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NUR'ALI SHAH DIVAN, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD ISMAI'IL AL HUSINI. Persia c. 1800. Persian manuscript on paper, written in 1 and 2 columns of elegant shikasteh script in black ink, double intercolumnar and inter linear rules in gold, marbled endpapers,light brown morocco binding with a stamped pattern. Bookplate of Fairuz library, seal impression of the scribe. Dated AH 1215 (AD 1800-01) 138 x 80 mm. Slightly worn

A late Ming painted and gilt wood figure 
modelled as a dignitary standing on the backs of a coiled dragon and a tiger, the figure wearing elaborate robes and a tabbed hat, all on a rectangular base -- 8in. (21cm.) high.

Chinese scroll colour on paper, wooden roller showing 3 mythical creatures in roundels. Undated, estimated to be 19th century. Good condition, some creases.140x61 cm Old Christies auction house label attached.

Eizan print, please contact for details

Choki print, please contact for details

2 genuine Indian Kalighat paintings. 1860/70. paints and silver on european paper backed onto cloth. 40 x 28 cm. Old inscriptions in ink on reverse. Good condition for age.

Albumen print of Ellora caves taken by Lala Deen Dayal. 1890's. British Library number 430/35(30). Photographers stamp and pencil location on reverse. Strong tonal contrast. 28x20 cm.

India, albumen photograph by unknown photographer 1880's or earlier of the Gold Lily Tank at Madurai. B.L number 807129. 29 x 23 cm. Pencil location on reverse, some fading at top.

Japanese. Woodblock print by Kawasaki HASUI 'Evening at Itako' 1930. Image 36 x 24 cm. Currently framed but can be removed for shipping. Strong colour some fading.

Japanese wood block print by Shiro KASAMATSU 'Evening Rain at Yanaka Pagoda, Tokyo ' 1932 Image 36x24 cm Strong colour some fading. Currently framed can remove for shipping.

Indian painting. Watercolour on card of a soldier from '3rd 'Skinner's Horse'. In carved brass inlaid frame. Undated, estimated to be c. 1900. Strong color. Signed with initial W in right hand corner.

Indian painting. Water-colour on card of a Pathan tribesman. In a hand carved brass inlaid frame. 37 x 31 cm. undated estimated to be c.1900.

Painting gouache on thick paper. Pahlari Hills mid 19th century. Vishnu and Lakshmi flanked by Garuda and a Brahmin surrounded by others beneath a dome. 30x26 cm. framed under glass.

Indian painting on cloth of Jagannatha & Balabhadra on their journey accepting buttermilk from the milkmaid Manika Undated, estimated to be late 19th early 20th century. 50 x 50 cm. Framed and glazed.

Indian Company School painting of a fakir with long fingernails sitting before a fire. Watercolour on paper. 23 x 20 cm, pencil inscription bottom right. Undated, estimated to be mid 19th century.

Group of 4 individual metal Lohan metal scroll weights. Max height 5cm.

A pair of Chinese ceramic pug dogs.Hand painted. Good condition. 28 cm high. Undated, estimated to be circa 1900 or earlier.

2 different hand coloured lithographs signed David Wilkie 1841. The Sheik of Lebanon and The Nativity. Double mounted and in traditional frames under glass. Image size 40 x 30 cm, overall size 65 x 54. Old labels on reverse from The Fine Art Soc. Further images on demand,