Bowl, ceramic, footed, of polylobed shape, polychrome painted on an opaque white glaze (so-called minai) with a mounted horseman in the centre, surrounded by pairs of sphinxes confronting each other; a Kufic inscription along the rim on the inside and a naskh inscription on the exterior: West Asia, Iran, possibly Kashan, late 12th - early 13th century

Dish of fritware with decoration of white, red and gold leaf applied above a dense cobalt-blue glaze, a frieze of pseudo-Kufi inscription runs round the rim: Middle East, Iran, late 13th - early 14th century

Large circular dish with shallow curved walls and wide everted rim, of polychrome under glaze-painted fritware, decorated with a dense, naturalistic flower arrangement including roses, tulips and prunus blossoms: Turkey, Iznik, late 10th century AH / 1550 - 1600 AD

Wall tile, panel of two pieces with moulded design of two pointed niche forms with a Qur'anic inscription and palmette branches and a pendant knot in the spandrels against a yellow lustre ground of foliage, fritware, painted under the glaze in cobalt blue and turquoise: Middle East, Iran, Natanz, 13th - 14th century

Star-shaped tile of fritware with overglaze brown metallic lustre decoration of floral motifs and a border of Qur'anic inscriptions, from the shrine of Imamzadeh Yahya in Varamin: West Asia, Iran, Kashan, c. 1261 - 1262

Eight-pointed star tile, the central field decorated in reserve with a large stylized tree with flowers and leaves in lustre against a white background, the border with a Qur’anic inscription, from the mausoleum of the Imamzadeh Yahya in Varamin, Iran, c1265.