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Chinese scroll colour on paper, wooden roller showing 3 mythical creatures in roundels. Undated, estimated to be 19th century. Good condition, some creases.140x61 cm
Old Christies auction house label attached.
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A late Ming painted and gilt wood figure
modelled as a dignitary standing on the backs of a coiled dragon and a tiger, the figure wearing elaborate robes and a tabbed hat, all on a rectangular base -- 8in. (21cm.) high.
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$325.00
$325.00
A Chinese bamboo lohan
carved and pierced wearing long robes with smiling expression and arms raised -- 9in. (24.1cm) high, 18th /19th Century, (worm holes, minor losses). Provenance Christies London 1999
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£500.00
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Double sided manuscript leaf. Rajasthan, 1776
From a dispersed copy of the Shalibhadra Caupi. The story of Sangam. Composed by Dharma Kumar. Gujarati version.
Sirohi manuscript: Sangama herds cattle and the four neighbours bring the ingredients for khir and 3v: Dhanna cooks khir, Sangama gives his food to the monk breaking his fast and Dhanna gives the boy the rest of the food.See p.104 'Steps to Liberation', Jan van Alphen, Antwerp, 2000
11cm high x 26.7 cm wide. Good condition
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$450 (sold November 2014)
$450 (sold November 2014)
NUR'ALI SHAH DIVAN, COPIED BY MUHAMMAD ISMAI'IL AL HUSINI. Persia c. 1800. Persian manuscript on paper, written in 1 and 2 columns of elegant shikasteh script in black ink, double intercolumnar and inter linear rules in gold, marbled endpapers,light brown morocco binding with a stamped pattern. Bookplate of Fairuz library, seal impression of the scribe. Dated AH 1215 (AD 1800-01) 138 x 80 mm. Slightly worn
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Arabic manuscript on vellum, inscriptions in Arabic and Persian in light brown ink, tabulated formulae of magical power. Ayat al-kursi, the Throne verse written within the loops, a lion with the rising sun emblem. Framed. 48 x 43 cm.
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genuine 19th century Qajar talisman chart on gazelle skin. Calligraphy in black and red inks. Glazed and framed, missing areas and repairs. 42x36 cm unframed
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Two 17th century Safavid tiles in cuerda seca technique.
25 x 23 cm. Good condition
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Authentic Persian drum for summoning birds. Late 18th early 19th century, Brass with old skin 18 cm diameter, 10 cm high.
Body and chain and pins all in good condition, skin damaged.
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£1,500.00
£1,500.00
A Tibetan Mandala Thang-ka, circa 1900
Pigment with gold on cloth, the central square medallion containing a cruciform arrangement of repeated Samvara figures, surrounded by a circular lotus border, with further lotuses in each corner, framed, 400mm square
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$650 (sold November 2014)
$650 (sold November 2014)
Burmese Kammavacca manuscript.
Undated, estimated to be circa 1900 or earlier.
16 pages plus 2 wooden covers. 53 x 11 cm.
Good condition, very small chip on one corner, old repair to cover.