Oil on panel signed and dated 1877 lower left Dimensions : 44 x 29 cm. Dimensions with frame : 70 x 56 cm. Théobald Chartran ( 1849-1907 ) A painter of history, genre scenes and portraits, Théobald Chartran was born in Besançon, France, in 1849. As a young child, he was already very skilled for […]
BALTHAZAR-CHARLES LARPENTEUR (1783-1846) “Portrait of an Ottoman Noble”
Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1845 lower right. Dimensions: 80 x 63 cm. Dimensions with frame: 100 x 85,5 cm. Exhibited: –Beyond the Treshold: Revisiting Orientalism II, exhibition organised by Galerie Ary Jan, Kent Antiques and Colnaghi, held at Colnaghi London between 20 April – 29 May 2026, pp. 74-77. Published in: –Beyond the […]
Iznik Blue and White Pottery Rimless Grape Dish
Ottoman Empire Circa 1570-1580 Diameter: 29 cm. Fritware, under glaze painted in shades of cobalt blue and green, decorated with three large bunches of grapes with curved tendrils and fleshy leaves, cavetto decorated with a band of palmettes, surrounded by a geometric border. The present dish belongs to a small group of blue and white […]
PORTRAIT OF A QAJAR LADY ATTRIBUTABLE TO MIRZA BABA
Qajar Persia. Circa 1810. 127 x 86 cm (unframed) 140 x 110 cm. (framed) Oil on canvas. Court lady depicted seated with her left hand raised directing herself as if she wishes to attract the viewer’s attention. She wears a skirt with stripes and a cream silk shirt and jewels richly decorated with pearls. Court […]
S. M. KHAYYAM – Whispers of the Deewan (1)
Signed. Gouache, natural pigments, dry pigments, lapis lazuli on archival paper. 36 x 48 cm. S. M. KHAYYAM Syed Muhammad Khayyam Shah is a Pakistani artist trained in Indo-Persian miniature painting. His work reinterprets traditional forms using natural pigments like lapis lazuli and gold leaf. Khayyam has been exhibiting internationally, including Asia Now Paris, Singapore […]
Iznik Polychrome Pottery Dish Decorated with Blue Saz Leaves and Hyacinths, Carnations and Roses
Ottoman Empire Second Half of the 16th Century Diameter: 30.3 cm. Fritware, the white ground painted under a clear glaze in green, cobalt-blue, bole-red, black, the interior is decorated with a symmetrical arrangement of red and blue saz leaves, carnations and rosettes stemming out from a central tuft, rim framed by a band of stylized […]
S. M. KHAYYAM – Whispers of the Deewan (2)
Signed. Gouache, natural pigments, dry pigments, lapis lazuli on archival paper. 36 x 48 cm. S. M. KHAYYAM Syed Muhammad Khayyam Shah is a Pakistani artist trained in Indo-Persian miniature painting. His work reinterprets traditional forms using natural pigments like lapis lazuli and gold leaf. Khayyam has been exhibiting internationally, including Asia Now Paris, […]
Iznik Polychrome Pottery Dish Decorated with a Blue Saz Leaf Surrounded by Roses
Ottoman Empire Second half of the 16th Century Diameter: 30 cm. Fritware, the white ground painted under a clear glaze in green, cobalt-blue, bole-red, black, the interior is decorated with a central blue saz leaf adorned with prunus blossoms, surrounded by four red roses stemming out from a central tuft, the rim is decorated with […]
S. M. KHAYYAM – Silent Whispers in Turquoise
Signed and Dated 2026. Dimensions: 42 x 56 cm. Natural stone pigments and organic pigments on paper. Syed Muhammad Khayyam Shah, or Khayyam as he’s known, was born in Quetta in Pakistan’s southwest Baluchistan province. He trained at the prestigious National College of Arts in Lahore, renowned for its dynamic reinvention of traditional Mughal miniature […]
M. S. KHAYYAM – Traces of Eternity (1)
