A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE KENDI, MING DYNASTY (1368-1644) A Chinese porcelain kendi decorated around the body with two Qilins amongst floral le...

The compressed globular body rising from a flat foot and countersunk base to a short constricted neck, freely carved through the top layer of blac...

A Chinese porcelain censer of cylindrical form, decorated around the body in cobalt blue with two scholars in a landscape, under a diaper band con...

Arabic and Ottoman Turkish manuscript on paper, 18 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, written in elegant naskh, Ruqaa and thuluth script, titles in red and...

Al-Jazuli's renowned work in praise of the Prophet Muhammad, Arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 10 lines written in bold sepia Maghribi, ...

The Hizam, or belt, is an inscribed band that encircles the upper part of the Kaaba, of rectangular form, inscribed over a black silk ground, the ...

A Mihraab shaped panel, comprised of 15 tiles, the white ground painted in turquoise, green, cobalt-blue and bole-red, with a stylized view of Mec...

Gouache colour heightened with gold on paper, depicting al-Masjid al-Haram with seven minarets, with al-Kabaa in the centre surround by the four f...

A large cotton shirt (jama) covered with text written in a variety of scripts, including thuluth, and square Kufic, in assorted colors, arranged i...

A brass tray of rectangular form, profusely inlaid, the central field depicting the Mahmal procession, the border containing cartouches enclosing ...

A four sided cabinet with short legs and domed cover. The decoration with wood and bone using the inlay technique. The side faces of the cabin...

A brass tray of flat circular form with everted rim, the base with central radiating roundel containing strap-work rosette, further encircled by a...

A reverse- glass painting depicting al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and dated 1319AH/1901.A reverse- glass painting depicting a roundel of surah al-Fa...

A PERSIAN QAJAR STEEL HELMET, 19TH CENTURYThe hemispherical helmet is formed of one hand-forged steel plate, with a stout mounted long spike at th...

Each door of rectangular form with vertical panels flanked above and below by horizontal panels. The vertical panels each with a central polychrom...

Of beaten sheet metal, deep rounded form, the body engraved with overlapping circular medallions containing stellar motifs alternating with oblong...

Al sarraf silver and copper lamp supported on a large stand. Damascus. The lamp and the lamp shades decorated with roundels enclosing six...

A rounded bowl with inward sloping sides and a vertical rim, the sides decorated with four roundels enclosing Arabic inscriptions in thuluth scrip...

A silver bracelet nielloed with two roundels enclosing two facing birds and deer, further stylized with two cartouches of Arabic inscriptions in e...

Of rounded form with slightly everted sides and lipped rim, the interior excessively incised and decorated with interlocking inscription-filled c...

A Persian circular tray with hexagonal recessed centre, engraved with cartouches enclosing animals and birds, on a dense design of leafy scrolls. ...

Of slightly tapering cylindrical form on spreading foot, the central register bounded by slightly raised bands comprising a central band of lozeng...

A Persian tinned-copper bowl with everted and lipped rim, the incised decoration comprising a band of roundels above cartouches enclosing engraved...

Opaque pigments and gold on paper. 23 by 14 cm.

An Achaemenid basalt cylindrical sceptre with a lion's head finial spouting a lotus flower from its mouth. The shaft of the sceptre is grooved and...

A silver reliquary cross of the middle Byzantine period showing Christ on the cross with two apostles and on the back, the Virgin in a position of...

This plaster mould is half of an ensemble which would have served to make cylindrical red ware vases from the workshops of central Roman north Afr...