manuscript on paper, 11-13 line per page, written in black naskh script, surah headings in large thuluth script outlined in black, the Basm...

Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 17 lines of large black naskh script, diacritics and vowels in red, gold rosette verse markers outline...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 9 lines to each page, written in black Muhaqqaq script, with gold rosette verse markers pointed by polychrome dots, di...

Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, each folio with 21 lines written in black naskh and nastaliq script, parts with Persian interlinear tran...

Arabic manuscript on paper, in 2 volumes, the first 49 leaves, plus 2 fly-leaves, the second 158 leaves, plus 3 flyleaves (2 detached), each 21 li...

Cylindrical pot supported by a ring foot, small shoulder and low neck with rim round. The decoration reproduces an inscription in Kufic, which rep...

A Kashan lustre pottery rosewater sprinkler with squat circular body and tapering neck with everted rim, painted in dark and yellowish brown on a ...

The octagonal tile painted with a central square panel issuing scrolling floral designs from each corner, the central square panel filled with fou...

Siliceous paste. The thin-walled, fragile vase is supported by a small annular foot; its spherical but squashed body ends in a vertical rim. Th...

Ode to God, the forty sayings of the Imam 'Ali, Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, 18 leaves, each folio with 7 lines of large black Arabic n...

Black and red ink on paper heightened with gold, 16 leaves each folio with 4 linesof elegant black nastaliq script written diagonally, smaller li...

Persian manuscript on cream paper, 26 leaves with 11 lines of black nastaliq, headings in gold, copious gold and polychrome floral illumination th...

Persian manuscript on paper, 12 leaves with 3 fly-leaves , each page with 7 lines written in black nastaliq script in clouds reserved against a sp...

Poetry. Persian manuscript on paper, 45 leaves plus two fly-leaves of different colors, each folio with 10 lines of black nastaliq script arrange...

Arabic manuscript on paper, comprising 14 panels of calligraphy on album pages laid down on card, each panel with a large line of text in nastaliq...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 2 leaves with 5 lines to each page, written in elegant black naskh script, gold verse markers enclosing the word "Ayat...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 110 leaves each page with 17 lines written in black naskh script, titles and catchwords in red ink, ruled in green en ...

Arabic manuscript on paper, interlinear Persian translation, with 7 lines to each page, written in large elegant black muhaqqaq script, with gold ...

Richly decorated in purple, black and gold, the central panel of the page with an elaborate tree and the second with foliage and birds, surrounde...

An outstanding hemispherical bowl, decorated with a black and white pattern painted under a beautiful turquoise glaze. The interlaced motifs int...

A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on cream paper, each page with 22 lines written in black naskh script, tajwid in red, reserved in clouds aga...

Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 14 lines of elegant black naskh script, interlinear Persian translation in red, gold and polychrome ro...

Arabic manuscript on paper in scroll form, written in black ghubar reserved in clouds on a gilt ground decorated with polychrome floral leafy spra...

Arabic manuscript on vellum, 35 lines written in black Maghribi script, catchwords in gilt ink outlined in black, gold verse rosette markers outli...

Arabic and Turkish manuscript on paper, 9 lines to the page, written in naskh script in black ink, text separation represented by gold roundels po...

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

Arabic manuscript on paper depicting prayers in honour of the Prophet Muhammad, each folio with 11 lines written in elegant black naskh script, wi...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 20 leaves with 9 lines to each page. First, four and last line written in strong large thuluth script on light yellow ...

An Ottoman Quran section in gold, Juz 20, beginning with Surah Al-Naml, The Ants, verse 56.Arabic manuscript on paper, 27 ff. with 2 fly-leaves, 7...

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

The base of truncated conical form encircled by two pointed ridges, the projecting shoulder leading to a concave driptray, the cylindrical neck su...

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...

Manuscript on paper, 59 leaves, with names written in black and red naskh script within blue, orange and green circles linked by red lines, commen...

Arabic and Ottoman manuscript on paper, written in naskh, thuluth and nastaliq script in red and black ink, with the names within gold roundels ou...

Of rectangular form resting on three thicker carved bases, each side carved elegantly with two bands of angular Kufic inscription ( Fatimid Kufic ...

A bowl of deep rounded form and lipped rim, decorated around the rim with an elegant silver inlaid benedictory inscription separated by roundels e...

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

A Persian pottery bowl standing on a short straight foot with slightly flaring sides, decorated in a brownish-gold lustre, with a central roundel ...

A Persian pottery bowl standing on a small foot with conical sides, decorated in reversed- brown on a white ground with a roundel enclosing a latt...

Comprising four eight-pointed tiles, decorated in blue, outlined in cuerda seca on a white ground with split-palmette interlace. Diameter: 9.4 c...

Bowl in light grey-beige clay covered with a white slip, decoration painted in black under a magnificent turquoise glaze, thicker on the bottom wh...

Of shouldered rounded form rising from the short foot to the tapering cylindrical mouth with everted rim, four handles to the shoulder,the lower s...

Of deep rounded form with inverted rim and standing on a small foot, decorated in a turqouise band of a calligraphy on black ground. Diameter: ...

A large bowl of deep rounded form decorated around the rim with an elegant benedictory inscription separated by six roundels each containing a whi...

Of drop form, surmounted by a small jar, the cut-steel body around two central drop shapes formed of solid steel engraved with scrolling vine, a b...

A grave panel pierced at the top with Arabic calligraphy flanked by two lions, the central register with a mihrab shaped panel flanked by Seljuk d...

Possibly of a standard, of circular form, decorated with three lines of elongated Thuluth script below a lamp emblem, remnants of gilding, heavy c...

An Ottoman tombak door knocker pierced with interlacing openwork of floral leafy sprays.Diameter: 13 cm.