Nishapur Style Buff Ware Bowl with Figure

Comprising two designs in relief: three horses in an enclosure; two felines grappling with each other. 1.24 kg total, 9.4 x 10 - 9.5 x 10.4 cm



Acquired 1990s-early 2000s. East Anglian private collection.

The tile production increases in the second half of the sixteenth century and during the following centuries. The fragments discovered from various localities (pot-tiles, rectangular, triangular and trapezoidal panels, open-work crest tiles) were all produced in regional workshops, from the end of the 15th century or at the beginning of the 16th century. They all had diverse decorative motifs, mainly animals and geometrical or vegetal combinations, almost all of them singular finds for this study area.

Identified as 'The Maharajah painted by Mahanlal Soni, winner of the President of India's Prize for Miniature Painting 9 June 1992'; mounted in a reveal and a glazed wooden frame. 1 kg, 38.7 x 33 cm

Very fine condition, loss to frame.

Acquired on the UK art market, 1980s-1990s. The Woodbridge collection of Indo-Persian art.

The tear-shaped pendant with an ornate frame and articulate bail, set with a cut and polished emerald stone engraved with calligraphic Arabic script embellished with floral sprigs; domed reverse featuring a pierced floral motif. 63 grams, 62 mm



London collection since the 1980s. Property of a Canadian family.