Antique late 17th century North India, Islamic Indian Mughal dynasty, carved bone panel of rectangular form from the side of a box, the surface is finely carved with a series of four cusped quatrefoil cartouches filled with the allegorical hunting scene "shikargarh / shikargarh" depicting a Mughal nobleman with a quiver full of arrows on his back hunting with a bow tigers and antelopes, He is dressed in 17th century Mughal clothing a flowing muslin gown “Jama “over “paijama”, trousers ...
Antique 19th century Turkish Ottoman Islamic silver inlay turned wooden vase.
DETAILS: The bottle-shaped vase resting on a circular foot with a low round body rising to a tall trumpet neck with molded ring lip inlaid with silver wire zigzag pattern.
The vase's body is inlaid with silver wire of scrolling and swaying foliated motifs including stylized tulips buds; the neck is inlaid with Turkish Ottoman Sultan monogram “Tughra," and the floral band...
Antique 18th -19th century Armenian Travelling Pen Case with inkwell, Divit Qalamdan from the Ottoman Empire stamped with Armenian Letters.
The rectangular section pencase with pronounced rounded terminals, one hinged, each engraved with floral vine, the barrel-shaped truncated rectangular inkwell with hinged cover and small turning latch...
Antique 19th century Southeast Asian Betel lime paste box of octagonal form constructed from beaten sheet copper the domed lid applied with silver sheet repoussee and chased with lotus petals and scrolls. The lid and the box are connected by the brass chain affix with the loops.
Condition: Showing age and usage with abrasions and patina. Interior of the box, encrusted with heavy lime paste deposit consistent with age and usage, showing signs of genuine age and usage...
Antique 19th century excellent quality Indian two miniatures portraits of the Mughal Empress Mumtaz Mahal (Arjumand Banu Begum), a wife of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Each of the miniature is finely hand-painted in gouache on an oval, natural wafer...
A nice early cylinder seal in cream stone, Greater Mesopotamia, early 2nd. mill. BC.
Size: 23 mm. long.
Ex. Old German Private Collection.
A nicely executed thinbutted Danish Neolithic silex axe, dating to mid-late 4th mill. BC.
Partly polished axe with nice proprotions and clear 'seams' along the edges. Very nice workmanship.
Thinbutted axes were developed to help neolithic people to clear the forest to prepare the land for farming. The largest specimens - up to 40 cm - were put down in marches as offers.
Size: 22,5 cm long, and 9 cm...
A finely detailed faiance figure, depicting Patake in Green-Torquise faiance, Late period Egypt, 525 - 341 BC.
Interesting scarce representation of the god naked.
Size: 33 mm. tall.
Condition: Choice, intact with some overall wear to the glaze.
Ex. Old Danish Private Collection.
A Finely carved GENUINE BLACK JADEITE JADE Pendant, QING DYNASTY, depicting a Dragon and Scrolling. 18/19th Century, China. Good condition. Has a small hole on top for hanging.
Size: 2" x 1.75"
Also known as "The Buddha of Immeasurable Light and Life,” here in this pre-Edo Buddhist painting we see Amida and his two assistant bodhisattvas, Seishi on the left (associated with wisdom and strength), and Kannon on the right (associated with compassion and mercy), descending from the Western Pure Land to welcome newly deceased believers into the realm of paradise...
A prized, finely carved GENUINE BLACK JADEITE JADE PENDANT, QING DYNASTY, depicting a Dragon chasing the Pearl. 18/19th Century, China. Good condition. Size: 2" x 1.75". Rare!
Rare Red Lacquered Inkstone Box of Drawers adorned with ancient symbolism: bullocho (mythical longevity plant) lock plates, bat (symbol of happiness) drawer pulls, and swallowtail (symbol of beauty) braces. The inkstone box was a Korean scholar's most treasured item. He handled it every day, when he would take out the contents to write and paint. The lid opens to reveal the compartment for the inkstone. The drawers hold the brush, ink, and paper...
Very rare Khmer black lacquer “pillow box” with an abstract floral pattern. This is an old pre Khmer Rouge item, dating 50 to 60 years old, possibly more. The unique decoration makes this a one of a kind piece, the construction is typically Cambodian, in that it is constructed with thin small planks of wood and is coated with raw lacquer on the bottom, and this was sourced in the “Russian Market” about 15 years ago in Phnom Phenh...
An Antique 19th century, Transoxiana, Indo Persian Islamic Central Asian Bukhara – Samarkand, hand hammered brass Teapot - Ewer. Tear - shaped body on a flaring trumpet foot, curved spout with a short neck and domed hinged cover and serpentine handle.
The body composed of several elements of hand-hammered brass adorned with embossed drop-shaped panels and finely hand chased split-leaf arabesques...
