A monumental portrait of King Jamshid, signed by Mihr ‘Ali, Persia, Qa...
A monumental portrait of King Jamshid, signed by Mihr ‘Ali, Persia, Qajar, dated 1218 AH/1803 AD 302 by 145cm. Oil on canvas, mounted on a stretcher, annotated 'Jamshid' in Persian at middle left in nasta'liq... More
A portrait of Prince Kam Baksh, son of Aurangzeb (cropped 2)
A portrait of Prince Kam Baksh, son of Aurangzeb, India, Mughal, 18th century Estimate: 500 - 800 GBP LOT SOLD. 2,750 GBP (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium) Ink with use of colours of on paper, mounted on alb... More
Alphonse Kann Portrait
Photographic portrait of Peter Pitt-Millward in Alphonse Kann's home, Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Christabel Cockerell, lady Frampton by Arthur Hacker (1858-1919)FXD
Christabel Cockerell, Lady FramptonРусский: Кристабель Кокерелл, леди Фрэмптон. Фоторепродукция с сайта Сотбис. Сделана для проведения аукциона произведений искусства викторианского и эдвардианского периода, ... More
Nūr 'Ali Shāh Isfahani
Painting of Nūr 'Ali Shāh Isfāhani, Qajar Period, early 19th c.
The Factory Girl), Israel
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Bruce - Anemones (Bowl of Flowers), circa 1910-11, lot.71 (cropped)
Anemones (Bowl of Flowers), circa 1910-11
Bruce - Anemones (Bowl of Flowers), circa 1910-11, lot.71
Anemones (Bowl of Flowers), circa 1910-11
Bruce - Green Jug of Roses Still Life (Bouquet of Flowers), circa 1911...
Green Jug of Roses Still Life (Bouquet of Flowers), circa 1911
Bruce - Green Jug of Roses Still Life (Bouquet of Flowers), circa 1911...
Green Jug of Roses Still Life (Bouquet of Flowers), circa 1911
A compendium of four treatises by Jamshid al-Kashi (d.1429) and Qadi a...
A COMPENDIUM OF FOUR TREATISES BY JAMSHID AL-KASHI (D.1429 AD) AND QADI AL-ZADE AL-RUMI (D.1437 AD), PERSIA, QAZVIN, SAFAVID, DATED 967 AH/1560 AD Arabic manuscript on paper, 86 leaves, written in fine black n... More
A compilation of summaries of treaties concluded between Persia and Br...
A compilation of summaries of treaties concluded between Persia and Britain, France and Russia, prepared for Farrokh Khan Ghaffari, Persia, Tehran, Qajar, mid-19th century Persian manuscript on paper, 29 leave... More
A Lacquerwork painting, Persia, Qajar, early 19th century, Early 19th ...
A Lacquerwork painting, Persia, Qajar, early 19th century, Early 19th Century Lacquer painting 29.6 by 23.6cm. Of broad rectangular format, depicting a lady with a child on her lap, a maiden with a duck stand... More
A leaf from a Persian manuscript depicting Fath 'Ali Shah, Persia, Qaj...
A leaf from a Persian manuscript depicting Fath 'Ali Shah, Persia, Qajar, first half 19th century Ink, gouache, gold on paper Leaf: 28.6 by 17.5cm. Gouache heightened with gold on paper, 4 lines of text withi... More
A pair of Qajar wedding trays, Persia, 19th century
A pair of Qajar wedding trays, Persia, 19th century Painted wood both composed of wood, standing on four short carved feet, the interiors painted with a central medallion featuring a seated scholar within a lo... More
A Nowruz still life, Persia, Qajar, 19th century
A Nourouz still life, Persia, Qajar, 19th century Oil on canvas, framed Very little is known of the development of the still-life genre in Iran. Layla Diba suggests that like eighteenth and nineteenth century... More
A portrait of a late Safavid ruler, probably Soltan Hoseyn. Created in...
Pounced drawing, ink with use of colours and gold on paper Pounced drawing, ink with use of colours and gold on paper, mounted on an album page with later gilt-decorated orange borders This interesting pounced... More
A portrait of a man, signed by Yahya Ghaffari, Persia, Qajar, dated 18...
A portrait of a man, signed by Yahya Ghaffari, Persia, Qajar, dated 1294 AH/1877 AD gouache on paper, laid down on an album page with red and black inner borders, framed Yahya Ghaffari was the son of Qajar cou... More
A portrait of Napoleon on horseback, signed by Mirza Reza Ibn Muhammad...
