Asian art

A small leaf from a Qur'an written in kufic script on vellum Near East or North Africa, 9th-10th Century Arabic manuscript on vellum, 14 lines wr...

AN EARLY PAINTED STRAW-GLAZED CAMEL AND FOREIGN RIDER Sui Dynasty 14 1/4in (36.5cm) high Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Rese...

A rare Mamluk firman Egypt, dated 23rd Sha'ban 874/25th February 1470 Arabic manuscript on paper, 10 lines (recto) written in naskhi script in bl...

A GRAY POTTERY CAPARISONED HORSE WITH SPREADING SADDLE CLOTH Northern Wei Dynasty 10 7/8in (27.6cm) high Footnotes: 北魏 華飾灰陶馬 Provenance: Christi...

Zakariya bin Muhammad bin Mahmud al-Qazwini, Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa ghara'ib al-mujudat, The Wonders of Creation and Oddities of Existence, with 1...

FIVE SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY VESSELS Tang Dynasty Consisting of a sancai-glazed globular jar and an elegant sancai glazed shell-form cup, two amber...

An illustrated leaf from a manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa, depicting Bahram Gur with the Indian Princess in the black pavilion Persia, probably Sh...

TWO SANCAI-GLAZED POTTERY GUARDIAN FIGURES Tang Dynasty The taller 20 1/2in (52.1cm) high (2). Footnotes: 唐 三彩陶武士俑兩件 For further information on t...

THREE ARCHAIC-STYLE JADE CARVINGS, CONG Liangzhu style and Shang style The tallest 3 1/8in (7.9cm) high (3). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is t...

SEVEN ARCHAIC-STYLE JADE PLAQUES Styles of Shang and Eastern Zhou Comprising a 'fish' pendant; a 'dragon' ring; a huang pendant; two 'dragon' plaq...

A youth reading a poem in a garden Qajar Persia, 19th Century pen and ink with some watercolour on paper, laid down within the illuminated border...

EIGHT ARCHAIC-STYLE JADE CARVINGS Styles of Neolithic-Han; the bird possibly Tang Dynasty Comprising a bird, three thinly carved plaques; a ram's ...

EIGHT ARCHAIC STYLE JADE ORNAMENTS Styles of Hongshan, Western Zhou, Warring States, and Han Comprising a Hongshan style 'mask'; a Western Zhou st...

A prayer book in Arabic, copied by Muhammad, son of Aqa 'Abd al-Husain Kermani, and presented to Farmanfarma Salar Lashgar Qajar Persia, dated Ra...

TWELVE ARCHAIC-STYLE JADE CARVINGS Styles of Neolithic-Ming Comprising a cong; a tiger; a pig; a pair of jue; a fish-form pendant; a 'bird' finial...

The entire text of the Qur'an on a single printed sheet, with printed illumination in colours and gold Probably North Africa, 20th Century the te...

TEN ARCHAISTIC SMALL JADE DISCS AND RINGS, BI AND HUAN Styles of Warring States and Han The largest 2 5/8in (6.7cm) diam (10). Footnotes: Please ...

Tokuda Yasokichi III (Masahiko) Kutani style vase Stoneware, vivid blue and purple poured saiyu glazes. 10 cm high, 8.5 cm diameter Impressed with...

TEN ARCHAIC AND ARCHAIC STYLE JADE CARVINGS AND A GLASS FISH The two fish Shang Dynasty; the huang and 'cicada' pendants Zhou style; the box of fr...

SIX ARCHAISTIC JADE CARVINGS, BI AND JUE Late Qing Dynasty/20th century The largest 2 5/8in (6.6cm) diam (6). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is ...

A Nishapur slip-painted pottery bowl Persia, 10th Century of conical form on a short foot, decorated in manganese on a cream ground with an abstr...

SIX ARCHAISTIC JADE CARVINGS Late Qing Dynasty; the two white jade scabbard slides 20th century Comprising a tiger; a sword chape; a white tiered ...

FIVE GILT-BRONZE BELT HOOKS Han Dynasty; the belt hook with jade inserts Warring States style The largest 7 1/8in (18.1cm) long (5). Footnotes: P...

FOUR JADEITE BELT ORNAMENTS Late Qing Dynasty Comprising three belt hooks; and a gilt-bronze belt buckle inset with jadeite and pink rock crystal,...

TEN METAL-MOUNTED BELT ORNAMENTS Late Qing Dynasty/20th century Comprising five with inserts of jade, jadeite, pink rock crystal, and agate; two c...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery jug Persia, 12th Century of squat bulbous form on a short foot, the body rising to a slightly flaring cylindr...

FOUR JADE BELT ORNAMENTS The two slides Qing Dynasty; the celadon buckles 20th century Comprising two belt slides carved with archaistic designs; ...

A Kashan silhouette ware pottery jug Persia, 12th Century of globular form on a slightly flaring foot, with conical neck and rounded handle, the d...

A Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 13th Century of rounded form on a short foot, decorated in cobalt-blue, turquoise, black and man...

