Islamic and Indian Art

A large leaf from a dispersed Qur'an written in kufic script on vellum North Africa or Andalusia, 9th-10th CenturyArabic manuscript on vellum, 14 ...

A leaf from a dispersed Qur'an written on pink paper Andalusia, late 12th-13th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, five lines of text written in la...

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

An illuminated Ottoman Qur'an, attributed to the scribe Hasan Uskudari (d. 1614) Turkey, Constantinople, late 16th Century/early 17th Century, bea...

A large illuminated Safavid Qur'an Persia, early 16th CenturyArabic manuscript on paper, 239 leaves, 15 lines to the page written in naskhi script...

An illustrated leaf, and a text leaf, from Nizami's Kherad-nameh, the second book of the Iskandar-nameh, depicting Plato seated in the desert, att...

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

A youth reading a book and holding an apricot Safavid Persia, 17th Centurypen and ink drawing on paper with some gold and gouache, laid down on an...

M. B. Dickson and S. C. Welch, The Houghton Shahnameh, in two volumes Cambridge, MA, and London, 19812 volumes, edition of 750, 21 colour plates a...

An illuminated Qur'an, commissioned by Amir Guneh Khan Qajar, and completed for his son Nasrullah Qajar, copied by Ibn Muhammad Shafi' al-Tabrizi ...

A large illuminated Qur'an, copied by Muhammad Rida Qajar Persia, dated 14th Jumada II 1245/11th December 1829Arabic manuscript on paper, 291 leav...

A large lithographed copy of Firdausi's Shahnama, copied by the well-known nasta'liq calligrapher Muhammad Husain 'Imad al-Kuttab, with 41 full-pa...

Jalal al-Din Muhammad Isfahani, Tuhfat al-Wuzara', A Gift to Ministers, copied by Fath 'Ali Tonekaboni Qajar Persia, dated Jumadi II 1276/December...

A small illuminated Qur'an North India, 17th CenturyArabic manuscript on thin paper, approximately 550 leaves, 14 lines to the page written in nas...

An illuminated Ottoman firman concerning the arrears to be paid to a certain A'isha Usta bint 'Abd Allah for the job of prayer reciting (du'a-gu'i...

A firman awarding the 5th Class of the Mecidiye Order to Lieutenant Colonel William Samuel Newton of the Coldstream Guards for his bravery in batt...

An illuminated manuscript of Al-Jazuli's Dala'il al-Khayrat, prayers, in a contemporary decorated leather carrying case Sub-Saharan Africa (from t...

A carved wood panel North Africa or Umayyad Spain, 10th/ 11th Centuryof rectangular form, carved in deep relief with a band of trefoils containing...

A group of twenty Fatimid pottery filters Egypt, 10th-11th Centuryeach of circular form, variously pierced and decorated with inscription, geometr...

An unglazed moulded pottery jug Mesopotamia, 11th/ 12th Centuryof globular form on a tall foot with flaring neck and strap handle, moulded and dec...

A Kashan lustre pottery vessel Persia, 12th/13th centuryof squat globular form on a short foot with slightly flaring neck and two zoomorphic handl...

A Raqqa underglaze-painted pottery jug Syria, 12th/ 13th Centuryof piriform on a short foot with long conical neck and everted rim, strap handle t...

A monumental Khorasan pierced bronze lampstand Persia, 12th Centuryin five sections, comprising a domed base on three lion feet rising to a centra...

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

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

A Timurid underglaze-painted pottery tile Persia, second half of the 15th Centuryof hexagonal form, decorated in black under a green glaze with a ...

A Timurid moulded pottery tile Central Asia, 14th Centuryof rectangular form, the surface deeply carved with two eight-pointed stars, to each a c...

A Timurid moulded pottery mihrab tile fragment Central Asia, second half of the 14th Centurycomprising the lower part of a large palmette, carved ...

A Mamluk silver-inlaid bronze candlestick base Egypt or Syria, 14th Centuryof flaring truncated conical form with raised rib above the foot and be...

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

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

A group of early Islamic glass tiles Possibly Mesopotamia, 8th-10th Centurycomprising seven square tiles, each of square form, decorated with poly...

An Abbasid marvered glass bottle Syria or Egypt, 8th/ 9th Centuryof globular form with cylindrical neck and flattened flaring mouth, the dark purp...

A Fatimid glass molar flask probably Egypt, 9th-10th Centuryof pale yellow glass and square form with faceted neck on four pointed feet, the body ...

A Fatimid cut glass bottle Egypt or Syria, 9th/ 10th Centuryof turquoise glass and square form with flat base and faceted neck 6.6 cm. highFootno...

A Fatimid mould-blown glass beaker Egypt, 10th Centuryof amber glass and deep cylindrical form, a raised boss to the centre of the base, decorated...

A Mamluk enamelled glass beaker Syria, 13th Centuryof pale yellow glass and flaring cylindrical form with slightly inverted rim, enamelled in poly...

A Mamluk enamelled glass beaker Syria, 13th Centuryof pale yellow glass and flaring cylindrical form, raised boss to base, decorated in polychrome...

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

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

Two minai pottery fragments depicting a horse and camel Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryeach of irregular form, decorated overglaze in polychrome on a c...

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

A Nishapur slip-painted pottery bowl Persia, 10th Centuryof conical form on a short foot, decorated in manganese and green on a cream ground, the ...

Three Bamiyan pottery vessels Afghanistan, 13th Centurycomprising two bowls and a jug, the bowls each of conical form on a short foot, the first m...

A Bamiyan pottery bowl Afghanistan, 13th Centuryof deep form with straight sides and flattened everted rim on a conical foot, decorated in mangane...

An Amol pottery dish Persia, 12th Centuryof rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, incised and decorated in green and yellow with a centra...

A large Amol pottery dish Persia, 12th Centuryof rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, incised and decorated in green and yellow with a r...

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

A Kashan silhouette ware pottery jug Persia, 12th/ 13th Centuryof globular form on a short foot, with cylindrical neck and rounded handle, the dec...

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

A Timurid silhouette ware pottery jug Persia or Central Asia, 15th Centuryof globular form on a short foot with slightly waisted cylindrical neck ...

A Kashan lustre pottery bowl Persia, 13th Centuryof deep rounded form on a tall flaring foot, decorated in a golden-brown lustre, cobalt blue and ...

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

A fine Kashan underglaze-painted pottery bowl Persia, 13th Centuryof conical form on a tall foot, decorated in black and cobalt blue under a turqu...

Two Kashan lustre moulded calligraphic pottery tiles Persia, 13th Centuryeach of rectangular form, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise and a golde...

A large Sultanabad pottery dish Persia, 14th Centuryof shallow rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise ...

A large Sultanabad pottery dish Persia, 14th Centuryof shallow rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, decorated in cobalt blue, turquoise ...

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

An Iznik pottery tile Turkey, circa 1575of square form, the white ground decorated in raised-red, cobalt blue, turquoise, green and black with two...

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