Signed, Dated 2025. Gouache Natural Pigments, dry Pigments, Lapis Lazuli on archival paper. Dimensions: 21 x 29.7 cm. In this painting, a sea of fading Mughal faces emerges within a field of deep blue, each figure marked by quiet individuality yet dissolving into a collective rhythm. Their halos resemble waves—symbols of time, continuity, and the […]
EBTISAM ABDULAZIZ – Between Sarees (2025)
Acrylic on canvas, 91.5 x 122 cm. The intricate patterns found in Indian women’s sarees inspired Ebtisam Abdulaziz for the present work. Particularly the diamond-shaped motifs on sarees caught the artist’s eye. She was drawn to their rhythmic geometry and cultural richness, which guided the composition and overall mood of the piece. EBTISAM ABDULAZIZ Born […]
PORTRAIT OF ROXELANA (HURREM SULTAN, D. 1558), WIFE OF SULTAN SULEYMAN THE MAGNIFICENT (R. 1520-1566)
17th Century Venetian School Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 99 x 83 cm. (With Frame) This is a rare portrait of one of the most powerful women of the 16th century, Hurrem Sultan, the wife of the Ottoman sultan Suleyman the Magnificent (1494-1566). Hurrem has European heritage, as she was taken from her native Ruthenia at […]
EDWARD ANGELO GOODALL (1819-1908) The Sultan Hasan Mosque in Cairo
Signed Edward A Goodall (lower right) and inscribed and dated “Mosque sultan Hassan, Cairo, 1870 (lover left). Watercolour heightened with white. Dimensions: 33.6 x 52 cm. EDWARD ANGELO GOODALL (1819-1908) Edward Angelo Goodall was the son of Edward Goodall, the engraver of J. M. W. Turner’s works. His brothers Frederick Goodall (1822-1904) and Walter Goddall […]
FEAST HELD BY SHAH ABBAS IN HONOUR OF VALI MUHAMMAD KHAN GOVERNOR OF BUKHARA
Zand Persia Second half of the 18th Century Circle of Zand court artist Abu’l Hasan Ghaffari Mustawfi Kashani (d. 1798, active between 1781-1794). Dimensions: 22 x 37 cm (unframed), 36 x 49.5 cm (framed). Gouache and gold on paper. The present painting is an exceptionally fine reinterpretation of a famous and well-documented mural (wall painting) […]
THE BEAUTIFUL SOHINI SWIMMING TO MEET HER LOVER MAHIVAL AT NIGHT
India, Lucknow. Circa 1780 Dimensions: 18 x 28.5 cm. (Painting), 25 x 33 cm. (Folio). Sohini swimming on a terracotta pot with a sword at her side, clad in a transparent choli and striped gold pantaloons, Mahiwal seated on the riverbank playing a flute, a sword before him in the grass, buffaloes grazing alongside, an […]
THE MUGHAL EMPEROR JAHANGIR ENTHRONED
Delhi, India Circa 1820. Dimensions: 21 x 14 cm. Gouache on paper. The Mughal emperor Jahangir (r. 1605-1627) enthroned under a canopy on terrace, receiving four courtiers standing before him, an attendant waving a cauri in the background. This Mughal court scene is a good example of work by Mughal artists working in Delhi at […]
RARE OTTOMAN TORTOISESHELL AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID CABINET
Ottoman Empire Late 17TH – Early 18TH Century Height: 111 cm, Width: 54 cm., Depth: 26 cm. Of rectangular form, elaborately inlaid throughout with tortoiseshell and mother-of-pearl with foliate details to front and geometric designs on sides, with two hinged doors, decorated with shamsa medallions and stylized arches above and below on the outside and chequered […]
‘DESAKH RAGINI’: AN ILLUSTRATION FROM A RAGAMALA SERIES
India, Rajasthan, Kota. Circa 1760 Dimensions: 40 x 26 cm. Gouache on paper, yellow panel at top with nagari text, red border. Four male acrobats attired in shorts performing around a pole with a female acrobat wearing blue pantaloons balanced at the top of the pole in a landscape, plantain trees in the background. This energetic ragamala […]
