A miniature portrait of Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar (reg. 1848-96) in a diamond-set silver frame Pers...
A miniature portrait of Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar (reg. 1848-96) in a diamond-set silver frame Persia, 19th Century comprising an oval portrait of t...
A miniature portrait of Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar (reg. 1848-96) in a diamond-set silver frame Persia, 19th Century comprising an oval portrait of t...
An impressive silver-thread embroidered silk Ka'ba curtain ( kiswah ) presented by King Fahd bin 'Abd al-'Aziz (reg. 1982-2005) Mecca, signed Abd...
Emily Eden, Portraits of the Princes and People of India , with 28 hand-coloured lithographed plates J. Dickinson & Son, 1844 28 hand-coloured l...
A butcher at work, attributed to the artist Bishan Singh (circa 1836-1900) Punjab, probably Amritsar, circa 1860-70 gouache and gold on paper, bl...
Four Qajar lacquer penboxes ( qalamdans ) Persia, 19th Century each with rounded ends and sliding tray, variously decorated in polychrome and gil...
De Rudder after A. Soltykoff, Chir Singh [Sher Singh] Maharaja des Siks, Roi de Panjab avec sa suite/Lahore Avril 1842 , from Voyages dans L'I...
An elderly woman, Bibi Juliyana (Juliana Dias da Costa), a former attendant of the Mughal Emperors Mughal, circa 1730-50 gouache and gold on pape...
Four Qajar painted and lacquered wood doors converted into a folding screen Persia, 19th Century each of rectangular form with brass hinges and h...
A prince, perhaps a Maratha, riding in a landscape accompanied by soldiers and attendants on foot, a column of troops in the distance Northern De...
Maharajah Jam Ranmalji (reg. 1820-52), seated on a terrace with two courtiers, Bhavsar Mona and Khavas Demar Nawanagar, Kathiawar, Gujarat, circa...
A nobleman and his entourage being entertained by nautch girls and musicians Patna, attributed to Siva Lal, circa 1850-60 gouache on paper, in po...
An Amol pottery dish Persia, 12th Century of rounded form with everted rim on a short foot, incised and decorated in green and yellow with a cent...
A Mughal prince standing in a landscape, holding a musket, sword and shield, formerly from an album made for William Fraser Mughal, Delhi, circa ...
Maharajah Jagatjit Singh of Kapurthala, My Travels in China, Japan and Java, 1903 Hutchinson & Co., London, 1905 226 pp., 56 plates, photogravu...
A framed group of nine miniatures on ivory depicting Sikh notables, including Maharajah Ranjit Singh, Rani Jindan Kaur and Maharajah Duleep Singh ...
A fine and rare copy of The Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, by Max Arthur Macauliffe, in six volumes, presented by the auth...
Charles Stewart Hardinge (1822-94), Recollections of India London, Thomas McLean & Co., 1847 full title Recollections of India. Drawn on Stone...
J. Ph. Vogel, Tile-Mosaics of the Lahore Fort , five issues on the subject from The Journal of Indian Art and Industry W. Griggs & Sons, Ltd.,...
Fath Ali Shah Qajar (reg. 1797-1834) seated at a balcony window Qajar Persia, late 19th Century oil on canvas, nasta'liq inscription within car...
A hardstone-hilted steel dagger ( pesh-kabz ) North India, 18th/ 19th Century the single-edged watered-steel blade of slightly curving form with ...
The Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah I (reg. 1707-1712) at a balcony holding a flower Sawar, circa 1710 gouache and gold on paper 307 x 257 mm. Fo...
A Deccani lacquer penbox India, 17th Century of rectangular form with curved ends, of papier-mâché and wood decorated in polychrome and gold with...
A Vallabhacharya priest standing in a landscape holding a lotus flower Kishangarh, circa 1820 gouache and gold on paper, gold border 163 x 95 m...
A Calcutta Hackney coach, with Indian occupants and attendants, by Shaykh Muhammad Amir of Karraya, Calcutta, circa 1840-50 pencil and watercolo...
Four Qajar lacquer penboxes ( qalamdans ) Persia, 19th Century each with rounded ends and sliding tray, variously decorated in polychrome and gil...
Saramananda , son of Raga Hindol Chamba, circa 1700 gouache and gold on paper, red border, verso three lines of inscription in nagari and ta...
Timur enthroned on a palace terrace Oudh, perhaps Murshidabad, late 18th Century gouache and gold on paper, gold and coloured borders; verso, a ...
A Safavid lacquer penbox ( qalamdan ) Persia, 17th Century of oblong form with rounded ends and a sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt ...
