Islamic & Indian Art

λ A CARVED MOTHER-OF-PEARL SHELL PLAQUE WITH CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHYJerusalem, Holy Land, 19th centuryOf typical circular shape, framed within a thi...

λ A CARVED MOTHER-OF-PEARL SHELL PLAQUE WITH CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHYJerusalem, Holy Land, 19th centuryOf typical circular shape, carved with the pre...

λ AN ENGRAVED MOTHER-OF-PEARL ICON DEPICTING THE NATIVITYJerusalem, Holy Land, 19th centuryOf rectangular shape, made of fifteen small mother-of-p...

λ A SMALL MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID CHRISTIAN ICON Jerusalem, Holy Land, late 19th - early 20th centuryOf square shape, the wooden base clad with num...

λ A SMALL CARVED MOTHER-OF-PEARL SHELL WITH CHRISTIAN ICONOGRAPHYJerusalem, Holy Land, 19th centuryOf typical shape, the shell engraved in black w...

λ TWO CARVED MOTHER-OF-PEARL SHELL PENDANTSJerusalem, Holy Land, circa 1900Comprising a carved and pierced mother-of-pearl shell pendant in the sh...

λ A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID OLIVE WOOD CROSSJerusalem, Holy Land, circa 1890 - 1900Of typical shape, the wooden cross clad in carved and pierced mo...

TWO CHRISTIAN CROSSES AND A BRASS TRAVEL ICONRussia and Greece, late 19th - early 20th centuryComprising a Russian cross cast in yellow brass with...

FOUR PROCESSIONAL COPTIC CROSSES AND A TRIPTYCH FRAGMENT OF SAINT PETEREthiopia (Abyssinia), 19th and early 20th centuryComprising three Coptic op...

A POLYCHROME-PAINTED PORTABLE ETHIOPIAN COPTIC POLYPTYCHEthiopia, Horn of Africa, 20th centuryEgg-tempera pigments on four wooden panels, densely ...

TWO EMBROIDERED ICONS AND A SMALL WOODEN TRAVEL ICON OF CHRISTIAN SAINTSGreece, late 19th - 20th centuryComprising a small velvet panel embroidere...

TWO GREEK CHRISTIAN ICONS OF SAINT GEORGEMount Athos Region, Greece, late 19th - early 20th centuryComprising an icon of the saint carved in light...

A GREEK SILVER REPOUSSÉ FOOTED DISHGreece, Western Ottoman Provinces, 17th - 18th centuryOf circular shape, resting on a flared conical foot, expa...

A LARGE OTTOMAN GREEK SILVER REPOUSSÉ INCENSE BURNERPossibly Ioannina, North-Western Greece, Western Ottoman Provinces, late 18th - 19th centuryOf...

A TURQUOISE-ENCRUSTED NIELLOED SILVER LITURGICAL WINE CHALICEPossibly Georgia, Caucasian Ottoman Provinces, 19th centuryOf typical conical shape w...

A WHITE METAL MOULD FOR KUTAHYA POTTERY BOTTLES WITH ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGONWestern Anatolia, Ottoman Provinces, 18th centuryOf rectangular shap...

A SOLID SILVER LION-SHAPED DECORATIVE ORNAMENTPossibly Goa or Rajasthan, North-Western India, 18th centuryIn the shape of a lion with its right fo...

A PIERCED AND ENGRAVED SILVER INCENSE BURNERIndonesia or the Malay Archipelago, South East Asia, 19th centuryOf spherical shape, made of two detac...

A LARGE THAI SILVER REPOUSSÉ CEREMONIAL TRAY OR BASIN (TOK)Thailand, South East Asia, 19th centuryOf typical shallow rounded shape with reinforced...

A THAI SILVER REPOUSSÉ LIDDED BOXThailand, South East Asia, mid to late 19th centuryOf circular shape, resting on a plain base, the sides and lid ...

A LARGE SILVER REPOUSSÉ LIDDED CEREMONIAL TRAY OR BASIN (TOK)Thailand or Cambodia, South East Asia, 19th centuryOf typical shallow rounded shape w...

λ A BATAVIAN SILVER-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL CASKETPossibly Southeast Asian Dutch Colonies, Indonesia or the Malay Archipelago, late 18th - 19th cent...

PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SWEDISH COLLECTIONCIRCLE OF THOMAS HICKEY (IRISH, EARLY 19TH CENTURY)A SEATED PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY OF TITLE WEARING TR...

λ TWO INDIAN ARCHITECTURAL MINIATURES ON IVORYPossibly Delhi, North India, late 19th - early 20th centuryOpaque pigments, white wash and ink on iv...

LORD GANESHA WITH CONSORTS RIDDHI AND SIDDHINorthern India, 20th centuryOpaque pigments on paper, the vertical composition depicting Lord Ganesha ...

A MARWAR RULERS SERIES: MAHARAJA SRI VIJAY SINGH RATHORE OF MARWAR (1729 - 1793)Marwar (Jodhpur), Rajasthan, North-Western India, late 18th - earl...

A MARWAR RULERS SERIES: MAHARAJA BHIM SINGH OF MARWAR (1793 - 1803)Marwar (Jodhpur), Rajasthan, North-Western India, late 18th - early 19th centur...

A PROFILE PORTRAIT OF TIPU SULTAN, RULER OF MYSORE (1750 - 1799)Possibly Deccan region, Central India, mid to late 19th centuryOpaque pigments on ...

TWO PORTRAITS OF HINDUSTANI PEOPLE: MEER TALUB ALI AND HIS FATHER SAED SOONDHA, AND A MOTHER WITH HER CHILDRENPROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COL...