WATERCOLOUR OF A HIPPOPOTAMUS FROM THE COLLECTION OF WARREN HASTINGS (1732-1818) GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA
COMPANY SCHOOL, LUCKNOW, INDIA CIRCA 1780 DIMENSIONS: 27.5 x 42cm. Pen, ink and watercolour on ‘J Kool’ watermarked paper, scale and identification in brown ink above, the verso plain, mounted, framed and glazed. PUBLISHED IN: Indian Drawings of Plants and Animals, exhibition catalogue, Hobhouse Limited, Spring 1986, No. 5. Engraved: Along the top edge: No. 1 Hippopotamia amphibious, Male […]
Imperial Qajar Qur’an Copied For Nasir Al-Din Shah’s Son-In-Law Prince Muayyad Al-Davla (D. 1912)
Qajar Persia Signed: Ismail bin Visal Dated: 1278 A.H. / 1861 C.E. Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Manuscript on paper, 240 leaves, 2 fly leaves, 19 lines to page, opening with three consequent double pages with the index, prayers and the Surat al-Fatiha and the beginning of Surah al-Baqara lavishly illuminated in gold and polychrome […]
ILLUSTRATION TO A RAGAMALA SERIES: ‘LALITA RAGINI’ IN THE STYLE OF GOVARDHAN
Mughal India. Circa 1740. Gouache on paper heightened with gold. Dimensions: 20.3 x 16.3 cm. This exquisite painting is the visual representation of a musical mode (raga) from classical Indian music. It is a pictorial metaphor for a raga, belonging to a Ragamala (Garland of melodies). The mode represented in this painting is ‘Lalita Ragini’. […]
Rare Qur’an Folio In Maghribi Script With Gold Surah Heading
Morocco 13th Century Dimensions: 27.2 x 26.4 cm. Sepia, blue, red ink and gold on vellum. Folio in square format, inscribed on both sides with seven lines, in maghribi script in sepia ink, diacritics and vocalization in red, blue and gold. The verses separated by gold and polychrome illuminated motifs in various rosettes, palms, and […]
MAHARAJA GHAMAND OF KANGRA SMOKING WITH MAHARAJA DEVI CHAND OF BILASPUR
India. Pahari – Kangra. Circa 1765. Opaque water-based pigments with gold on paper. black outer borders with black ruled lines. Image size: 22.2 x 20 cm. Sheet: 23.5 x 22.2 cm Published in: -W. G. Archer, Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills: A Survey and History of Pahari Miniature Painting,London and New York, 1973, Vol. I, […]
RUDOLF ERNST (1854-1932) – Chubuk Smoker
Signed ‘R. Ernst’ Oil on panel. Dimensions: 64.5 x 81 cm. Rudolf Ernst (1854-1932) Born in Vienna on 14 February 1854, Rudolf Ernst is one of the leading painters of the Orientalist movement. He was first inspired by his father who was an architect and an esteemed member of the Vienna Fine Arts Academy. Ernst […]
Gold and Silver Bridle and Breastplate, Central Asia
17th-18th Century Bridle Height: 54 cm. Bridle Width: 23.5 cm. Breastplate Height: 88 cm. Breastplate Width: 22 cm. The bridle morocco lined with red silk, the brow-band, head and cheek-pieces faced with interlocking 23 karat gold and silver plaques; lined with the order of two silver, one gold plaque; each cast with lines on both […]
Rare and Important Ottoman Jade and Jewel-Set Belt Buckle
Ottoman Empire 17th Century Dimensions: 11.5 x 24 cm. Slightly curved gilt silver body consisting of two halves, with a central aperture and sliding hinge, stays on underside to fasten belt, the front worked in repoussé with foliate scrolls, set with encrusted four jade plaques inlaid with gold and set turquoises, bordered by further precious […]
Safavid Cuerda-Seca Tile Decorated with a Nightingale Resting on a Branch
