Our catalogue > Mughal & Islamic India
India is largely Hindu, but from the early 16th century, northern India was ruled by a Muslim dynasty with origins in Central Asia and who became known as the Mughals.
Mughal court arts evolved as a blend of traditional Central Asian influences mixed with influence from Persia.
The items on this page are examples of Mughal and Islamic art from India.
Each piece has been sourced from within the UK, often from old UK collections. Indeed, because of its colonial past, the UK is the best place to find well-provenanced, authentic Indian antique art.
Each item is available for sale.
We also have separate pages for Indian Bronzes, non-Mughal Indian antiques, Colonial Indian Silver, and Mughal Silver. Additional Indian textiles that we have in stock are to be found in our Textiles section.
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Enquiry about object: 8727
Lucknow Niello & Enamelled Perfume Flask
Lucknow, India circa 1780
length: 8.5cm, width: approximately 3.5cm, weight: 28g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 9033
Indian Mughal Brass Pandan
Mughal, northern India 17th century
height: 7.8cm, width: 12.5cm, weight: 882g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8721
Indian Necklace with Pearls & Rubies
India circa 1880
circumference: approximately 67cm, width of oval pendant: 2.6cm, weight: 51g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8996
Pair of Pashtun, Pierced Silver Bracelets
Pashtun People, North-west Pakistan early 20th century
diameter: widest at approximately 6.8cm, combined weight: 132g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 8903
Mughal Silver Hookah Base
Deccan or Northern India 17th-18th century
height: approximately 17.5cm, diameter: approximately 14cm, weight: 1,033g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8722
Indian Gold & Diamond Pendant Necklace
India late 19th century
length (of pendant): 6.4cm, width: 2.5cm, weight (including cord): 32g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8793
Pair of Lucknow Enamelled Silver Bazuband Boxes
Lucknow, India 18th century
width of individual boxes: approximately 6.1cm, length (including loops): approximately 11.8cm, depth: 2.2cm, combined weight (including cords): 159g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8809
Gold, Enamelled Bazuband Pendant set Jade, Diamonds, Rubies & Emeralds
Hyderabad, India circa 1850
length: 8.8cm width: 3cm, weight: 26g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8813
Indian Jaipur School Painting of Exercising Wrestlers
Bikaner, India circa 1760
width: 19cm, length: 25.2cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6097
Indian Reverse-Glass Painting of a Courtly Scene
Chinese artist, Northern India mid-19th century
width: 50.5cm, length: 35.3cm
Provenance
private collection, London, UK
Enquiry about object: 8723
Indian Gold and White Sapphire Necklace
India, probably Uttar Pradesh late 19th century
circumference: maximum 80cm, length of gold boxes: approximately 3.1cm, weight: 90g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8492
Unusual Indian Engraved Silver & Silver-inlaid Bidri Hookah Vase
Northern India 18th century
height: 14.2cm, width: 12cm, weight: 743g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 8531
North Indian Child’s Chiselled Steel Push Dagger (Katar)
North India 17th century
length: 21.6cm, width: 7.4cm, depth: 2.3cm, weight: 228g
Provenance
European art market
Enquiry about object: 4563
Large, Indian-Islamic Carved Wooden Koran Stand
Northern India 19th century
length (when flattened): 92cm, width: 31.3cm, weight: 4,894g
Provenance
private collection, London.
