AllAntiquesContemporary ArtsFeatured A Qajar portrait of a prisoner with his head pilloried in the branches of a tree, Iran, 19th century, pencil and opaque pigments on paper, with birds perched in the branches, within gold and red margins, outer pink border decorated with leaves, and border of Persian nastaliq inscription cartouches, signed to centre 'Bahman', mounted, glazed and framed by Yashar Play Video Shaykh Mahmud Shabistari (d. circa 1320 or circa 1340): Gulshan-I Raz,‘The Rose Garden of Secrets’, signed Rezaquli Adib Shirazi, Qajar Iran, dated 8 Muharram AH 1297/22 December 1879 AD, Persian manuscript on polished paper, 65ff., with 11ll. by Yashar Play Video A Qur'an, Central Asia, 19th century, 333ff., with 13ll. of neat black naskh per page, the verse markers polychrome rosettes by Yashar Play Video Shaykh Hamdan, three religious treatises in one volume, Iran or Ottoman Turkey, early 17th century, Persian and Arabic manuscript on paper, 13ff, 19ll. to the page written in small nasta'liq script in black ink, significant sentences and headings written in nasta'liq script in red ink by Yashar Play Video Abdallah al-Ansar, Nasayih, Maxims of 'Abdallah, copied by Muhammad Amin al-Husaini Turmudi, Ottoman Turkey, probably Constantinople, dated AH 988/AD 1580-81, Persian manuscript on gold-sprinkled paper, 15 leaves, 9 lines to the page written in elegant nasta'liq script in black ink by Yashar Play Video Juz 17 Sura al-Isra of a Qur'an, Iran, 15th century, 9ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, sura al-isra), vv.79-108 (part), with 4ll. of bold black Muhaqqaq script, diacritical marks in black, gold and polychrome rosette verse markers, gold and polychrome by Yashar Play Video 326:A Qajar prayerbook, signed Muhammad Ibrahim, dated 1240AH/1824-25AD. 30ff., Arabic and Persian manuscript on paper, with 5ll. of black cursive on a gold ground, illuminated opening header, within polychrome lacquered floral binding by Yashar Play Video A Qajar prayerbook dated 1174AH/1762AD, 38ff., Arabic manuscript on paper, 9ll of neat black nask with gold interlinear border and outer border, coloured paper, signed Sulayman Khan [..] Mirza Qasim by Yashar Play Video Al-Sahifat Al-Kamila, Qajar Iran, Dated 1126AH/1713-14AD, Arabic manuscript on paper, 333ff, with 8ll. of black naskh per page and Persian interlinear translation in red, within gold rule, opening folio with illuminated header and floral gilt … by Yashar Play Video 326:Anonymous, Risalah shurut al-Salat, a treatise on prayers, Iran, dated Safar 955/March 1548, Persian manuscript on paper, 20ff., 12ll. to the page written in elegant nasta'liq script in black ink, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, catchwords in … by Yashar Play Video Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez el-Shirazi (m. 1390) Diwân - Poetic collection dated 868H, (= 1467). by Yashar Play Video Shaykh Muslih Al-Din Saadi (d. 1292) Iran, late 19th century. Bustan and Gulistan - Fruit Garden and Rose Garden by Yashar Play Video Sa'adi, Golestan, Iran, 19th century Persian manuscript, 181ff., 99ll. of black fine nastaliq to the page, nice illuminated opening. by Yashar Play Video AN ALBUM PAGE WITH GOLDEN FLORAL DECORATION PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, 18th - 19th century by Yashar Play Video A NEAR PAIR OF CHINESE-INSPIRED BLUE AND WHITE POTTERY DISHES Iran, late 18th - 19th century by Yashar Play Video A TALISMANIC PARCHMENT SCROLL Iran or India, 19th century by Yashar Play Video A PRAYER BOOK IN SAFINA FORMAT Iran, dated 1192 AH (1778) A PRAYER BOOK IN SAFINA FORMAT PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION Iran, dated 1192 AH (1778) by Yashar Play Video THREE MUGHAL-REVIVAL HUNTING SCENES PROPERTY OF THE LATE BRUNO CARUSO (1927 - 2018) COLLECTION India, second half 20th century by Yashar Play Video WAMEGH O AZRA, PROBABLY THE ZAHIRI KIRMANI PROSE VERSION PROPERTY OF THE LATE BRUNO CARUSO (1927 - 2018) COLLECTION Iran, 19th century by Yashar Play Video AN ILLUMINATED QUR'AN, WITH NUMEROUS PRAYERS INCLUDING THE FALNAMA, IN A LACQUER BINDING SIGNED BY ISMA'IL AND DATED AH 1293/AD 1876-77 PERSIA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY by Yashar Play Video Divan of Hafez Shirazi, manuscript on paper [probably North India, c. 1820] by Yashar Play Video Two large conjoined boards for use as a binding [Mughal India, early 19th century] by Yashar Play Video Fine large Qajar lacquered board, for use as a binding, with text in Farsi [Qajar Persia, c. 1850] by Yashar Play Video Fine lacquered binding, two conjoined book-boards [Safavid Persia, dated 1197 AH (1983)] by Yashar Play Video Molavi, Mathnavi, manuscript on paper [early Safavid Persia, dated 909 AH (1503 AD)] by Yashar Play Video Panel from a Muraqqa, manuscript on green paper [Turkey, dated 1277 AH (1859-60 AD)] by Yashar Play Video Leaves from a Muraqqa, manuscripts on paper [Ottoman and Persian Empires, 14-17th centuries] by Yashar Play Video A fine Qajar Prayerbook, manuscript on paper [Qajar Persia, probably c. 1840] by Yashar Play Video A PERSIAN SAFAVID CALLIGRAPHIC PANEL, 16TH CENTURY by Yashar Play Video A QURAN MAMLUK SECTION, 14TH CENTURY by Yashar Play Video SHAMA'IL NAMEH, IRAN, LATE 19TH CENTURY by Yashar Play Video AN ILLUMINATED MINIATURE DEPICTING ZODIACS, PERSIA, 18TH-19TH CENTURY by ajami Play Video A MAMLUK QURAN SECTION, 13TH-14TH CENTURY by ajami Play Video