09-16-201609-16-2016
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  • Kutahya Pottery Bowl

    Kutahya Pottery Bowl

    Lot: 31
    Sold for: $3,198$2,600

    Kutahya Pottery Bowl, Turkey, possibly 18th or 19th century, on a straight stem foot, the exterior decorated with four stylized floral designs in serrated panels against a cobalt blue ground, the more ...

  • Iznik Plate

    Iznik Plate

    Lot: 32
    Sold for: $861$700

    Iznik Plate, Turkey, possibly 17th century, with slightly outcurved rim, on a short raised foot, decorated in polychrome enamels with vegetal and floral designs, bonded with metal hanger, ht. 1 5/8, more ...

  • Polychrome Pottery Garrus Bowl with Figural Decoration

    Polychrome Pottery Garrus Bowl with Figural Decoration

    Lot: 33
    Sold for: $400$325

    Polychrome Pottery Garrus Bowl with Figural Decoration, Persia, possibly 12th or 13th century, conical, with slightly flared short foot, the interior decorated with a princely figure seated with his more ...

  • Large Beige-glazed Bowl with Hippopotamuses

    Large Beige-glazed Bowl with Hippopotamuses

    Lot: 34
    Sold for: $9,225$7,500

    Large Beige-glazed Bowl with Hippopotamuses, Persia, possibly 17th century or earlier, conical, with angled bottom on a slightly splayed foot, the interior decorated with four hippopotamuses against more ...

  • Green-glazed Nishapur High Bowl

    Green-glazed Nishapur High Bowl

    Lot: 35
    Sold for: $7,995$6,500

    Green-glazed Nishapur High Bowl, Persia, possibly 12th century, with slightly everted rim, on a splayed stem foot, decorated with a molded calligraphic band in high relief against a ground with more ...

  • Turquoise-glazed Plate

    Turquoise-glazed Plate

    Lot: 36
    Sold for: $123$100

    Turquoise-glazed Plate, Persia, Kashan style, shallow bowl shape on a short waisted bisque foot (now felted),decorated with floral designs and scrolling meander bands and rings, all in dull incised more ...

  • Turquoise and Black Kashan Deep Bowl

    Turquoise and Black Kashan Deep Bowl

    Lot: 37
    Sold for: $1,968$1,600

    Turquoise and Black Kashan Deep Bowl, Persia, possibly 12th/13th century, with softly rounded sides, on a short raised bisque foot, the interior decorated with a seated female figure, below a more ...

  • Beige-glazed Bowl

    Beige-glazed Bowl

    Lot: 38
    Sold for: $123$100

    Beige-glazed Bowl, Persia, Kashan style, with slanted sides and rounded bottom, on a short raised foot, inscribed in a central ring in the well, below a double band of geometric patterns in cobalt more ...

  • Brown-glazed Low Bowl

    Brown-glazed Low Bowl

    Lot: 39
    Sold for: $923$750

    Brown-glazed Low Bowl, Persia, possibly 13th century, with angled sides on a short foot with flat base, painted with a horse rider against a yellow ground in the center surrounded with a broad more ...

  • Beige and Brown Kashan Lustre Bowl

    Beige and Brown Kashan Lustre Bowl

    Lot: 40
    Sold for: $431$350

    Beige and Brown Kashan Lustre Bowl, Persia, possibly 12th/13th century, with slightly everted rim, on a raised bisque foot, the interior painted with seated figures in the central roundel and lobed more ...

  • Star-shaped Luster and Cobalt Blue Tile

    Star-shaped Luster and Cobalt Blue Tile

    Lot: 41
    Sold for: $923$750

    Star-shaped Luster and Cobalt Blue Tile, Persia, decorated with flowers and fish surrounded with a band of calligraphy between double-line, cobalt blue, six-pointed star, with label on bisque base, more ...

  • Beige-glazed Pottery Jar

    Beige-glazed Pottery Jar

    Lot: 42
    Sold for: $185$150

    Beige-glazed Pottery Jar, Persia, oval, the sides curving in to form a narrow base, waisted neck, everted and rolled rim, plain glaze tinted with a hint of iridescent turquoise blue, white slip more ...

  • Leather-bound Shahnameh by Ferdowsi

    Leather-bound Shahnameh by Ferdowsi

    Lot: 43
    Sold for: $3,690$3,000

    Leather-bound Shahnameh by Ferdowsi, undated, with introduction composed by the Timurid prince Baysunghur Mirza, and two double pages with color and gold illuminations and text, the main body of the more ...

  • Illuminated Folio Manuscript

    Illuminated Folio Manuscript

    Lot: 44
    Sold for: $6,765$5,500

    Illuminated Folio Manuscript, Persia, 16th/17th century, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, composed of three reserves with diagonal and horizontal Nastaliq calligraphy, each verse surrounded by more ...

  • Miniature Painting Depicting Sagittarius

    Miniature Painting Depicting Sagittarius

    Lot: 45
    Sold for: $615$500

    Miniature Painting Depicting Sagittarius, Persia, possibly 16th century, gold and color on paper, the constellation embodied as a centaur firing an arrow at his dragon-like tail, its body with more ...