19th century marine (walrus tusk) Asakusa school netsuke carved as a group of four Fungus of Immortality. Wonderful realistic carving, beautiful staining, superb patina, very pleasant to handle. Length 1.62 inches.
19th century Asakusa school staghorn netsuke of obihasami type carved with a couple of bamboo stals. The hooks at the top and bottom of the piece go around the edges of obi - a sash holding a kimono. Simple clever piece typical of Asakusa school, warm patina, darker porous areas as is usual with staghorn. Length 4.14 inches.
Antique 18th century Ottoman Armenian enameled gilt copper (Tombak) ewer from eastern Turkey, probably, Vilâyet-i Diyarbakir Vilayet of Diyâr-ı Bek. The modern name Diyarbakır means the Land of Bakir and derives from the Armenian name Diyarbakır - Tigranakert, Տիգրանակերտ.
The ewer is hand-hammered from several elements composed together, including a rounded body resting on a short, splayed foot...
Antique, Islamic Multan Sindh,19th century India, a baluster-shaped pottery vase with a trumpet neck. Hand-painted in cobalt blue, turquoise, and green with floral vines and acanthus motifs on a white background under a rich, thick, clear glaze.
CONDITION: The vase is in good condition, considering its age of more than 100 years, with no cracks, restorations, or repairs. There is a small imperfection at the rim of the base that looks like the chip...
Antique medieval 10th century A.D. (288 AH – 391 AH) Samanid Dynasty (819–999 AD) Samarkand, Central Asia, calligraphic slip-painted Islamic pottery bowl of a conical form on a short foot. The center is decorated in a dark brown with Arabic Kufic calligraphy and a single band of Kufic inscription below the rim over a cream ground...
Antique, medieval, 14th century A.D. (700 AH – 803 AH) Mamluk, Middle Eastern, Islamic Fritware pottery bowl. The body of squat bulbous form on a short foot with a wide mouth with a slightly flared rim, the pronounced rounded shoulder painted in blue and black with a powerful band decorated with arabesque pattern and stylized Arabic thuluth calligraphy on an off-white ground, The center of the interior painted in green and black with an eight-lobed roseate filled with two interlocking four-pet...
Antique 18th-19th century Turkish Ottoman, Islamic Kutahya pottery pilgrim flask of typical form with a rounded body flattened on one side, rising to a short cylindrical neck with moldings at the opening flanked by two loop handles.
The white background is painted blue, pink, and beige on both sides with stylized floral sprays.
Condition: In very good condition, showing age and use, the mouth and loops slightly worn out from usage, otherwise intact.
MEASUREMENTS:
Height: 50.8 cm...
Rare Chinese Han Dynasty Painted Pottery Jar with Bird Cover
This very rare and unusual pottery jar was made during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC - AD 8). It is made from a grey pottery and has been formed in a two-piece mould, each half having been luted together at the sides. The cover is in the form of a bird and, likewise, has also been made in a two-piece mould. The body of the jar has two moulded ring handles. Both jar and cover have been "cold painted" in a "swirling" pattern compri...
Antique Burmese handmade solid silver, superb quality large rectangular box adorned with Anantasayana, Burma, late 19th century.
The hinged lid is decorated with finely hand chased and embossed in high relief Sheshashayi Vishnu and the birth of Lord Brahma, depicting the four-armed Lord Vishnu reclining on a bed formed by the serpent scrolls of Sheshanaga and protected by the Naga’s heads.
The four-faced and four-armed Brahma in the lotus emanates from Vishnu’s navel. He is accompanie...
Antique from the mid to late 19th century Turkish Ottoman hand blown emerald, green, Beykoz glass, Islamic, small Hookah- Huqqa (Narguile) pipe with a copper stem heart.
The upper body with a bulbous shape is finely hand-painted and enameled with flower sprays. The lower part of the body and the base is molded in the form of the star with golden borders.
The copper stem heart is with a cork core.
CONDITION: In very good condition showing age and usage. Free of cracks, chips, and repairs...
Antique 17th century Islamic Indo Persian Safavid hand hammered, tinned copper ablution basin with cover. Basin with bulbous body and large flaring brim finely hand chiseled with scrolling tendrils, in distinguishing Safavid pattern of interlocking split-leaf arabesques, was very popular during the 17th century in Muslim art in western Asia, Mughal India and central Asia.
The cover (filter) is pierced with four, draining holes in the form of Chinese Ming dynasty good Luck charms coins. The...
Extremely rare antique medieval 10th-14th century Islamic chess piece, carved in the form of an elephant.
