Arts of India

A Bihari Qu'ran and Tafsir in two volumesNorth India, with date of 1035AH/1625ADArabic manuscript on paper, Vol I pp.1-351 and Vol II pp.352-684 p...

A palm leaf manuscript,South India or maritime south Asia, circa 18th/19th centuryincised text on palm leaf, possibly the Ramayana or a section th...

An illustrated collection of Persian epics, possibly a volume of a Khamsa of NizamiKashmir, North India, second half 19th centuryOpaque pigments a...

A manuscript text related to the Nala-Damayanti story, in Urdu, with 17 illustrations, copied by Mirza Amir Bayg, resident at the mosque of Vazir ...

A guide to mandalas and yantras, Nepal, 17th centuryOpaque pigments and ink on paper, comprising 6 polychrome diagrams and 5 drawings on thick fol...

Two Mudra manuscripts in 3 parts (hand gestures), 18th centuryProvenance: Peaceful Wind, Santa Fe, USA, 2001

A deed of sale of property in Lahore,India, dated 1259AH/1848AD,ink on paper, in Persian nasta'liq script, various personal and official seals to ...

A nasta'liq calligraphic composition,Iran or India 20th century,black ink on paper, 5 ll. of black nasta'liq script on paper on floral ground, lai...

An unbound Hindu manuscript, possibly the first chapter of a Bhagavata Purana India, 18th centuryPossibly the first chapter of a Bhagavata Purana,...

A drawing of Krishna and the gopis, possibly designs for hookah bases ; a folio from a manuscript on horses ; and two illustrations to a Kashmiri ...

Two detached Bihari Qur'an bifolios,Central India, 15th/16th century,Arabic manuscript on paper, possibly part of Juz' XXX, 11ll. of Bihari script...

A detached illustrated bifolio from an epic, possibly the Iskandarnama : a battle sceneKashmir, North India, 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightene...

A detached illustrated folio from an epic, possibly a Shahnama : the execution of a prisonerMughal or provincial Mughal India, mid-17th centuryPos...

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A calligraphic work,Kashmir, North India, late 19th centuryink and opaque pigment on paper heightened with gold, giving the name "God" and another...

A Jalad ad-Din Niran Shah enthroned,India, 19th century,Opaque pigments on paper, a courtier paying his respects, his attendant holding a peacock ...

Chahri manuscript, tantric text with images, c. 1800Prov: UK Trade, 2001 

Five leaves from an erotic manual, possibly the Kama Sutra, Nepal, circa 1600-1650Opaque pigments on paper, the double-sided folios of rectangula...

A miniature Qur'anIndia, 20th centuryPrinted Arabic script, black ink on paper, 12ll. of naskh script to the page, the opening bifolio with 6ll. o...

The Manalila and the Danalila,by the poet Nandadas (16th century); signed by the scribe Ramcaran, India, Rajasthan, probably Jaipur, with date of ...

A plain coco-de-mer nutPolished35 x 27 cm

A cut clear glass huqqa base,Probably F&C Osler or John Blades of Ludgate Hill, later Blades & Mattews, Birmingham or London and Calcutta, United ...

A small gilded blue glass spittoon, India 18th/19th century, of waisted form, the gilt decorated base and interior well with design in reserve of ...

A red sandstone rectangular calligraphic slab,Mughal India, circa 17th century,Deeply carved elegant nasta'liq script reading Jazaka allah fi al d...

A very large quantity of fragmentary pottery tiles,Multan, Punjab, circa 1820Provenance: With export license issued in 1975Footnotes: Provenance ...

A rectangular, green, cobalt blue and turquoise blue, figural border pottery tile,Multan, first quarter of 19th century, Painted with a parrot fac...

A gold and silver inlaid push dagger (katar),North India, first half 18th century,The hilt with alternating gold and silver chevrons, two bulbous ...

A curved blade fitted in a Rhino horn hilt India, late 19th century With central ridge to blade, 84cm. long( VAT on the Hammer Price)Note: Please ...

A Sikh gold inlaid tulwar hilt,Punjab, India, 20th centuryOf typical form, the flat pommel, the cross and quillons inscribed in Gurumkhi, the quil...