Safavid Persia 17th Century Dimensions: 19.5 x 23 cm. Tile in square form, cuerda-seca decorated in green, blue, yellow, brown with black outlines, depicting a nightingale resting on a branch with a khatayi (lotus) blossom. The cuerda-seca (dry cord) technique, with which the present tile was produced, is used when applying coloured glazes to ceramic […]
Iznik Polychrome Pottery Dish Decorated with White Prunus Blossoms and Leaves
Ottoman Empire Second Half of the 16th Century Diameter: 30 cm. Fritware, the white ground painted under a clear glaze in green, cobalt-blue, bole-red, black, the interior is decorated with juxtaposed white prunus blossoms and green leaves. The bold effect of the bright red ground is heightened by the potter’s decision to leave the cavetto […]
Iznik Polychrome Pottery Tile Decorated with Roses, Chinese Clouds and Khatayis
Ottoman Empire Second Half of the 16th Century Dimensions: 25.5 x 25.5 cm. Painted under clear glaze with cobalt blue, turquoise, coral red, green; the composition consists of intertwined roses, Chinese clouds and khatayi blossoms. The Chinese cloud or ‘stylised cloud band motif’ is one of the most favoured motifs of the Ottoman decorative repertoire; […]
Iznik Polychrome Pottery Dish Decorated With Spring Flowers And Two Saz Leaves
Ottoman Empire Second half of the 16th century Diameter: 25.5 cm. With sloping rim, the white interior painted under the glaze in bole-red, cobalt-blue, green and black with a symmetrical arrangement comprising a floral spray of spring flowers, and two saz leaves around a central spray of spring flowers, the border with stylised wave and […]
Iznik Polychrome Pottery Dish Decorated With Roses And A Shamsa Medallion
Ottoman Empire Second half of the 16th century Diameter: 28.5 cm. Underglaze painted, decorated in cobalt blue, green and coral red, with an ogival medallion (shamsa) flanked by symmetrical floral sprays, the rim with scroll and rock border. The stylized medallion motif, seen in present piece, is called shamsa in Turkish, a word deriving from […]
Iznik Blue and White Pottery ‘Wheatsheaf Style’ Dish
Ottoman Empire Second half of the 16th Century Diameter: 31.5 cm. Underglaze painted fritware, decorated with central floral rosette surrounded by chinoiserie scrolling foliate springs and lobed medallions containing a pair of flowering plants on dense scrolling ground, the lip with wave and rock design interspersed with scrolls, the underside surrounded by repeated floral motifs, and old […]
Rare And Important Iznik Pottery Dish Decorated With Rotating Blue Hares
Ottoman Empire 17th century Diameter: 26.5 cm. Fritware, underglaze painted in blue, coral red, green, black; depicting five running blue hares. The rim decorated with stylized leaves. Depiction of animals is part of an old iconographic tradition in Anatolia and the present aesthetic can be stretched back to figural Seljuk art. In Ottoman art some […]
Iznik Pottery Dish Decorated with an Owl, a Deer, a Dog, a Hare and Three Birds
Ottoman Empire Second Half of the 16th Century Diameter: 26.2 cm. Of shallow rounded form with everted rim, painted in cobalt blue, green and red with black outlines, the circular central medallion decorated with a deer, an owl, a hare, a dog and three birds interspersed with foliate motifs, the medallion encircled by a frieze of […]
Qajar Polychrome Moulded Pottery Tile Depicting a Prince and Princess with Two Courtiers, Attributed to Safar ‘Ali
Qajar Persia 19th Century Attributed to Safar ‘Ali Dimensions: 33.5 x 37.5 cm. Fritware, moulded, underglaze polychrome painted tile, depicting a prince and a princess in the centre with a courtier on both sides, in a spring garden with domed buildings in the background. The princess holds a parasol with two flowers. The band on […]
