A handmade circa 1950 polychrome Turkish Kutahya ceramic figurine depicting Nasreddin Hodja riding his donkey backward...
A lovely powder flask out of an old collection, made in wood in the shape of a Pilgrim flask with a chiselled star in the front, reverse with a faint leaf pattern. North Africa, 19th. century.
Size: 20,5 cm. tall.
Ex. Old Danish Private Collection and this flask comes with an identity card from the collection, added in 1991 (see photo).
This man's beaded hat aka skullcap is typical of the Pashtun people in the region of Southern Afganistan. Because of the extensive beading pattern, it is rather stiff and heavy.
Presumably, the interior layer of fabric was from pieced of fabric from other garments.
Kazak hand knotted rug made of wool from the middle east. Beautiful central medallion with blue, red and green design on a pale yellow/cream colored ground. The border has unusual medallion shaped design in red with blue, blue with yellow, and light pink with green. It measures 8' by 10'8".
A rare circular table with fine Islamic style geometric ivory, wood and mother of pearl marquetry inlay.
This item was made, in art deco style, in Syria in the 1920s or 1930s.
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Condition: exceptionally good with relatively few losses to the inlay; and no prominent staining.
50 cm ( 19.7 inches) high; 43 cm (16.9 inches) diameter
An unusual set of three Persian silver salts or salt cellars cast in the form of a long tailed bird with punched and incised decoration. The heads screwed to the body of the bird. Some variation in the design of the three. One of the group stamped with three marks in Farsi, probably indicating the names of the Silversmith, City and fineness of the Silver, 840...
Vintage East Indian altar shrine, made from brass with copper nails. The step base leads into the shrine with embossed tree panels behind four pillars. The top of the structure has two peacock shaped finials. Openwork repeating patterns and floral motifs are shown throughout.
Dimensions: 10 1/2" w x 8 1/4" d x 19 3/4" h
Traditional Yemeni necklace with an amulet box, made of silver and coral. First half 20th century. The amulet box has a maker’s mark on the top. The box is 5 cm. wide. The necklace is 48 cm long. From a Dutch private collection. Overall in good condition with expected age wear on the box.
Semi-antique hand knotted wool carpet with rust, reds and blues, floral design, Sarouk, Persia
Size: 3.7 x 4.10'
Age: circa 1940s
An important antique Royal Egyptian solid silver ewer of His Majesty King Fuad I of Egypt. It is engraved in the center with the Royal Crown of Egypt within a circular cartouche.
Many personal luxury items that belonged to the kings of Egypt, including King Fuad I and King Fuad II, were marked with the Royal Crown of Egypt. This symbol was exclusively reserved for the king's possessions and forbidden to use by anyone other than the king...