A steel firangiThe blade dated 1630AD, the basket hilt, laterSingle edged steel blade, illegible inscription to one side (... E...L.. RP) giving a...

A Sinhalese dagger (piha kaetta)Sri Lanka, late 19th-early 20th centuryThe wooden hilt intricately carved, the etched single edge blade fitted wit...

An Indo Portuguese gilt tortoise shell and ivory openwork and green stained ivory partially veneered cabinet,Coastal Portuguese possessions, Weste...

A Dutch colonial pedestal table,Batavia or Maritime South Asia Dutch possessions, circa 18th centuryOn four double spiral-turned legs and box-stre...

A Dutch colonial dark wood openwork floating shelf,Batavia or Maritime South Asia Dutch possessions, circa 18th century and laterThe back panel's ...

A Dutch colonial hardwood and brass-mounted chestCeylon (Sri Lanka), late 18th-early 19th centuryOf rectangular form, with fitted openwork floral ...

A very large brass mounted lacquered wood jewellery box (Nettur Petti),Kerala, India, late 19th century or later,Rectangular, on four feet, fitted...

A lacquered wood bellow handleKashmir, North India, late 19th /early 20th centuryOf typical elongated form, the polychrome decoration depicting a ...

A large polychrome binding cover North India, second half 19th centuryLacquered papier mache or board, A central lobed medallion with a buzzard fl...

A large silver-inlaid bidri spittoon, Bidar, Deccan, India, early 18th century, of circular form, the rim curving upwards and rising from a bulbou...

A silver-inlaid beaker, Bidar, Deccan, 19th century, on flat base with slightly flared sides, decorated to base and rim with a series of roundels ...

A bidri hookah base, Bidar, Deccan, India, circa 1700Of spherical form with slightly flared and cusped cylindrical mouth with pronounced boss, th...

A silver inlaid alloy bottle (surahi),Bidar, Deccan, first half of the 19th century,The globular body, inlaid with rows of repeating flower buds b...

An unusual footed bronze bowl, Deccan, India, 18th century, on a splayed foot, with rounded sides and narrow everted lip, engraved and laid with b...

A finely decorated bidriware silver-inlaid huqqa base and vase, Bidar, Deccan, India, circa 1880, the huqqa base of bell-shaped form, with truncat...

A copper and brass engraved brass chambu lota,Benares or Rajasthan, India, late 19th century,of compressed globular form on a splayed foot with fl...

An impressive tinned copper lidded basin,Perhaps by a Persian metal worker, Central India, circa 18th century or later,On repaired and slightly re...

An engraved tinned copper bowlKashmir, North India, 19th centuryOn slightly conical foot, the rounded body with a foliate scrollwork lattice, a re...

Two silver-repousse boxes, two silver gadrooned anklets and a reticulated fishNorth India, 19th-20th centuryThe first, oval, on plain base engrave...

An openwork cage design brass pandan boxNorth India, 19th centuryOf oval form on four ball feet, with handle to lid21.2 x 13.8cm. high   

A bronze wire decorated betel nut box,probably Philippines or Malaysia, maritime Southeast Asia, 19th century,of casket form, with handle either s...

A copper alloy fragmentary head of Parvati,possibly South Maharashtra or Karnataka, 18th century or later,Possibly part of a larger linga cover (M...

A copper alloy lobed spice box (pandan),Deccan or South India, second half 19th century,On four feet worked as makaras, the six hinge-lidded compa...

A copper alloy portable huqqa base in the figure of a fish,North India, 18th or 19th century15cm. highFootnotes: This portable huqqa base is an a...

A copper alloy tiered component of a larger piece,Deccan or South India, 19th century or earlier,Possibly of a tall or monumental temple or shrine...

An armorial gold-damascened rectangular box (koftgari)North India, late 19th centuryOn plain base, the decoration consisting of elegant foliated s...

A gold inlaid steel buckle (koftgari), India, 19th century,Fashioned as four intertwined snake, marked K. D to the reverse7.3cm. high, 4cm. across.

A copper alloy figure of a horse or an ass,Possibly Bastar, India, 20th century,standing, his rider lacking20cm. long, 16cm. high Condition Report...

Two openwork gilded and painted copper panels, Deccan, India, late 17th-early 18th centuryEach of rectangular form, decorated with openwork arabes...