A Portrait Of A Young Nobleman, Possibly Safi Khan
Mughal India Circa 1680 Painting: 16.5 cm. x 10.7 cm. Including borders: 25.5 cm. x 19.6 cm. A young nobleman standing facing left holding a rose sprig, wearing a striped, yellow jama and a yellow turban decorated with a jewelled sarpech, a sword and shield hanging from his floral patka, flowers including irises and grass at his […]
A Mullah Seated With Mughal Princesses
Lucknow Circa 1780 Dimensions: 40 x 28.8 cm. Gouache on paper heightened with gold, blue border with white margin rules. A mullah seated in discussion with two Mughal princesses on a terrace. The mullah dressed in white writing in a text, both princesses adorned with pearls and jewels and wearing turbans decorated with jewels and […]
IMPORTANT ALBUM PAGE WITH CALLIGRAPHY SIGNED ALI AL-HUSAYNI (MIR ALI HERAVI, D. 1544)
Possibly Bukhara or Herat. Dimensions: Text Panel: 20 x 12 cm. Leaf: 32 x 23 cm. Persian manuscript on paper, the quatrain written diagonally in black nasta’liq script. The panel decorated with polychrome and gold floral scrolls against a blue ground. The central calligraphy encircled by eight cartouches of black nasta’liq within clouds against a […]
King Shapur Receiving The Defeated Roman Emperor
A bifolium illustration to the Shahnama of Firdausi by the Safavid master Mu’in Musavvir Safavid Persia, Isfahan Circa 1660 Dimensions: Each leaf 34 x 22.2 cm. Bifolium 34 x 44.5 cm. Gouache with gold on paper, an illustration to Firdausi’s Shahnama, depicting ‘King Shapur receiving the defeated Roman emperor’, written in four columns of black nasta’liq […]
RARE FOLIO FROM A CALLIGRAPHIC ALBUM ATTRIBUTED TO OTTOMAN COURT CALLIGRAPHER AHMED KARAHISARI (D. 1566)
Ottoman Empire 16th Century Dimensions: 24.6 x 22 cm. Black ink on paper, a succession of combined letters displaying various combinations of the letter tā, three lines of large black thuluth script arranged between two lines of smaller black naskh script. The naskh lines include sayings about the art of calligraphy (al-khatt), attributed to the legendary Abbasid/Ilkhanid calligrapher Yāqūt al-Musta‘simī. […]
A Magnificent Mughal Jade Pendant (Haldili) with the Throne Verse (Ayat Al-Kursi) from the Qur’an
Mughal India Hight: 5 cm. Width 6 cm. Jade dated 1051 A.H. / 1641 C.E. Produced during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan (r. 1627-1658) The Gold Frame with Set-Jewels: 19th Century Of oval form with suspension loop to the upper edge, in openwork gold mount, the front engraved with an extremely fine, […]
Extremely Fine Ottoman Silver-Filigree Rosewater-Sprinkler and Incense-Burner Set
Ottoman Empire 18th Century Height: 21 cm The body in the shape of an urn supported either side by a scroll handle ending in four scroll feet on a square shaped base. Each cover with a finial in the form of a floral vase, one hinged, one with a screw-thread. The pair displays a high […]
Ottoman Tombak (Gılt Copper) Zamzam (Holy Water) Ewer
Ottoman Empire 18th Century Height: 35 cm. Of baluster form, on round foot, with a tall body, neck and domed stopper, and serpentine spout, both secured with chains, over all decorated with incised rococo ‘c’s and floral motifs. Expertly gilded brass and copper wares are called “tombak”. Tombak is the technique whereby a gilt and […]
Early Ottoman Gilt-Copper (Tombak) Incense-Burner