A LARGE CLOTH PAINTING OF A TIGERKota, Rajasthan, North-Western India, 20th centuryOpaque and oil pigments on gilt cotton cloth, the horizontal co...

LORD KRISHNA FLANKED BY HIS WIVESPROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTIONThanjavur (Tanjore), Tamil Nadu, South India, mid to late 19th centuryOp...

TWO DANCING LADIES UNDER PALM TREESNathdwara, Rajasthan, North-Western India, late 18th centuryOpaque pigments and gold on paper, the fragmentary ...

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A KRISHNA LILA SERIES: THE FEMALE HEROINE (NAYIKA) MEETING HER BELOVED (NAYAKA) FOR THE FIRST TIMEPROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GER...

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A KRISHNA LILA SERIES: THE NAYIKA BRINGING A TOKEN OF HER AFFECTION TO THE NAYAKAPROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTIONJai...

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A KRISHNA LILA SERIES: CLAMOR AT THE PALACEPROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTIONJaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, c...

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A KRISHNA LILA SERIES: KRISHNA PINING OVER HIS LOVER AT SUNSETPROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTIONJaipur, Rajasthan, Nor...

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A KRISHNA LILA SERIES: THE NAYIKA AND HER FEMALE ATTENDANTSPROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTIONJaipur, Rajasthan, North-...

AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A KRISHNA LILA SERIES: THE MEETING OF THE TWO SAKHIS (CONFIDANTES)PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTIONJaipur, Rajasthan,...

KRISHNA PLAYFULLY TEMPTING HIS LOVER AT NIGHTProvincial Kangra School, Pahari Hills, Northern India, 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with g...

A FEMALE HERMIT LISTENING TO MUSICProvincial Bundi school, Rajasthan or Punjab Hills, Northern India, 19th centuryOpaque pigments heightened with ...

A RUBY AND SPINEL-ENCRUSTED POLYCHROME-ENAMELLED GOLD PENDANTJaipur, Rajasthan, North-Western India, first half 19th centuryOf circular shape, the...

A PEARL, RUBY AND SPINEL-ENCRUSTED RINGSouth India, late 19th centuryOf elongated oval shape, with a small hook on one side encrusted with a red c...

A PAIR OF RUBY AND SPINEL-ENCRUSTED EARRINGSSouth India, late 19th centuryMade of two different segments likely deriving from a pendant or ornamen...

A PAIR OF INDIAN CHHAJJA EARRINGS CAPARISONED WITH SEED PEARLSNorthern India, 19th and 20th centuryMade from a pendant or ornament of a much bigge...

THREE INTAGLIO HARDSTONE SEALSQajar Iran, late 19th - early 20th centuryThe silver fob with oval gilt face engraved with the name Lotfollah al Mou...

A LARGE TURKMEN HORSE PECTORAL BELT WITH SILVER STUDS AND CARNELIAN-ENCRUSTED FITTINGSTurkmenistan, Central Asia, 19th centuryFeaturing a typical ...

AN IMPRESSIVE TURKMEN GILT WHITE METAL HORSE HARNESSTurkmenistan, Central Asia, 19th centuryFeaturing a typical Central Asian style and design, wi...

A GOLD-DAMASCENED (KOFTGARI) STEEL TULWAR (SWORD)Possibly Rajasthan or Punjab Hills, Northern India, early 19th centuryWith a curved single-edged ...

A GOLD-DAMASCENED (KOFTGARI) TULWAR-HILTED KILIJ SWORDPossibly Rajasthan or Punjab Hills, Northern India, late 19th centuryWith a curved single-ed...

λ A MAKARA-SHAPED BUFFALO HORN POWDER FLASKMughal India, 18th centuryOf natural sinuous shape, the terminals made of ivory, the head shaped as a m...

A QAJAR ENGRAVED AND GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL SHIELD AND ARM GUARD (BAZUBAND)Iran, 19th centuryComprising a circular steel shield, engraved with seve...

A PAIR OF ENGRAVED AND GOLD-DAMASCENED STEEL KNEE COVERSQajar Iran, late 19th centuryEach of hemispherical shape, surmounted by a spire finial, th...

AN ENGRAVED STEEL AXE HEAD (TABARZIN)Afghanistan, 19th centuryOf typical shape, the steel single-edged blade of curved shape, with a crescentic cu...

A CEREMONIAL STEEL AXE HEADPossibly Ottoman Turkey, 18th centuryWith typical crescent cutting edge, with a jagged flat flange opposite the cylindr...

AN INDIAN STEEL MACEIndia, late 19th centuryOf typical shape, with a tubular shaft, the central part of the shaft wrapped in cotton cloth, the hea...

AN OTTOMAN SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL (KUBUR)Ottoman Turkey, 19th centuryOf typical shape, with a faceted Belgian steel barrel and a ...

A PAIR OF SILVER-INLAID FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS (KUBUR)Ottoman Provinces, mid to late 19th centuryEach of typical shape, with a smooth steel bar...

A CARVED GREY SCHIST MAKARA SPOUTAncient region of Ghandara, 3rd - 4th centuryShaped as a reptilian aquatic mythical creature, possibly a makara, ...

A TRIANGULAR RELIEF CARVING WITH A ROOSTERPROPERTY FROM THE MOITA COLLECTION OF GANDHARA ARTAncient region of Gandhara, 2nd - 3rd centuryOf triang...

FOUR ENGRAVED TALISMANIC COPPER BREAST PLATES India or Iran, late 19th centuryEach of crescent shape, the terminals pierced and featuring short ha...