Enquiry about object: 7099
Enamelled Silver Pandan
North India circa 1900
height: 5.3cm, diameter: 6.3cm, weight: 147g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6737
Kashmiri Pierced, Chiselled Bronze Pen Case
Kashmir, India 18th century
length: 26.5cm, depth: 9.8cm, height: 7.5cm, weight: 879g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6904
North Indian Parcel-Gilt Silver Rosewater Sprinkler
Northern India 19th century
height: 30.8cm, width: 8.7cm, depth: 6.9cm, weight: 250g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7119
Pair of Mounted, Large, Gilded Silver Lucknow Fish Elements
India, probably Lucknow 18th-19th century
width (individually): approximately 45cm, height: approximately 28.5cm; display stand's width: 48cm, depth: 20cm, height: 44cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6439
Portable Brass Indian Fish-Shaped Hookah Base
North India 18th-19th century
length: 14.5cm, weight: 392g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6442
North Indian or Mughal Silver & Enamel Chess Set
Northern India 19th century
2.2cm-4cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6444
Indian Saddle Axe (Tabarzin)
Northern India early 19th century
length: 65.6cm, width: 20cm, weight: 1,829g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6692
Rare Silver Upper-Arm Amulet (Bazuband)
Northern India, Pakistan or Afghanistan 19th century
length (across): 11.3cm, width: 5cm, weight: 92g
Provenance
private European collection
Enquiry about object: 6986
Enamelled & Gilded Silver Scabbard End-Fitting or Chape
India, probably Lucknow 18th century
length: 11cm, width: 2.2cm, weight: 33g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 7019
Glass Hookah Base for the Indian or Ottoman Market
Europe, probably France or Bohemia/Czech circa 1860
height: 25cm, width: 13cm, weight: 571g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6088
Thirteen Indian Brass Jewellery Moulds
Northern India circa 19th century
combined weight: 612g
Enquiry about object: 6724
Unusual Indian Silver Fish Rosewater Sprinkler
Northern India 19th century
length: approximately 23cm, height: 16.7cm, depth: 6.7cm, weight: 492g
Provenance
Collection of Julian Sands, UK.
Enquiry about object: 6205
Pair of Cuff Bracelets
Northern India or perhaps Pakistan or Afghanistan late 19th century
heights: 9.7cm, diameters: 8.5cm, internal diameters: 5.5cm-6.3cm, combined weights: 490g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6226
Unusual Deccan, Engraved, Silver-Gilt Dagger Locket
Deccan, India 17th century
length: 7.9cm, width: 5.2cm, weight: 60g
Provenance
art market, London
Enquiry about object: 6001
North Indian Velvet Jacket with Fine Zardozi Embroidery
Northern India, possibly Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 19th century
width across arms: 78cm, length: 40cm
Provenance
private collection, UK.
Enquiry about object: 6222
Seven Very Fine Indian Zardozi Textile Borders
Northern India 19th century-early 20th century
6.3cmx149cm, 7.7cmx115cm, 4.7cmx185cm, 7.2cmx335cm, 6.0cmx306cm, 5.5cmx258cm, 5.8cmx327cm
Provenance
private collection, UK
Enquiry about object: 6107
Fine & Large Silver Filigree Tray or Platter
probably India 18th-early 19th century
diameter: 27.5cm, height: 4cm, weight: 573g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6143
Carved Mughal Jade with Gold & Turquoise Mounts
Delhi, Northern India circa 1620 (Jade) & circa 1850 (Mounts)
width: 6.3cm, height: 5.4cm, thickness: 0.3cm, weight: 31.64g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 6102
Unusual South Indian Inscribed Bronze Ewer
South India, probably Andhra Pradesh 17th-18th century
height: 34.3cm, width: 25cm, depth: 14.5cm, weight: 2,623g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5922
Four Engraved Engraved Silver-Clad Bedstead Charpoy Legs
Northern India 19th century
heights: 32.5cm diameters at base: 13cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5998
Fine Pair of Champleve Enamel Silver Anklets (Jhanhjar)
Punjab, India/Pakistan 19th century
approximate outer diameter of each: 12.6cm, combined weight: 522g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5771
Pair of Mughal Double-Headed Steel Belt Hooks
Northern India 17th century
heights (without stand): 9.8cm, heights with stands: 13.5cm & 15cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3203
Mughal Steel Dagger (Chilanum or Khanjarli)
North India 17th century
length (without scabbard): 37.2cm
Provenance
private collection; acquired from Simon Ray, London.