Ottoman Empire, Circa 1600, Height: 21 cm. Gilt-copper, with hemispherical body and pedestal foot, curved handle and hinged, domed lid decorated with stylised palmettes and arabesques in open work technique, surmounted by a round finial. Incense-burners were used at ceremonial events and religious gatherings. Incense was believed to purify the air and have protective powers against […]
Early Mamluk Silver-Inlaid Brass Candlestick Decorated with an Elephant Rider and Horse Riders
Egypt Second Half of the 13th Century Height: 18,5 cm. Inscriptions on the shoulder and neck: عز الدائم [al-‘izz al-daim…] (perpetual glory…). The base of truncated conical form, the projecting shoulder leading to a concave drip-tray, the narrow tapering cylindrical neck ending with a conical socket, the body decorated with a figural frieze of musicians and […]
Indo-Portuguese Tortoisshell, Mother Of Pearl Inlaid Table Cabinet
India 17th-18th Century 33.6 x 52 x 36 cm. Inlaid with panels of tortoiseshell and plaques of mother-of-pearl with bold cartouches surrounded by polygons and divided by narrow micro-mosaic borders, drop front revealing twelve drawers of various sizes with silver palmette handles, functioning key for lock. Portable fall-front cabinets such as the present one were […]
Paır Of Ottoman Turban Stands Decorated Wıth Sprıng Flowers In A Vase
Ottoman Empire 18th Century Height: 97 cm. Carved wood, with flat back panel and bracketed shelf, decorated in carved deep relief and painted in polychrome and gilt, with a central bouquet in a vase flanked by columns and framed by acanthus swags and c-scrolls. In the Ottoman period, flowers, like those decorating the present turban stands, […]
Ottoman Voided Silk Velvet Panel With Gold & Silver Thread
Ottoman Empire First Half of the 17th Century Dimensions: 158 x 130 cm. Cut crimson velvet on a silk warp-faced cream ground with six stacked vertical rows of eight-lobed blossoms emanating further foliate details, with gold and silver-thread highlights in central flowerheads; the border with en-suite motifs and confronting tulips. This design stands out for its geometric symmetry […]
An Early Ottoman Cushion Cover Decorated With Carnations Tulips In And Around A Shamsa Medallion
Ottoman Empire, Palace Workshop 17th Century Dimensions: 116 x 49.5 cm. Cream compound silk-cotton cloth, embroidered in coloured silks, with a blue şemse (shamsa) medallion with carnations in the centre, surrounded by a band of intertwined tulips. Carnations and tulips were among the most favoured motifs in the Ottoman decorative repertoire. The tulip has a […]
Ottoman Silk Lampas (Kaftan Section) Decorated With Tulips And Saz Leaves
Ottoman Empire 16th Century Dimensions: 74 x 40 cm. Imperial Ottoman silk kaftan section decorated with symmetrically arranged tulips on saz leaves surrounded by flower heads. The saz leaf seen on the present silk kaftan section is an important motif frequently used by the artists employed in the Ottoman court studio. The first representative of […]
Ottoman Velvet Panel Decorated With Stylized Pomegranates
Ottoman Empire 17th Century Dimensions: 270 x 64 cm. Woven with ogival medallions (şemse) arranged in offset rows which form an infinitely repeating pattern, decorated with pomegranates, surrounded by spring flowers, in metal-thread against a red velvet ground. Stylized medallion motifs are known as şemse in Turkish, a word deriving from the Arabic shams meaning […]
Ottoman Voided Velvet Cushion Cover
Ottoman Empire 18th Century Dimensions: 117 x 58 cm. Woven with a border running around a central şemse medallion in metal-thread against a red velvet ground. Stylized medallion motifs are known as şemse in Turkish, a word deriving from the Arabic shams meaning sun. They are used as frame for diverse designs and arranged in […]