A portrait of Napoleon on horseback, signed by Mirza Reza Ibn Muhammad 'Ali Ashtiyani Tabrizi, Persia, Tabriz, Qajar, dated 1853 Watercolour on paper with writing Painting: 21.3 by 15cm. Gouache on paper, a li... More
A Portrait of Muhammad Shah Qajar, signed by Ahmed, with calligraphy b...
A Portrait of Muhammad Shah Qajar, signed by Ahmed, with calligraphy by Muhammad Isma'il, Persia, Qajar, dated 1260 AH/1844 AD 222.5 by 127cm. Oil on canvas, framed, with a border of inscribed cartouches conta... More
A Qajar Lacquer mirror-case signed by the artist Ja'far Najaf 'Ali, pr...
A Qajar Lacquer mirror-case signed by the artist Ja'far Najaf 'Ali, probably Isfahan, dated 1857 28.5 x 19cm. Papier-mache covers, the exteriors decorated with a family in European attire having a meal and at ... More
A Zand or Qajar polychrome pottery tile panel, Persia, 18th - 19th cen...
A Zand or Qajar polychrome pottery tile panel, Persia, 18th/19th century composed of twenty-four tiles, decorated with a scene of courtly male figures hunting, one on horseback, the other two on foot, set in a... More
Abu Sahl Isa Ibn Yahya al-Jurgani al-Masihi, Article II of Al-Tibb al-...
Abu Sahl Isa Ibn Yahya al-Jurgani al-Masihi, Article II of Al-Tibb al-Kulli, a treatise on medicine, probably Western Persia or Anatolia, dated 630 AH/1232-3 AD Ink on Paper 20.7 by 12.6cm. Arabic manuscript o... More
Amir Shahi (d.1453), Diwan, copied by ‘Abdullah, Persia, Safavid, 16th...
Amir Shahi (d.1453), Diwan, copied by ‘Abdullah, Persia, Safavid, 16th century Persian manuscript on paper, 52 leaves plus 6 fly-leaves, 11 lines to the page, written in nasta'liq script in black ink, the text... More
An Illustrated and Illuminated Leaf from a Persian Manuscript; Two Pri...
An Illustrated and Illuminated Leaf from a Persian Manuscript: Two Prisoners Hung by their Feet, Qazwin or Shiraz, Persia, circa 1570 Central panel: 21.5 by 11.3cm. leaf: 27.8 by 19cm. Ink and gouache on paper... More
An Illustrated and Illuminated leaf from a Persian Manuscript, Persia,...
An Illustrated and Illuminated leaf from a Persian Manuscript, Persia, Safavid, dated 922 AH/1516 AD Opaque watercolor heightened with gold on paper Painting: 33.3 by 20.3cm. Leaf: 43.2 by 30cm. Gouache height... More
An illustrated manuscript of poetry, Persia, Qajar, early 19th century
An illustrated manuscript of poetry, Persia, Qajar, early 19th century Ink, gouache, paper, textile, leather 19.5 by 12cm. Persian manuscript on paper, 27 leaves on coloured paper, 9 lines to the page, writte... More
An illuminated Qur’an, Persia, Qajar, mid-19th century, with lacquer b...
An illuminated Qur’an, Persia, Qajar, mid-19th century, with lacquer binding signed by Muhammad Husayn, dated 1279 AH/1862 AD Ink on paper with lacquer binding Arabic manuscript on polished paper, 231 leaves p... More
An illuminated Qur’an, commissioned by Mukhbir al-Dawlah, the Minister...
An illuminated Qur’an, commissioned by Mukhbir al-Dawlah, the Minister of Science and copied by Muhammad al-Musawi known as Hindi, Persia, Qajar, dated 1305 AH/1887-88 AD Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 245 ... More
An illuminated Qur’an, commissioned by Mukhbir al-Dawlah, the Minister...
An illuminated Qur’an, commissioned by Mukhbir al-Dawlah, the Minister of Science and copied by Muhammad al-Musawi known as Hindi, Persia, Qajar, dated 1305 AH/1887-88 AD Arabic manuscript on cream paper, 245 ... More
An Illustrated Leaf from the Shah Isma'il II Manuscript of Firdausi's ...
An Illustrated Leaf from the Shah Isma'il II Manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnama, The Fire Ordeal of Siyavush, Ascribed to the artist Siyavush, Qazvin, Persia, circa 1577 central panel: 24.7 by 20cm. leaf: 45 by... More
An illustrated and illuminated leaf from the Tarikh-i 'alam-ara-yi Abb...
An illustrated and illuminated leaf from the Tarikh-i 'alam-ara-yi Abbasi of Iskander Bayg Munshi: the Uzbek army storms the fort of Isfarain, Persia, Isfahan, Safavid, circa 1650 Gouache heightened with gold ... More
An Ilustrated album leaf from a copy of Bidjan's Tarikh-i Djahangusha-...
