Indian, Islamic, Himalayan and South-East Asian Art and Greek and Roman Antiquities

HUSAYN WA-IZ AL-KASHAFI (D.1504-5), QUR'ANIC COMMENTARY, PERSIA OR INDIA, 16TH/17TH CENTURY a manuscript in Persian, with an illuminated opening h...

ALI AL-QARI AL-HARAWI (D. 1605-06), AL-HIZB AL-A'ZAM, OTTOMAN TURKEY, DATED 1723-4 A.D. a manuscript copied by Dervish Muhammad, the opening page ...

A COMPILATION OF SHI'I PRAYERS, PERSIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY a manuscript of Shi'i prayers in Arabic, the text largely comprising 9 lines of cursive ...

NASIR AL-DIN TUSI (D.1274), TAHRIR KITAB USUL AL-HANDASAH LI-UQLIDIS, QAJAR PERSIA, DATED 1845-6 a manuscript of Tusi's recension of Euclid’s Elem...

KHWAJA 'ABDULLAH ANSARI (D.1088), MUNAJAT, PROBABLY AFGHANISTAN, DATED 1883 a manuscript in Persian, a frontispiece of nasta'liq in blue within an...

A COPY OF THE QUR'AN, SIGNED 'ABDULLAH IBN SAFAR MUHAMMAD ZAMAN, AFSHARID PERSIA, DATED 1749-50 an arabic manuscript on paper, each folio with 15 ...

FARUD KILLS RIVNIZ, BUT BAHRAM SAVES HIS CROWN, SAFAVID PERSIA, QAZVIN LAST QUARTER SIXTEENTH CENTURY, an illustrated and illuminated leaf from a ...

THE IRANIAN WARRIOR QARIN KILLS THE TURANIAN SHAMASAS, SAFAVID PERSIA, QAZVIN LAST QUARTER 16TH CENTURY, an illustrated and illuminated leaf a man...

SOHRAB ASKING HOJIR TO IDENTIFY THE IRANIAN MILITARY LEADERS, SAFAVID PERSIA, QAZVIN LAST QUARTER SIXTEENTH CENTURY, an illustrated and illuminate...

A QAJAR DRAWING OF A TURBANNED MAN, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY ink, colour and gilt on paper, the youthful figure depicted in Safavid dress holding a si...

A PAIR OF QAJAR BOOK COVERS IN A SAFAVID STYLE, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY the lacquered papier mache book covers decorated with elaborate chinoiserie s...

A LARGE LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE DECORATED BOOK COVER, PERSIA OR INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY in colours and gold, a design of floral sprays, including ...

A QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE BOX AND COVER, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY with a coffered cover and bracketed feet, decorated throughout with polychrome ...

A PAIR OF QAJAR LACQUERED PAPIER MACHE BOOK COVERS, PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY richly decorated in polychrome and gold with a central lobed medallion en...

A PAIR OF OTTOMAN BOOK COVERS, TURKEY, DATED 1757-8, SIGNED EL-SEYYID MUSTAFA EDIRNI Pair of book covers, decorated with a central medallion and i...

THE TRIAL BY FIRE OF SIYAVUSH, SUB-IMPERIAL MUGHAL, INDIA, CIRCA 1630 an illustrated page from a Persian manuscript copy of Firdausi's Shahnama, i...

AN ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA, BHAIRAVA RAGA, MANKOT, INDIA, CIRCA 1720-30 opaque pigments on paper, the god, Bhairava, depicted on the bull with ...

AN EQUESTRIAN PORTRAIT, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, PROBABLY PAINTED BY A KISHANGARH ARTIST, CIRCA 1720-30 in opaque watercolour heightened with gold on pap...

A PRINCE AND TWO COURTESANS AT LEISURE, GARHWAL, PUNJAB HILLS, NORTH INDIA, FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY opaque pigments heightened with gold on paper,...

A PORTRAIT OF RAO UMED SINGH, BUNDI, CIRCA 1760-70 opaque colour and gold on paper, the figure of Umed Singh seated on a terrace leaning on a bols...

TWO DRAWINGS OF PRINCELY FIGURES, BIKANER, NORTHERN INDIA, 18TH CENTURY each in black ink on paper with a depiction of a standing male figure, bet...

A PAGE FROM A POLIER ALBUM, NORTHERN INDIA, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY AND LUCKNOW, CIRCA 1775 in opaque colours and gold on paper, comprising a Mugh...

A DEPICTION OF A LADY HOLDING A MAN'S SEVERED HEAD, MUGHAL, INDIA, 18TH CENTURY in opaque colour and gold on paper, the tranquil figure holding th...

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA: TODI RAGINI, JAIPUR, NORTHERN INDIA, 19TH CENTURY in colour and gold on paper, the seated female figure holding a...

A DEPICTION OF A PRINCESS SEATED ON A TERRACE, HYDERABAD, CENTRAL INDIA, CIRCA 1830 opaque colour, ink and gold on paper, image 14.6 x 22cm., foli...

A DEPICTION OF SIXTEEN COURTLY FIGURES, MANDI, CIRCA 1780-90 opaque colour and gold on paper, the composition comprising eight male and eight fema...

A PORTRAIT OF RAJA PRATAP SINGH OF JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY in opaque colour, gold and ink on paper, the enthroned ruler flanked by ...

A DEPICTION OF A SEATED LADY PERFORMING PUJA, JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN, CIRCA 1800 in ink, colour and gold on paper, the figure clasping a peacock feathe...

EIGHT NOBLEMEN RECEIVING INSTRUCTION FROM VALLABHACHARYA, NATHDWARA, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY the saintly figure seated beneath a tree cross-legged on ...