A WHITE JADE MUGHAL-STYLE PEAR-SHAPED EWER AND COVER Qianlong mark within double square, 20th century 10in (25.5cm) high overall Footnotes: Please...

TWO ARCHAISTIC JADE VESSELS The rhyton late Qing Dynasty; the lian 20th century Comprising a handled rhyton cup; and a tripod handled lian and cov...

A Kashan lustre pottery ewer Persia, 12th/ 13th Century the body of cylindrical gadrooned form with flat shoulder on a slightly flaring foot, the...

THREE CELADON JADE 'ANIMAL' CARVINGS AND TWO JADE 'FIGURAL' CARVINGS Late Qing/Republic period Comprising a recumbent horse; a recumbent tiger; a ...

THREE LARGE JADE 'ANIMAL' CARVINGS Late Qing/Republic period Comprising a recumbent buffalo and a boy; a recumbent lion; and a recumbent lamb issu...

TWO CELADON JADE 'ANIMAL' CARVINGS Late Qing/Republic period Comprising a group of lion and lion cubs; and a duck holding a spray of lotus and lot...

A Khorasan bronze mace head Persia, 12th Century of cylindrical form with eight flanges and a splayed end with an applied ring, terminating in a ...

A MINIATURE STEATITE COVERED JAR AND FOUR ENGRAVED SILVER VESSELS The steatite covered jar Tang Dynasty; the engraved vessels Tang style Comprisin...

A Khorasan bronze oil lamp Persia, 12th Century the globular body with two palmette motif handles in relief on a flared foot with pierced openwor...

An Ilkhanid engraved brass casket Persia, 13th/ 14th Century of rectangular form on four feet, the hinged lid with sloped sides, foliate hinges a...

FIVE SMALL ARCHAIC BRONZE FRAGMENTS INCLUDING A PAIR OF RECUMBENT BEARS, A BIRD-FORM BELT HOOK, AN ELABORATE TAOTIE MASK FINIAL, A BEAR-FORM FINIA...

A zoomorphic glass vessel Persia or Syria, 7th/ 8th Century of pale green glass in the form of a quadruped surmounted by a double balsarium with ...

A zoomorphic glass vessel Persia or Syria, 7th/ 8th Century of purple glass and globular form with flaring neck forming the body of a quadruped, p...

A glass jar probably Syria, 7th-8th Century of green glass and globular form with a flaring neck and applied base, the body decorated with a row o...

THREE GILT BRONZE ORNAMENTS The belt hook Warring States style; the water dropper Western Jin style; the 'lion' finial Tang Dynasty The largest 6i...

TWELVE MINIATURE BRONZE MIRRORS AND TWO PARCEL-GILT BRONZE MIRROR INSERTS Warring States period to Tang dynasty; the mirror inserts Tang style; th...

An Abbasid millefiori glass bowl circa 8th/9th Century of deep oval form on a short foot 9 cm. long Footnotes: Provenance Property from a Princely...

A group of cut-glass vessels Egypt, Syria and Persia, 9th/ 10th Century comprising ten cut-glass vessels, comprising: a miniature dark greenish-bl...

A BARBED-RIM 'GEES' BRONZE MIRROR WITH A SILVER-BACKED BRONZE MIRROR AND A GILT-SILVER-BACKED BRONZE MIRROR The barbed rim 'gees' mirror Tang Dyna...

A small cut glass cup Syria or Egypt, 10th Century of pale yellow glass and stemmed flaring form with everted rim on a splayed foot, decorated to ...

A Fatimid cut glass bottle Egypt or Syria, 9th/ 10th Century of cylindrical form on a flat base, the flat shoulder with narrow neck, cut with geom...

THREE BRONZE MIRRORS Han Dynasty; the inscribed mirror Sui style Comprising two 'TLV' mirrors; and an inscribed mirror with four felines. The lar...

A Fatimid glass molar flask and miniature pot Egypt or Syria, 10th Century the molar flask of turquoise glass with waisted flaring neck and four ...

TWO SILVERED BRONZE MIRRORS Tang Dynasty Comprising a 'lion and grapevine' mirror; and an inscribed 'mythical beasts' mirror. 4 3/8in (11.1cm) an...

A glass sprinkler (qumqum) Egypt or Syria, 12th/ 13th Century of pale yellow glass and flattened globular form with kick foot and narrow cylindri...

A Mamluk glass vessel Egypt or Syria, 13th/ 14th Century of squat globular form with a raised rim, the manganese glass decorated in applied whit...

An opaque turquoise glass jug Persia or Egypt, 11th/ 12th Century of compressed globular form on short splayed foot with cylindrical neck and stra...

A glass bottle probably Persia, 4th/ 5th Century of light blue glass, piriform with flaring neck on a vermicular foot, decorated in cobalt blue ap...

A LIANGZHU STYLE JADE CONG AND FOUR ARCHAISTIC JADE CARVINGS The cong and two plaques 20th century; the scabbard slide and bi disc late Qing Dynas...

A Gene Tierney Costume Sketch for Leave Her to Heaven Designed by Kay Nelson, Sketched by Paula Giokaris Twentieth Century-Fox, 1945. Gouache and ...