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https://echiquier-val-yerres.org/histoire-des-echecs/evolution-du-jeu-et-des-pieces/
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Antique 19th century Kashmir Islamic small Qur’an stand (kursi or Rahla /Rehal), of typical folding form with two parts hinged, together with lower arched sections, the top parts with serrated edging, painted throughout with floral spray polychrome and raised gilt lacquer arabesques.
MEASUREMENTS:
Overall length (open): 22.5 cm (8.86 inches).
Height: 15 cm (5.91 inches).
Width: 10.5 cm (4.13 inches).
CONDITION: Age and usage is showing, slightly worn, lacquer polychrome with ...
An extremely rare perfectly potted Zheghu Ban Partridge Breast mottled Tenmoku tea bowl. Looking inside this Tenmoku chawan is like glazing deep into the cosmos. There one can understand the meaning of microcosm and ask whether one is looking inward or outward; probably both.
The bowl gets its uniqueness from the fact that the glaze looks like a highly rare mixture of partridge-breast mottles that nearly look like oil-spots.
Cizhou-type ware, Southern Song 12th - early 13...
Antique, 18th - early 19th century, Indo - Persian Islamic Qur'an stand (kursi or Rahla) of typical folding X form, made of sycamore wood, inlaid with Micro -Mosaic (KHATAMKARI) of colored woods, bone, and metal marquetry. Formed of two parts intersecting and hinged together, the upper part decorated on both sides with six-pointed star - Seal of Solomon - Khātim Sulaymāni خاتم_سليمان, the lower half carved in openwork with a palmette motif, profusely decorated with geometric motifs a...
Antique 19th century North African Islamic Moroccan, Berber terracotta pottery double handled vessel in the form of amphora. The vessel is hand painted around the body and neck, in pale red and black, with classic Berber tribal geometrical designs.
MEASUREMENTS:
Height: 27 cm (10.63 inches).
Width:(at widest point): 17cm (6.69 inches).
CONDITION: In good condition considering its age. It shows its age and uses, with nice old patina. No repairs or restorations.
A beautiful and handsome Han dynasty pottery horse head. Very animated expression and in very good state of preservation.
It is rare to find a Han dynasty horse head of such size.
Dimension:
Height: 24cm / 9.5inches
Length: 19cm / 7.7inches
Width: 7.5cm / 3.0 inches
Condition Report:
Generally in good condition. No broken parts, repair or restoration. Normal burial abrasion and manufacturing faults.
Scarce, antique, 16th - 17th century, Transoxiana. Safavid Indo-Persian Islamic wine carafe bottle (surāhī) made of cast, forged, turned, and decorated in openwork copper alloy.
With a spherical body rising from a short foot with a central bulbous ring, resting on a splayed foot, the tall, ribbed tubular neck is adorned at the top and bottom with openwork bands of a typical Safavid pattern four-petaled blossom.
The top band with remains of turquoise stone inlays may indicate that the bo...
Antique Islamic Malay solid Silver Betel, (Sirih) / Tobacco Box, 'Chelpa' - Malay People, 19th Century Malesia.
The hinged box of lobed form, constructed from beaten sheet silver decorated with chasing, engraving and punchwork with Islamic Malay design. The box with hinged lid affix with integral locking mechanism and suspension loop.
CONDITION: Signs of genuine age and usage, with wear, no repairs, or restorations.
MEASUREMENTS:
Overall diameter including suspension ring: ...
An Antique 19th century, Transoxiana, Indo Persian Islamic Central Asian Bukhara – Samarkand, hand hammered copper Teapot - Ewer. Tear - shaped body on a flaring trumpet foot, curved spout with a short neck and domed hinged cover and serpentine handle.
The body composed of several elements of hand-hammered copper adorned with embossed drop-shaped panels and finely hand chased split-leaf arabesques.
Similar ewers are in many world-famous museum collections, including Henri Moser colle...
Excellent quality antique Himalayan Nepalese large ritual bronze Buddhist oil lamp Sukunda, 18th century, Nepal, Newar tribe Kathmandu Valley.
The lamp consists of an oil storage pitcher with a dragon-shaped handle made of several elements of copper alloy, hand-forged, repoussé, and engraved, soldered, riveted, and hinged together.
The pitcher holds oil for use during rituals. The oil was then ladled out and put on the cast leaf-shaped vessel at the front, where a wick is burned using...
This is an exquisite antique Japanese Imari porcelain jar and cover from the late 17th century, precisely from the Edo period, circa 1680-1700 AD. The jar is a testament to the unparalleled craftsmanship of the Japanese artisans of the time. The ovoid body of the jar is expertly decorated underglaze with peonies and chrysanthemums in iron red, cobalt blue, and gilt. The decoration seems to be growing out of rockwork, which adds an extra layer of depth and texture to the piece.
The neck of t...
