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...

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...

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...

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

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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...

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...

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...

A large 20th Century Chinese porcelain blue and white jardiniere / planter of circular form having Chinese dragon and cloud design and geometric p...

A collection of Chinese porcelain items to include a small crackle glaze teapot, a blue and white plate with oriental landscape scene to centre, a...

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

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...

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...

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 collection of 19th and 20th Century Japanese porcelain items in Imari pattern, to include two plates with pierced rim decoration, two blue and w...

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

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 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...

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 pair of early 19th Century Qing dynasty Chinese porcelain blue and white lidded pots of squat bulbous form depicting oriental scenes and figures...

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...

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 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...

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 ...

A PAIR OF CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PORCELAIN VASES each 44.5cm high Provenance: Private Collection, Fawley Manor, Berkshire   ...

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 green glass ewer Persia, 9th-11th Century of piriform on a flat base with slight kick to centre, with simple handle surmounted by a thumb rest, ...

A mould-blown blue glass flask fragment Persia, 11th/ 12th Century of blue glass and piriform with cylindrical neck, raised bands to the rim, shou...

A Safavid lustre pottery vase Persia, 17th Century of globular form with stepped shoulder on a short foot, the short neck with flared mouth, deco...

A Safavid or Damascus underglaze-painted pottery dish Persia or Syria, 16th/ 17th Century of shallow rounded form with everted rim on a short foo...

A CHINESE CRACKLE-GLAZED MODEL OF A FO DOG 20TH CENTURY 65cm high Provenance: Private Collection, Fawley Manor, Berkshire Condition Report: Ch...

A Damascus pottery vase mounted as a mosque lamp Syria, the vase 17th Century, the mounts 19th Century or later the pottery body of globular form...

An Ottoman steel arm-guard Turkey, 16th Century of typical form, engraved and decorated with rosettes contained within concentric circles, surrou...

A pair of Ottoman parcel-gilt silver sahlep cups Turkey, Period of Sultan Abdulaziz (reg. 1861-1876) each of conical form with a slightly flaring...

A Japanese Kutani early 20th century Meiji era Hotei the Buddha. In a standing position holding a fan. with blue and white hand painted robes and ...

A bronze Arabic-inscribed tripod incense burner for the Islamic market China, late 19th/ early 20th Century of squat rounded form on three feet wi...

A JAPANESE TAPESTRY HANGING MEIJI PERIOD Of rectangular form, depicting a group of warriors amidst a wooded glade, (possibly intended...

An Ottoman mother of pearl-inlaid wood occasional table Turkey, 19th/ 20th Century of octagonal form, inlaid with tortoiseshell, mother of pearl ...

A Damascus mother of pearl-inlaid wood corner cabinet Syria, late 19th Century of typical form, with three tiers of single arcaded alcoves, decora...

A Damascus mother of pearl-inlaid mashribiyya wood screen Syria, late 19th Century comprising three hinged rectangular panels surmounted by point...

A Damascus mother of pearl-inlaid wood table Syria, circa 1900 of elongated octagonal form, inlaid with mother of pearl and ebony wood, the top w...

A Qajar pearl and metal thread-embroidered wool termeh panel Persia, 19th Century of rectangular form, the polychrome woven wool ground with a re...

A rare and large Qajar metal-thread embroidered, pearl-encrusted wool 'royal' termeh panel Persia, 19th Century of rectangular form, the woven w...

A woven wool panel for the Qajar market Kashmir, 19th Century rectangular, woven in polychrome with a repeat design of boteh forming large flower...

A 20th century Chinese porcelain baluster vase. The vase having white ground and being hand painted with florals and butterflied. Accompanied by s...

A Qajar painted wood kashkul Persia, 19th Century on a short foot in the form of a lobed cartouche, the s-curved handles each terminating in a dr...

A pair of early 20th Century Chinese porcelain tea bowls having hand painted motif of rooster / chickens and flowers. Marked to base. Measuring ap...