Antiquities & Islamic Arts

An Egyptian stone head of a male wearing close-fitting cap, possibly Late Period,likely modelled from 26th Dynasty figures (wig and eyes) but appe...

An Egyptian fragmentary relief with the bust of a god or king,Ptolemaic Period, circa 300-30 B.C.,carved with details of the beard, lappet wig and...

To Be Sold with No ReserveAn Egyptian greywacke cosmetic palette in the form of a bird or stylised Nile boat, Predynastic Period, 4400-3100 B.C., ...

An Egyptian bronze and gesso-painted wood Ibis, an ink inscribed textile fragment, stone pot and two gold fragments inscribed with hieroglyphs,wei...

Two ancient near Eastern seals and an Egyptian bronze figure of Horus,the seals possibly re-cut; the figure of Horus possibly not ancient,The figu...

A calligraphic panel signed Yaqut al-Musta'simi (d.1298) and various calligraphies,Iran, 16th century and laterArabic on paper with 5ll. of black ...

Two calligraphic panels,Qajar Iran, one dated 1320AH/1902AD,The first comprising lines of diagonal bold black nasta'liq arranged around a central ...

Property from An Important Private CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveEleven detached folios,Central Asia or Iran, 16th century and laterPossibly...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA Qajar lacquered papier mache Qu'ran box cover,Iran, early 19th century, With flap opening to top, d...

A small Qajar coco-de-mer begging bowl (kashkul) and an engraved brass inkwellIran, 19th centurythe kashkul in the form of a nut with an opening a...

A prayer book (Dalail al-Khayrat),Turkey, copied by Suleiman Muratib known as Ebul Balakci-zade pupil of Sheker zade, dated 1168AH/1755AD,Arabic m...

Various PropertiesA Qur'an, Kashmir, North India, 19th centuryArabic text on paper, 528ff., 4fl., 11ll. of back naskh script to the page within do...

A Qur'an, possibly Balkans, Western Ottoman provinces, dated AH 1267/1850-1 AD,Arabic text on paper, 301ff., 2fl., 15ll. of black naskh script to ...

A gold damascened and nielloed silver dagger (kinjal),Tbilisi (Tiflis), Russian empire, assay master Yegor Ivanovich Blyumberg (1841-1886),The dou...

A gilt silver nielloed and gold damascened dagger (kinjal),Georgia or Daghestan, Dated 1324AH/1906-7AD,The single fullered straight blade damascen...

A carved walrus ivory hilted curved and double edged dagger (jambiyya),Qajar Iran, 19th century and later,The hilt engraved with a young man in Eu...

A monumental bronze bowl signed ‘Abu Bakr Muhamad Ibn Hasan Al-Herati’,Herat, Iran, 13th century,of hemispherical form on a short foot, with wide ...

A large engraved tinned-copper bowl,Egypt or Turkey, 19th century,Of squat rounded shape, the upside down decoration consisting of calligraphic re...

An engraved copper torchstand,Caucasus, 19th century,The cylindrical base rising in sections with a series of raised rings, the flat shoulder with...

A copper alloy torch stand (Mashal) with Armenian inscription,Safavid Iran, 17th century,Of typical form, the decoration consisting of three bands...

Property from An Important Private CollectionTo Be Sold With No ReserveTwo standing portraits of youths,Safavid revival and Ottoman revival, 19th ...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA lacquered papier-mache pencase (qalamdan)Qajar Iran, 19th century,Of typical shape, the polychrome ...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA lacquered papier-mache pencase (qalamdan)Qajar Iran, 19th centuryOf typical form, the polychrome pa...

Property from an Important Private CollectionA lacquered papier-mache pencase (qalamdan),Qajar Iran, 19th century,Of typical form, the polychrome ...

To Be Sold With No ReserveA rectangular turquoise glazed moulded pottery tile,Kashan, Iran, 12th centuryWith a quincux of palmettes and trefoils, ...

An Hispano-Moresque style lustre pottery vase, Ulisse Cantagalli, Italy, 19th century, Of piriform on a tall flared foot, with long cylindrical ne...

A rectangular calligraphic applique tent hanging,Khayamiya, Cairo, Egypt, first half 20th centuryThe central field occupied by a large floral roun...

A composite couched silk embroidered panel,South Iran, 18th century,of rectangular form, worked in polychrome blue, pale blue, dark red, pink and ...

Hossein Behzad, Iranian 1894-1964- A portrait of Khayyam, 1961;opaque pigments on paper, signed and dated in Farsi (lower left) and with dedicatio...