Islamic Khorasan Ewer with Calligraphic Text

11th-12th century AD. A bronze spherical body with discoid base, tapering tubular neck with thick everted rim, strap handle with notch detailing, horns to the rim and poppy-head thumb-pad. 464 grams,

An antique miniature Indo Persian manuscript leaf with carefully written with an Arabic Islamic religious calligraphic text, adorned with gilding. The leaf is adorned with a foliage motif, upper left.

10th century ancient khorasan Islamic calligraphic big ceramic pottery ever with images and writing size 25 x 16 cm

KORANSigned 'Ali al-'Arif al-'Irfani, Istanbul, dated 1278 H/1861Arabic manuscript on paper of 304 sheets. Calligraphic text in refined Ottoman naskh of 15 lines per page. Titles of the suras inscribe

12th century AD. A flat-section discoid pendant with radiating scrolled frills, pierced suspension loop, four lines of calligraphic text. 20 grams, 52mm (2"). Ex North London collection; acquired in L

14th-16th century AD. A sheet bronze rectangular platter with raised rim, central fluted recess with repoussé flowers and tendrils, band of repoussé calligraphic text to the border. 353 grams, 3

14th-20th century AD. A mixed group of inscribed gemstones comprising: jasper with four lines of calligraphic text; rock crystal with text to the flat face; amethyst with text and chamfered edges; car

8th-10th century AD. A bronze flask with flared base, spherical body, slender neck, bell-shaped mouth; the body with a band of calligraphic text to the shoulder, rosettes to the body, the mouth with i

19th-20th century AD. A gold finger ring comprising a gusseted hoop, squarer bezel with granule detailing to the chamfered underside, inset onyx cloison with four bands of dense calligraphic text; sta

An undated archaistic bronze openwork incense burner with band of calligraphic text to each flank, raised tail, separate hinged head with open mouth and pierced eyes. 515 grams, 24cm (9 1/2"). Propert

12th century AD. A squat bronze bowl with inclined sidewall and thick, chamfered rim; to the inner face, a band of reserved text on a hatched field enclosing an ibex and vegetation; running guilloche

c.1580-1620 AD. A set of four vellum manuscript pages illustrating scenes from an epic tale, each with a panel of calligraphic text and a hand-painted scene: kneeling figure with swaddled child and ap

An undated archaistic squat bronze bowl with three stub legs and chamfered rim, two loop handles; two panels of reserved calligraphic text. 1.1 kg, 13cm (5 1/4"). Acquired on the London art market bef

An antique miniature Indo Persian gouache painting on antique manuscript leaf with carefully written with an Arabic calligraphic text surrounded by floral and foliage patterns, and a geometrical oranm

20th century AD. A broad bronze vessel with four short legs, chamfered lip, lateral trilobe handles, two panels of reserved calligraphic text. 1.2 kg, 18.5cm (7 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman;

An undated archaistic group of bronze items including two Chinese style disc mirrors, an openwork plaque with monkeys to the rim, a padlock with key. two discs with calligraphic text, a tripod vessel

19th century AD. A mixed group of iron pins, square in section and pierced, each with calligraphic text to the faces. 353 grams total, 13cm (5 1/4"). From an old London collection, formed in the 1980s

An undated archaistic ceramic biconvex jar with radiating lugs to the shoulder, bands of dense tendril ornament with figures and animals, calligraphic text beneath the rim, lid with text to the rim an

19th century AD. A silver-coloured metal hollow-formed hexagonal-section case for an amuletic text, pierced suspension lug, each face with a panel of calligraphic text reserved against a hatched field

19th-20th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a brass seal matrix with openwork handle; a brass seal box with hinged panel, low-relief image of a mosque and calligraphic text; a silver-coloured meta

Late 19th-20th century AD. A mixed bronze group comprising: a lid with loop handle and bird; a trivet; a plaque with calligraphic text; a miniature Chinese mirror; a prayer-scroll holder with repouss�

An undated archaistic carved wooden container with sliding drawer; the body with bands of calligraphic text and frieze of female busts, handle shaped as a crouching lion, facing mask to the rear, slid

An undated archaistic cream-glazed jug with biconical body, flared base, conical neck, strap handle to the rear; decorated with bands of brown calligraphic text. 645 grams, 18.5 cm (7 1/4"). Property

20th century AD. A mixed group comprising: a rectangular bronze belt fastener with loop and stud to the reverse, reserved floral tracery; a shallow bronze dish with reserved calligraphic text; a bronz