An Ilustrated album leaf from a copy of Bidjan's Tarikh-i Djahangusha-yi Khaqan Sahibqiran (A History of Shah Isma'il I) painted by or in the style of Mu'in Musavvir, Persia, Isfahan, circa 1680 central panel:... More
An official copy of the treaty of Erzurum, Persia, Qajar, 19th Century
An official copy of the treaty of Erzurum, Persia, Qajar, 19th Century Ink on paper, leather binding 19.7 by 13.4cm. Persian manuscript on paper, 21 leaves plus 2 flyleaves, 11 lines to the page, written in na... More
Badr al-Din Abu Nasr Farahi (d.1242), Lama’at al-Badr, a versified com...
BADR AL-DIN ABU NASR FARAHI (D.1242), LAMA’AT AL-BADR, A VERSIFIED COMMENTARY ON THE AL-JAMI’ AL-SAGHIR IN CONCERTINA-FORM, PERSIA, QAJAR, 19TH CENTURY Persian manuscript on coloured paper, 21 leaves, written ... More
Elizabeth I English School c 1560FXD
Elizabeth I of England, oil on panel, 91 x 62 cm, 36 x 24 1/2 in
Feldwebel of the School of Guards Ensigns and Cavalry Junkers 1855-185...
Русский: Фельдфебель Школы гвардейских подпрапорщиков и кавалерийских юнкеров. Российская империя, 1855-1856 English: Feldwebel of the School of Guards Ensigns and Cavalry Junkers. The Russian Empire, 1855-18... More
Georges de La Tour Saint Jacques le majeur Collection particuliere (cr...
Français : Georges de La Tour Saint Jacques le majeur Collection particuliere
Large Calligraphic Panel, Signed Mohammed Hussein Imad al-Kutab, Qajar...
Large Calligraphic Panel, Signed Mohammed Hussein Imad al-Kutab, Qajar, Persia, Dated A.H. 1275/A.D.1858 Signed Mohammed Hussein Imad al-Kutab ink and gouache heightened with gold on paper, laid down on stout ... More
Muhammad Quli Mirza (d.1844), Diwan, Persia, Qajar, signed by Khalil a...
MUHAMMAD QULI MIRZA (D.1844), DIWAN, PERSIA, QAJAR, SIGNED BY KHALIL AL-SARAWI, DATED 1240 AH/1824-25 AD 27.2 by 17.2cm. Persian manuscript on paper, 145 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 17 lines to the page written ... More
POMPEO BATONI LUCCA 1708 - 1787 ROME SUSANNA AND THE ELDERSFXD
Public domain photograph related to the history of Italy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Portrait of a seated nobleman, signed by Abu'l Hasan Ghaffari, Persia,...
A portrait of a seated nobleman, signed by Abu'l Hasan Ghaffari, Persia, Qajar, dated 1272 AH/1855 AD Ink and gouache on paper Drawing: 22.2 by 18.4cm. Leaf: 37.5 by 24.4cm. Gouache on paper, signature above r... More
Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow - Porträt des Felix Schadow (1819–1861)
Deutsch: Felix Schadow (1819-1861) war ein Halbbruder des Künstlers
The Opening Illuminated Double Page from the Shah Isma'il II Manuscrip...
The Opening Illuminated Double Page from the Shah Isma'il II Manuscript of Firdausi's Shahnameh, Persia, Qazvin, Safavid, circa 1577 Persian manuscript on paper bifolium: 63 by 45cm. Persian manuscript on pape... More
Two Qajar deeds, Persia, dated 1897 and 1918
Two Qajar deeds, Persia, dated 1315 AH/1897 AD and 1337 AH/1918 AD Ink on paper 162.4 by 22.5cm.; 63 3/4 by 8 3/4in. framed.; 105.5 by 26cm.; 41 1/2 by 10 1/4in. framed. Persian manuscript on paper, tall firm... More
Two folios from a Persian manuscript, Persia, Qaraqoyunlu Turkmen, 146...
Two folios from a Persian manuscript, Persia, Qaraqoyunlu Turkmen, 1460-1480 Ink gouache and gold on paper Paintings: 12 by 6cm. max. Leaves: 18.2 by 9.5cm. approx. Gouache heightened with gold on paper, each ... More
Vahshi Baqfi, Farhad wa Shirin, copied by Muhammad Hakim al-Husayni, p...
Vahshi Baqfi, Farhad wa Shirin, copied by Muhammad Hakim al-Husayni, paintings attributed to Muhammad Qasim, Persia, Mashhad, Safavid, dated 1046 AH/1636-37 AD Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 52 le... More
Vahshi Baqfi, Farhad wa Shirin, copied by Muhammad Hakim al-Husayni, p...
