An Ottoman sherbet spoon with a finely carved coconut bowl, the shaft banded with wood, bone, stained bone and inlaid with brass. Length: 9 5/8 in. Turkish, 19th century.
An interesting Persian pottery tulip vase decorated with floral panels in underglaze blue and black. Height: 9 in. Qajar, 19th cent. or possibly late Safavid.
There is a large chip to the central opening of the vase as shown. One or two minor chips and frits to the mouths as well. No other damage.
A Middle Eastern brass jardinière decorated with friezes of plants and animals and inscriptions in Arabic and Hebrew. Height: 9 ¾ in.; diameter: 11 ¼ in. Probably Egyptian, early 20th cent.
|A Persian kraak-style bottle vase decorated with alternating bird and floral panels in underglaze blue and black, heightened with gilding, the neck cut down and restored. Height: 11 ¾ in. Early-mid 17th century.
Apart from being cut down, the original body of the vase is undamaged, though the glaze shows the usual crackle.
An Ottoman silver pill box decorated in repousse with a floral design with a scrolling border to the sides. Width: 2 3/8 in. 19th century. Weight: 46 g.
An interesting mother-of-pearl inlaid Jerusalem cross carved with a figure of the crucified Christ above a cartouche of the Virgin Mary and surrounded with quatrefoil decoration. Height: 13 in.; 18/19th cent.
Some minor damages. One section of inlay above the crucifix is missing and a small piece of bone stringing from the end of one arm of the cross. Two of the cylindrical wooden ornaments are missing from the base, wh ...click for details
A pair of Egyptian burnished terracotta vases with an incised palmette frieze. One with tiny rim nibbles, the other perfect. Height: 6 3/8 in. Egyptian, Assiut, late 19th cent.
An unusual Qajar brass tray engraved with portraits, probably of historic Iranian kings, within a decorative calligraphic border. Dimensions: 18 1/8 in. x 13 in. 19th century.
A small Turkish Tokat pottery spouted ewer the dense reddish body covered with a green glaze with traces of overglaze black decoration. Height: 5 3/8 in. 19th cent.