Enquiry about object: 4972
Northern Indian Silver Dangling Wedding Earrings
Himachal Pradesh, Northern India early 20th century
length: 13cm, width: 9cm, combined weight: 106g
Provenance
Collection of (the late) Paul Walter; probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 5089
Rare Indian Coco-de-Mer Ewer
Northern India Circa 17th century
height: 45cm, width: 25cm, thickness: 18cm, weight: 3,070g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5246
Pair of Punjabi Engraved Silver Anklets
Punjab, India/Pakistan 19th century
max. exterior width: 13.2cm, combined weight: 332g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 5242
North Indian or Persian Cast & Inscribed Bronze Hawking Drum
Persia or Northern India 17th-18th century
diameter: 17.5cm, height: 12cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3026
Rare Indian Lucknow Enamelled Silver & Leather Hookah Base
Lucknow, India 18th century
height: 20.2cm, diameter of base: 14.8cm, weight: 611g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3663
Rare, Mughal Indian Gilded Chased & Engraved Silver Opium Poppy Pod-Shaped Chilam Cover
Rajasthan or Mughal, India 18th century
diameter: 8cm, height: 6.4cm, dimensions of marble stand: 14cm x 11cm x 2cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1727
Fine Bowenite Casket with Silver Mounts
India circa 1820
length: 11cm, width: 7.2cm, height: 3.2 cm, weight: 253g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4540
Maharaja’s Parcel-Gilt Silver-Plated Processional Fly Whisk Holder
India 19th century
length: 38cm, weight: 262g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1335
Rare Matchlock Gun with Gold & Silver Mounts
Coorg, South India 18th century
length: 142cm
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2462
Silver-Gilt Mughal Horse Trappings
India 18th-19th century
length/height: 51cm, width: 23.5cm, weight: 1,222g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 2463
Silver-Gilt Mughal Horse Trappings
India 18th-19th century
length: 120cm, weight: 1,592g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4761
Flexible Silver Armlet (Bazuband)
Rajasthan, India 19th-early 20th century
length of silver band: 17cm, width: 4.2cm, weight: 112g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4795
Flexible, Pierced, Silver Armlet (Bazuband)
Rajasthan, India 19th-early 20th century
length of silver band: 16cm, width: 7.5cm, weight: 256g
Provenance
private UK collection.
Enquiry about object: 1569
Mughal Brass Ewer (Aftaba)
North India 18th century
height: 36.2cm, width: 26.2cm, weight: 2,557g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 1715
Exceptionally Fine Indian Deccan Parcel-Gilt Silver Filigree Pandan
Deccan, India 18th century
height: 5cm, length: 9.6cm, weight: 77g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4240
Chased Silver Lidded Box with Gujarati Inscription
India 18th-19th century
length: 11.9cm, height: 6cm, width: 8.5cm, weight: 332g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4485
Bell-Shaped Silver-Inlaid Bidri Hookah Base
Lucknow, India circa 1850
height: 17cm, diameter: 18.8cm, weight: 2,163g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 3762
Portrait of Nasir-ud-Din Haidar Shah, the second Nawab of Oudh (r. 1827-37) in Original Brass Frame
Lucknow, India circa 1840
height of frame: 25cm, width: 20cm, height of image: 15cm
Provenance
UK art market.
Enquiry about object: 5472
Indian Enamelled Gold Earrings with Emeralds & Pearls
India 19th century
length: 2.7cm, combined wight: 4.98g
Provenance
UK art market
Enquiry about object: 4969
Pair of Indian Silver Earrings (Balti Bali)
Kashmir & Jammu, Northern India early 20th century
width: 3.2cm: combined wight: 13.12g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 4979
Pair of Indian Silver Flower-Form Ear Plugs
India, probably Delhi 19th century
diameters: 3cm, combined weight: 13.49g
Provenance
Collection of the late Paul Walter, New York, probably acquired in London.
Enquiry about object: 4052
Unusually Large, Silver Filigree Betel Box
Dutch East Indies, or possibly India circa 1700
length: 22.3cm, width: 16cm, height: 10cm, weight: 1,675g
Provenance
Private London collection (estate)
Enquiry about object: 6251
Exceptional, Rare & Large Dutch East Indies Pandan-Shaped Silver Filigree Toiletry Set, Box, Cover & Tray
Dutch East Indies, probably Batavia 18th century
diameter of tray: 28cm, diameter of box: 19.5cm, height of assembled set: 15.8cm, weight: 2,254g (2.254kg)
Provenance
private collection, London; acquired in London prior to that.