Antique PRAYER GHIORDES { TURKEY ca. 1900

Antiques: Regional Art: Middle Eastern: Textiles Pre 1900: item #96192

This is an ANTIQUE PRAYER RUG, a GHIORDES circa 1900. From a VIRGINIA ESTATE the size is 4 1/2' X 6 1/2' approximately. Even Wear and border not wearing away. HARD TO FIND ANTIQUE PRAYER GHIORDES from the Cosmopolitan WASHINGTON, D.C. area

Uzbeki tent embellishment

Antiques: Regional Art: Middle Eastern: Textiles Pre 1920: item #87126

A vintage tent embellishment from Uzbekistan decorated with cotton appliques.

Dimensions: 10 1/2" x 20"

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Large Persian Pottery Painted Avian Jar

Antiques: Regional Art: Middle Eastern: Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #67509
1004

This large wheel thrown storage jar from Southwestern Iran has a buff spherical body with a short neck and a wide mouth. The shoulder is decorated with two spread wing eagles facing left and two smaller birds in profile. The remainder of the body is ornamented with wavy lines. This particular eagle design has been found on numerous vessels excavated in Susa and nearby sites between 2400 and 2200 B.C. Some minor chips to ridge and some incrustation; otherwise in wonderful shape. For further stu... Click for details

Ancient Persian Bridge-Spouted Jar

Antiques: Regional Art: Middle Eastern: Ceramics Pre AD 1000: item #67070
1002

-This Tepe Salik Bridge-Spouted Pottery Jar from the 1st millennium B.C has a rounded body and a short concave neck with an attached loop handle and a smaller handle at the back. The birdlike spout as well as the body is painted in brown and black with a variety of patterns including checkerboard and hatched and wavy lines. The decoration is vivid, and with the exception of a repair to the spout, this Persian piece is in prime condition. 10 1/8 inches high

Antique black Jacquard Loom Woven Coverlet

Antiques: Regional Art: Middle Eastern: Textiles Pre 1900: item #50629
2140

Antique American textile Jacquards, coverlets,This "mid 19th century loom woven coverlet is made from wool on linen" measures 64 inches by 84 inches. Signed MB. This black loom woven coverlet is indigo dyed black in color,beautiful and in excellent original condition. This color is very unusual to find in an antique jacquard. Shipping extra. Connecticut residents and buyers picking up in Connecticut add 6% state sales tax. Buyers outside the USA are responsible for any taxes,tariffs or customs ... Click for details

Safavid Pottery Vase, 18th cent.

Antiques: Regional Art: Middle Eastern: Ceramics Pre 1800: item #33407
Ch0028

A small Safavid pottery vase decorated in Chinese style with shaped floral reserves beneath a diaper border in underglaze blue and black. Height: 3 in. (8.0 cm.). Persian, 18th century, probably Kubachi.

Persian Fourteenth Century Ewer

Antiques: Regional Art: Middle Eastern: Ceramics Pre 1700: item #29641
3330

Persian fourteenth century aquamarine glazed ewer with handle. It shows beautiful iridescence due to underground burial. Repair to rim, as expected of a piece of this age. Museum accession numbers on the foot of the piece. This piece was purchased at auction in the late seventies at Eldreds Auction House. H: 9 inches, W: 6 inches

Antique Persian Box With Agate Top

Antiques: Regional Art: Middle Eastern: Metalwork Pre 1920: item #23913
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This charming old Persian brass box has delicate floral engraving over all of its metal surfaces. The top is inset with a section of polished banded agate. Circa 1900, about 3-3/4 inches long by 2-5/8 inches deep by 1-1/8 inches high.

Rare 16th Century Persian Vase In Paktong

Antiques: Regional Art: Middle Eastern: Metalwork Pre 1700: item #14645
56AAA

An unusual example of of Persian metalwork -- possibly crafted in China for the Persian market -- in a graceful form. The widely flared top portion is deeply fluted and bears finely detailed engraving of flowers along its lobated edges. The uneven number of sections indicates that the piece was hand wrought, not cast. The bulbous body, also delicately engraved with floral motifs, has a plain collar above and an ogeed base below. Of thick gauge, the vase is formed of paktong (or tutenag, an a... Click for details

Antique Arabic Ethnic Silver Tribal Necklace

Antiques: Regional Art: Middle Eastern Pre 1920: item #767434

Now lost art, rare find in it's original condition. The plaited hemp rope tie is intact and well worn, style dating to Persia 2nd and 3rd century AD.