Vahshi Baqfi, Farhad wa Shirin, copied by Muhammad Hakim al-Husayni, paintings attributed to Muhammad Qasim, Persia, Mashhad, Safavid, dated 1046 AH/1636-37 AD Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 52 le... More
Vahshi Baqfi, Farhad wa Shirin, copied by Muhammad Hakim al-Husayni, p...
Vahshi Baqfi, Farhad wa Shirin, copied by Muhammad Hakim al-Husayni, paintings attributed to Muhammad Qasim, Persia, Mashhad, Safavid, dated 1046 AH/1636-37 AD Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 52 le... More
Zayn al-Din Jurjani (d.1136 AD), al-Aghradh al-tibbiyah wa'l-mabahith ...
Zayn al-Din Jurjani (d.1136 AD), al-Aghradh al-tibbiyah wa'l-mabahith al-‘ala’iyah, a comprehensive medical work in two main parts, ascribed to Ghiyath al-Din Zahir, Persia, Ilkhanid, late 13th/early 14th cent... More
Zayn al-Din Jurjani (d.1136 AD), Zakhirah-i Khwarazmshahi, an encyclop...
Zayn al-Din Jurjani (d.1136 AD), Zakhirah-i Khwarazmshahi ('Treasury dedicated to the King of Khwarazmshahi'), an encyclopaedia of medical science, books VII-X, copied by Faseeh ibn Afsah ibn Ahmed ibn Masoud ... More
‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Husayni al-Jurjani, known as Al-Sayyid a...
‘Ali ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Ali al-Husayni al-Jurjani, known as Al-Sayyid al-Sharif (d.1413), Sharh tadkira (a commentary on al-Tusi's Kitab al-tadhkira, on astronomy), Persia, Timurid, dated 813 AH/1410 AD Ink on ... More
An Italian girl with an orange (unknown date), by Jules Joseph Lefebvr...
An Italian girl with an orange (unknown date), by Jules Joseph Lefebvre
A rare selection of surahs copied by Ahmad Rumi
A rare selection of surahs copied by Ahmad Rumi. This volume contains the five surahs in the Qur'an which begin with the phrase al-hamdulillah (chapters I, V, XVIII, XXXIV and XXXV). Arabic manuscript on poli... More
After the Bath Carl Balsgaard)
This was a copy of a work by C. W. Eckersberg from the same year, now in Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
Auguste Toulmouche - A Garden Stroll
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A young goatherd (1888), by Frederick Goodall
A young goatherd (1888), by Frederick Goodall
Brimstone Hill, St. Kitts. Engraved by J. Harris
Brimstone Hill, St. Kitts. Engraved by J. Harris Plate 1 of 12 Painted by Caddy 1834-1836 First of a series of four folios of scenes, largely of the West Indies. The pictures of the first folio were engraved i... More
Basaltic Rocks in Washilabou or Cumberland Valley, St. Vincent. Engrav...
Basaltic Rocks in Washilabou or Cumberland Valley, St. Vincent. Engraved by W. Westall Plate 12 of 12 Painted by Caddy 1834-1836 First of a series of four folios of scenes, largely of the West Indies. The pict... More
John George Brown - Winter Games (1871)
Public domain photograph related to the history of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Trees Near Gundsømagle, Roskilde)
From the auction notes: This work, painted in 1886, is a close replica of a version dated 1885 in the Hirschsprung Collection, making it one of Hammershøi’s earliest landscapes.
Calligraphic panel in Chaghatay Turkish, signed by Shams al-Baysunghur...
Calligraphic panel in Chaghatay Turkish, signed by Shams al-Baysunghuri. Nastaliq script.Timurid Iran, first half of the 15th-century. Sotheby's Arts of The Islamic World 8 October 2014 Lot 3
Double-page from the Qur'an manuscript copied by Ahmad Rumi
Double-page from the Qur'an manuscript copied by Ahmad Rumi. Arabic manuscript on polished paper, 321 leaves plus 2 fly-leaves, 11 lines to the page, the first, sixth and eleventh written in large and bold mu... More
Five Holy Men, A Leaf From the St. Petersburg Album
Five Holy Men, A Leaf From the St. Petersburg Album. Attributed to Govardhan, Mughal India, c. 1625-1630. Opaque watercolour on paper, mounted on an album leaf from the St.Petersburg Album, with wide cream bor... More
Five Holy Men, A Leaf From the St. Petersburg Muraqqa
Five Holy Men, A Leaf From the St. Petersburg Album. Attributed to Govardhan, Mughal India, c. 1625-1630. Opaque watercolour on paper, mounted on an album leaf from the St.Petersburg Album, with wide cream bor... More