A SCHEMATISED DEPICTION OF A JAIN COSMIC MAN, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GUJARAT, WESTERN INDIA in ink and colour on paper, the central representation...

A REPRESENTATION OF JAIN COSMOLOGY, 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY GUJARAT, WESTERN INDIA in colour and black ink on paper, in the form of a representatio...

A TANTRIC DURGA YANTRA, PROBABLY RAJASTHAN, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY in colour on paper, the geometric form enclosing a depiction of a fourteen-a...

A THANJAVUR PAINTING DEPICTING THE CORONATION OF RAMA (RAMAPATTABISHEKA), SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1900 gouache and gilt gesso, framed, 49 x 38cm The C...

A DEPICTION OF THE CHILD KRISHNA LYING ON A BANYAN LEAF, TAMIL NADU, CIRCA 1830 in opaque colours on paper, the child god is depicted naked wearin...

A SCENE FROM THE RAMAYANA, WESTERN INDIA, GUJARAT, MID-18TH CENTURY in opaque colours on paper, depicting a scene of Krishna visiting a holy man a...

A LARGE THANJAVUR PAINTING OF THE CORONATION OF RAMA, (RAMAPATTABISHEKA) SOUTH INDIA, CIRCA 1900 gouache with gilt gesso on paper, original painte...

AN ELABORATELY PAINTED WOOD PANEL, PROBABLY BIKANER, RAJASTHAN, INDIA, CIRCA 1750-70 comprising two lengths of joined wood richly decorated in opa...

A PORTRAIT OF MAHARAJAH UDIT NARAYAN SINGH (R.1795-1835), BENARES, INDIA, 19TH CENTURY ◉ in opaque colours on ivory, the seated figure resting on ...

A DEPICTION OF A FAKIR (BENAVA), LUCKNOW, INDIA, CIRCA 1815-20 delicately painted in colour on paper, image 19.5 x 15.5cm. This refined painting ...

A MINIATURE PAINTING OF A LARGE TROUPE OF ACROBATS, NORTH INDIA, 19TH CENTURY a central group of figures performing a balancing act topped by a wo...

A GROUP OF TWENTY FIGURE STUDIES ON MICA, TRICHINOPOLY, SOUTH INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY 20 Trichy paintings on mica, depicting South Indian ...

SIX PAINTINGS OF FIGURES AND SCENES, TRICHINOPOLY, SOUTH INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY in opaque colours on mica, variously depicting trades, pr...

DARTNELL, GEORGE RUSSELL (1799/1800-1878), THREE WATERCOLOURS OF INDIAN VIEWS, INDIA, CIRCA 1825-30 each mounted on an album page inscribed and si...

BAILLIE, WILLIAM (1752/3-1799), THREE PRINTS FROM 'VIEWS OF CALCUTTA', CALCUTTA, 1794 three from a series of twelve etched and engraved plates, al...

A ROMAN BLUE GLASS SPHERICAL BODIED CINERARY URN, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. with two applied strap handles, everted rim wheel-cut banding around ...

TWO GREEK GUTTI, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C. one red-figure painted with a reclining nude youth holding a mirror towards a draped seated female holding...

FOUR ROMAN PALE GREEN GLASS VESSELS, CIRCA 1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. including a cylindrical bodied jug, with collar rim and ribbed strap handle, 12.8c...

THREE ROMAN GLASS VESSELS, CIRCA 2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D. comprising a bottle with conical body, cylindrical neck and heavily iridescent surface, 12.8...

SIX ROMAN GLASS VESSELS, CIRCA 1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. comprising a feeder flask in the form of a stylised bird, the oval body with short pointed spo...

SIX CYPRIOT POTTERY VESSELS, IRON AGE, CIRCA 1000-650 B.C. comprising a Bichrome Ware stamnos with sloping shoulder and two vestigial lug handles,...

A ROMAN PALE BLUE GLASS BEAKER, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. of ovoid form with flaring rim, set on an inward-folded ring base, with faint wheel-cut...

A ROMAN GLASS PHIAL, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D. with applied opaque white spiral trailing, 13.5cm high Provenance: Private collection, England. Ex Ge...

TWO LATE ROMAN GLASS JARS, 4TH-6TH CENTURY A.D. one with globular body and broad cylindrical neck with applied turquoise spiral trailing and trail...

A ROMAN MOSS GREEN GLASS OVAL DISH, CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D. with broad tubular rim, set on a raised ring base, 22cm max width Provenance: Priv...

A ROMAN GREEN GLASS SHALLOW DISH, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D. with central omphalos, applied ribbon handles and slightly sloping walls, on a tubular ri...

A GROUP OF ROMAN AND CYPRIOT TERRACOTTA OBJECTS comprising a Red Lustrous Wheel-made Ware spindle flask, Cyprus, circa 1550-1050 B.C., 37.7cm high...

TWO ROMAN AMBER GLASS VESSELS, CIRCA 3RD-4TH CENTURY A.D. comprising a deep bowl on a raised tooled pedestal base, with up-turned rim, possibly Ka...

TWO ROMAN COLOURLESS GLASS JARS, CIRCA 4TH CENTURY A.D. the globular bodies with shallow depressions and trailed decoration, one with turquoise tr...

FIVE PALE BLUE AND GREEN GLASS VESSELS, CIRCA 2ND-4TH CENTURY A.D. including a vessel with bulbous body, mould-blown with vertical ribbing, the ta...

THREE ROMAN GLASS VESSELS, CIRCA 1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. comprising a green glass bottle with squat spherical body, cylindrical neck and applied spir...