An Italian Velvet With The Design Used For Sultan Mehmed Iv’s (R. 1648-87) Ceremonial Kaftan
17th Century Probably Florence The ‘a griccia’ design on this ceremonial Italian velvet, probably from Florence, is closely related to the long-sleeved, short ceremonial kaftan, associated with Sultan Mehmed IV (r. 1648-87). Please see: Tezcan, Delibaş & Rogers, Topkapi – Costumes, Embroideries and other Textiles, London, 1986, cat. 49. Italian velvets were highly desirable at […]
Coffee Served In A Harem Interior – Attributed To Giovanni Antonio Guardi (1699-1760)
Oil on Canvas. Height: 44 cm. Width: 62 cm The present early 18th century painting depicts two ladies serving coffee to a conversing couple seated on a large sofa in a harem interior. An almost identical painting, after Jean-Baptiste Vanmour (d. 1737), painted by Gianantonio Guardi for Comte de Schulenbourg, with the same dimensions, is […]
JAN PORTIELJE (1829-1908) – ‘Middle Eastern Beauty’
“MIDDLE EASTERN BEAUTY” Signed: J Portielje (Lower Left) Further Signed, Inscribed and Dated on the Reverse: “The Undersigned Declares / that this picture has been / painted by himself to the / order of Mr A D’Huyvetter Jr / of Antwerp / 1881 J Portielje”. Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 111.8×81.3 cm. Jan Portielje (20 April […]
CARL HAAG (1820-1915), ‘KIEFF YAUS’ (REST IS SWEET)
Signed Carl Haag and Dated 1893 Watercolour on card. Dimensions: 26 x 36.5 cm. (Unframed), 48.5 x 59 cm. (Framed) Signed, inscribed and dated, ‘Kieff Yaoos! Carl Haag 1893.’ (lower left); Also signed, inscribed and dated on a label on the reverse; « Kieff Yaous! (Rest is sweet!) by Carl Haag, R.W.S. Hofmaler to H.R.H. the […]
Illuminated Calligraphy Signed By The Timurid Vizier Abdallah Al-Marvarid (d. 1525), Dated 903 AH / 1497-98 AD
Timurid Empire Dimensions: 18.5 x 27cm. (34.3 x 43.7cm. framed) Arabic manuscript on paper, 2 lines in bold thuluth within clouds against a blue and gold ground with spiral and palmettes, two lines in black naskh, cropped and mounted as an album page, framed. Abdallah al-Marvarid (d.1525) served as a vizier in the ministry of correspondence under the Timurid […]
Rare and Important Ottoman Tombak Water Flask
Ottoman Empire Height: 27cm. 16th-17th Century Of deep baluster shape, raising in two small, curved shoulders with suspension loops and terminating in a narrow facetted cylindrical neck, with short, curved spout on one side, resting on a short, splayed foot ring, decorated with large engraved palmette medallions with stippled ground, filled and surrounded with scrolling floral […]
Ottoman Tombak (Gilt Copper) Ewer and Basin
Ottoman Empire 18th Century Ewer Height: 33.5 cm. Basin Diameter: 37.5 cm. Set comprising of tombak (gilt-copper) lidded ewer, basin and filter; the ewer of truncated pyriform body with tall waisted neck, applied swan-necked spout and handle, hinged domical lid topped by stylised pinecone, hammered, engraved and punched floral garland decoration, together with a large basin and detachable […]
Ottoman Sılk And Metal-Thread Embroıdered Cover Decorated Wıth Sprıng Blossoms
Ottoman Empire 18th Century Dimensions: 112 x 112 cm. Silk cover decorated with embroidered spring flowers and with metal-wrapped thread. This richly embroidered ceremonial cover was probably used during religious ceremonies or social gatherings. The decoration we see in this piece becomes fashionable from the 18th century onwards and appears on various luxurious embroidered textiles, […]
Important Early Safavid Gold-set Jade Mirror Handle – SOLD
