Opaque water color on paper. Three Ragamala paintings of Raga Basant, Shri Raga and Asavari Ragini.29 by 21.5 cm.

The scene in this miniature painting depicts the Sasanian king Bahram Gur (420-438 AD) who was a dominant figure in Persian history and was celebr...

Miniature depicting the hero Rustem grabbing Khaqan of China with a lasso and knocking him down from his white elephant, as armies on both sides b...

Arabic manuscript on buff paper, 356 pages plus 2 flyleaves, 12 lines to the page, written in black naskh, verses separated by gold and polychrome...

With central rectangular panels decorated with spiraling leaf-like designs, the borders with orange cusped cartouches on green ground, each regist...

Arabic manuscript on paper, 144 leaves plus 4 fly-leaves, 9 lines to the page, written in naskh in black ink, ruled in gold, verses separated by g...

This drawing of unusual form comes from a group of drawings which are attributed to the master artist of the late 14th-early 15th century, 'Ustad ...

The steel helmet of tall domed form with movable nasal guard flanked by two plume holders, gold-overlaid calligraphic band with stylized borders a...

A raised collar at the base of the neck. The simple undulated strap handle with a bold palmette finial topped with a knob.The exterior of the body...

With fluted pear-shaped body, flaring neck and on a splayed high foot, all sections incised with cartouches of Kufic inscriptions.29 cm. heightIns...

The body decorated with four cartouches on scrolling ground, divided by roundels containing , a band of stylised leaf-motifs above and below, the...

A candlestick with a concave-sided body and candle holder, a concave drip tray and cylindrical neck. The body is decorated with large cartouches ...

Of deep rounded form on a short splayed foot with flat rim, the rim engraved with a band of inscription-filled cartouches interspersed by roundels...

Of typical form, missing lid, with bird mounted to handle, engraved with inscriptions to wide rim and with arabesque filled cartouches to base and...

The body of truncated conical form with flanged base, perforated bands and everted drip-pan, the shaft with globed perforated bulb, the socket of ...

Of square form, decorated with underglaze cobalt blue, turquoise, green and relief red, outlined in black with a large feathery saz leaf overlappi...

A shirt (jama) covered with text written in naskh, thuluth and Kufic scripts, in assorted colors, arranged in numerous panels, roundels, cartouche...

Of beaten sheet metal, deep rounded form, the body engraved with overlapping circular medallions containing stellar motifs alternating with oblong...

The cylindrical slightly upward opening body rests on a round base the top is flat and the cylindrical neck has a collar at its lower part and on ...