  • Portrait of a Noble

    Portrait of a Noble

    Lot: 46
    Sold for: $431$350

    Portrait of a Noble, Persia, possibly Safavid, ink, gold, and silver on paper, the portrait overlaid with sprigs of stylized flowers and leaves in metallic silver, framed and glazed, sight size 12 more ...

  • Qajar Manuscript with Miniature Painting

    Qajar Manuscript with Miniature Painting

    Lot: 47
    Unsold  

    Qajar Manuscript with Miniature Painting, Persia, 19th century, opaque color and gold on paper, with six lines of Nastaliq calligraphy above, the painting depicting a drowned woman with a prince more ...

  • Miniature Painting Depicting Lovers

    Miniature Painting Depicting Lovers

    Lot: 48
    Sold for: $123$100

    Miniature Painting Depicting Lovers, Persia, opaque color and gold on paper, possibly 17th/18th century, a man and a woman embracing and eating fruit in a garden, framed and glazed, sight size 10 more ...

  • Seven Painted Manuscript Pages

    Seven Painted Manuscript Pages

    Lot: 49
    Sold for: $246$200

    Seven Painted Manuscript Pages, Persia, possibly Safavid, opaque color and gold on paper, depicting scenes of men conversing in tents, battle scenes, and a depiction of the prophet Muhammad, all more ...

  • Miniature Manuscript Painting

    Miniature Manuscript Painting

    Lot: 50
    Sold for: $277$225

    Miniature Manuscript Painting, Persia, 19th/20th century, opaque color and gold on paper, possibly depicting the story of the abduction of Zal by the simurgh, from the Shahnameh by Firdawsi, with more ...

  • Two Pairs of Burial Mask Eyes

    Two Pairs of Burial Mask Eyes

    Lot: 51
    Sold for: $861$700

    Two Pairs of Burial Mask Eyes, Egypt, possibly late period, a pair of bronze eye outlines and lashes inlaid with stone, and a pair of small stone eyes inlaid with brown irises, mounted on modern more ...

  • Tinned Bronze Dish

    Tinned Bronze Dish

    Lot: 52
    Sold for: $123$100

    Tinned Bronze Dish, Persia, 19th/20th century, with undulating rim, decorated with a chased fish and leaf design around the cavetto, below two patterned bands, a medallion with figure in the well, more ...

  • Stone Foundation Peg

    Stone Foundation Peg

    Lot: 53
    Sold for: $246$200

    Stone Foundation Peg, Middle East, granite carved in the shape of a votive deity standing with her hands together at her chest, her face with wide eyes, nose, and lips, and a bindi on her forehead, more ...

  • Pair of Embroidered Leather Shoes

    Pair of Embroidered Leather Shoes

    Lot: 54
    Sold for: $49$40

    Pair of Embroidered Leather Shoes, Middle East, Moroccan-style, embroidered with golden threads on cotton, leather-lined and soled, sole lg. 10 1/2 in. more ...

  • Black Lacquered Wood Horse

    Black Lacquered Wood Horse

    Lot: 55
    Sold for: $9,840$8,000

    Black Lacquered Wood Horse, China, Han dynasty, the horse standing with head raised, all over black lacquer with traces of red pigment at the nostrils, mouth, eyes, and ears, horse ht. 28 in. more ...

  • Tomb Pottery Village

    Tomb Pottery Village

    Lot: 56
    Sold for: $2,460$2,000

    Tomb Pottery Village, China, Han dynasty, depicting figures standing and sitting on a multi-level tower decorated with flowers in relief, on either side two inclines leading from the back of the more ...

  • Sancai-glazed Caparisoned Horse

    Sancai-glazed Caparisoned Horse

    Lot: 57
    Unsold  

    Sancai-glazed Caparisoned Horse, China, Tang dynasty, standing horse with all four legs resting on the square base, the body glazed with a deep amber glaze, the face with a cream glaze, and the more ...

  • Painted Pottery Prancing Caparisoned Horse

    Painted Pottery Prancing Caparisoned Horse

    Lot: 58
    Sold for: $3,998$3,250

    Painted Pottery Prancing Caparisoned Horse, China, Tang dynasty, standing with the right leg raised wearing a saddle and saddle cloth, with traces of cream, red and black pigment detailing the eyes, more ...

  • Pottery Legless Horse

    Pottery Legless Horse

    Lot: 59
    Unsold  

    Pottery Legless Horse, China, possibly Han dynasty, soft red earthenware with black slip and red pigment, the wooden legs missing, lg. 17 in. more ...

  • Two Pottery Court Attendants

    Two Pottery Court Attendants

    Lot: 60
    Unsold  

    Two Pottery Court Attendants, China, possibly Western Han dynasty, one kneeling, the other standing, both wearing flowing robes, with traces of red and white pigments, ht. to 24 1/2 in. more ...