Hugo Vilfred Pedersen (Danish, 1870-1959) Head Study of a Sikh bodyguard to the Maharajah of Burdwan oil on canvas, signed upper right 39.5 x 2...
Rajrana Zalim Singh Jhala receiving his son Madho Singh Kotah or Jhalawar, circa 1820 or later gouache and gold on paper, red border, nagari in...
A Qajar gold-damascened steel axe head Persia, 19th/ 20th Century of typical form, engraved and decorated in gold overlay to either side with ani...
Krishna the butter thief Mandi, circa 1770-80 gouache and gold on paper, small pieces of coloured foil on paint surface at various points to repr...
Khambavati Ragini of Malkos Raga , from a series commissioned by Raiji Moti Ram of Malpura and illustrated by the painter Jai Kishan Malpura, c...
A set of Qajar portable merchant's weights and scales by Husain in a later painted wood box Persia, late 19th and 20th Century, some elements da...
A noblewoman seated on a terrace listening to music Mughal, circa 1730-40 gouache, gold and silver on paper, laid down on an album page with brow...
A Mamluk silver-inlaid bronze candlestick base Egypt or Syria, 14th Century of flaring truncated conical form with raised rib above the foot and ...
Four Qajar lacquer penboxes ( qalamdans ) Persia, 19th Century each with rounded ends and sliding tray, variously decorated in polychrome and gil...
A fine Qajar lacquer and tooled leather penbox ( qalamdan ) Persia, 19th Century with rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and...
Four Qajar lacquer penboxes ( qalamdans ) Persia, 19th Century each with rounded ends and sliding tray, variously decorated in polychrome and gil...
A stallion and its Sikh groom Delhi, or possibly Punjab, circa 1850 gouache on watermarked paper, black margin rules, laid down on a separate she...
A gold-koftgari steel armguard ( dastana ) Lahore, early 19th Century of typical form, decorated in gold overlay with floral designs and cartouch...
A botanical study ( clerodendron ), from an album executed for Mountstuart Grant Duff, Governor of Madras Company School, Madras, attributed to t...
Rajah Wazir Singh of Faridkot (reg. 1849-74) and members of his court circa 1865 albumen print, laid down on a large card album page, handwritten...
Three Cantonese export porcelain dishes made for Nasr al-Din Shah Qajar (reg.1848-1896) China, one dated AH 1297/ AD 1879-80 each of shallow form...
A botanical study ( Myrsinoee ), from an album executed for Mountstuart Grant Duff, Governor of Madras Company School, Madras, attributed to the ...
A large photograph of Maharajah Hira Singh of Nabha (reg. 1871-1911) seated with Lord Curzon, the Viceroy circa 1903 albumen print laid down on a...
An Ottoman mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell-inlaid casket Turkey, 19th Century of rectangular form on four bracketed feet, three drawers to fron...
A fine Mughal jade-hilted watered-steel dagger ( khanjar ) North India, 17th Century the slightly curved double-edged watered-steel blade with wa...
A bronze figure of Vishnu as Venugopala India, 16th Century depicted fluting and holding one of his four attributes 18.1 cm. high Footnotes: ...
Prince Alexis Soltykoff (1806-59), Voyages dans L'Inde Paris, Garnier, [1851] third edition, with 36 tinted lithographed plates after Soltykoff...
A group photograph of Punjab rulers seated with Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick, Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, at a Lahore Durbar Lahore, dated Octob...
A bronze figure of Krishna the butter thief Tamil Nadu, Vijayanagara Period, 14th-16th Century depicted as a crawling infant, his right hand rais...
A large painting depicting the Battle of Condore in December 1758, during the Third Carnatic War, with East India Company troops under Colonel For...
A walrus-ivory hilted gold-damascened steel dagger ( kindjal ) Caucasus, 19th Century the double-edged watered-steel blade of tapering form with ...
A pair of painted gesso Alhambra Plaques by Enrique Linares Granada, late 19th/ early 20th Century each of rectangular form, depicting a doorway,...
A Sikh lancer on horseback by Guillaume van Strydonck (Belgian, 1861-1937) oil on canvas laid down on board, signed lower left and inscribed Amr...
A prince in a white dhoti holding a rose, preparing for puja Bundi or Kotah, late 17th/early 18th Century gouache and gold on paper, orange b...
De Rudder after A. Soltykoff, Chir Sing [Sher Singh] Roi du Panjab et sa suite allant a la chasse aux environs de Lahore, Mars 1842 , from Voy...
A rare Safavid oil painting depicting a lady in European dress standing in an interior Persia, probably Isfahan, middle or second half of the 17th...
A Jodhpur nobleman on horseback with a group of lancers Jodhpur, circa 1810-20 gouache and gold on paper, red border, 11 lines of text verso in ...