Persia – 16th century – Length: 4.2 cm Of slightly widening cylindrical form with pointed ridge below and flattened panel above, the surface very finely engraved and inlaid with spiralling gold tendrils, each leaf-motif also further worked within the gold design, the upper panel with scrolling motifs, slight loss to lower end, the upper end […]
Important Ottoman Miniature Depicting Sultan Mehmed Ii’s Accession to the Throne, School of Nakkash Osman – SOLD
Ottoman Empire, School of Nakkash Osman, Second Half of the 16th Century, Dimensions: 15.8 x 19.4 cm. The present miniature is from the workshop of Nakkash Osman, the eponymous scriptorium that produced illustrated manuscripts for the court. The work bears striking resemblance to miniatures from the renowned Hünername, a history of the Ottoman sultans (preserved […]
Extremely Rare and Important Copy of Jami’s Yusuf Wa Zulaykha Copied by Mir Ali Heravi – SOLD
Shaybanid Bukhara – Signed: Mῑr ‘Alῑ [al-Heravi] (d. 1544) Dated: 938 AH / 1531 AD Text panel: 14 x 7.3cm.; folio 25 x 16.4cm Persian manuscript on burnished cream paper, 151 ff. plus 5 fly-leaves, each folio with 14ll. of elegant black nas-ta’liq on gold-sprinkled ground and arranged into two columns with gold intercolumnar rules, […]
An Extremely Rare and Important Iznik ‘Damascus Style’ Pottery Dish – SOLD
Turkey – Circa 1549 – Diameter: 34 cm Decorated in the ‘saz leaf and rosette’ style in shades of cobalt-blue, turquoise, manganese purple and sage green, all with thin black outlines, with saz leaves forming a central pole medallion containing scale pattern centred on four conjoined trefoils, the medallion surrounded by floral sprays and palmettes […]
Jean-leon Gerome, ‘at Prayer’ – SOLD
Signed: J. L. Gérôme upper right on the beam – Oil on Canvas 23 x 34 cm Born in France, Gérôme was one of the most famous painters in the world in the second half of the 19th century. In the early stages of his career he painted scenes of ancient Greece and Rome. In […]
Portrait of Suleyman the Magnificent by a Follower of Gentile Bellini – SOLD
Italy, probably Venice, circa 1520, Dimensions: 32.5 x 28 cm When he came to power in 1520, Suleyman II inherited a vast empire which encompassed Syria, Palestine, Egypt and the Hijaz, including Mecca and Medina; extending eastwards towards the Caspian Sea, as far North as Vienna and parts of the African coast to the South. […]
Rare Imperial Ottoman Appliqué Tent Panel – SOLD
Ottoman Empire, Circa 1683, Dimensions: 190 x 344 cm. On red cotton background, mixed silk fabrics, in hemmed appliqué technique, with a dense floral infilling in red, orange, yellow, green and cream. Two elements are borrowed from Ottoman architecture: arched columns and windows. These architectural elements are profusely decorated with carnations, tulips, floral sprays in […]
Rare and Important Indian Talismanic Shirt (Jama) With Qur’anic Verses and the Jawshan Al-kabeer – SOLD
North India or the Deccan, 17th-18th Century, Heigth: 72 cm., Width: 99.5 cm. Cotton shirt inscribed with Qur’anic suras and the Jawshan al-Kabeer prayer in red and blue thuluth, red ghubar script, written in large panels on a green ground to arms, shoulders and lower section to front, reverse with large, symmetrically arranged foliate decoration on green […]
An Extremely Rare and Important Ottoman Velvet Panel – SOLD
Turkey – 16th Century – 123 x 173 cmThis velvet panel is a rare example of Ottoman art of textile. The design is in the form of a closed composition surrounded by a border. Here the çintemani spots are not arranged in the usual offset pattern but in straight rows. Each spot is filled with […]