A JAIN PATA OF THE COSMIC MAN (LOKAPURUSHA) GUJARAT, NORTH WEST INDIA, 17TH CENTURY

FOUR JAIN BOOK COVERS Gujarat, North West India, 18th-19th century Comprising two red velvet book covers embroidered with metal thread, the decoration consisting of auspicious animals, Tirthankaras, s

Mahavira, formerly Vardhamana, India Jainism 24th generation of the founder, he is revered Jain true creator. His disciples called him Mahavira (Sanskrit Mahāvīra), that is a great hero.

Northwest Indian Pala style copper alloy Vishnu group like the 12th centuryRare medieval statues northwest India, Gujarat or Himachal Pradesh region works, pedestal and backlit trim obvious statues sa

Vishnu is the highest position of God, and maintenance of the universe, usually in the 'four-arm' holding round wheel, conch, sticks, bows image appears.

Framed engraved portrait by Willem Hondius (Dutch, c.1598-1652 or 1658) of Dutch admiral and privateer Piet Pieterszoon Hein, (1577-1629) of the Dutch East India Company and the Dutch West India Compa

first quarter 20th century, 331 x 144 cm, North East Persia, Khorasan In the early 17th century, Shah Abbas I moved Kurdish tribes from North West Persia to Khorasan on the north eastern border of his

17th century, 50 x 40 cm, North West Anatolia, Bursa A fragment of a red-ground Ottoman silk velvet fabric presenting a repeat of large star-shaped and circular blossoms interspersed with small rosett

West India, ca. 13th century. The enthroned seated figure surrounded by attendants and guardian beasts with inlays of silver and copper. Ex: Richard Ravenal collection, NY. MEASUREMENTS Height: 8 3/4

Central Asia, India, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. A hand-carved pair of wooden figures, one a man and one a woman. These figures may depict the gods Shiva and Parvati, husband and wife, although they

**Originally Listed At $1850** South Asia, India, ca. 1600 CE. An impressive, hand carved pink sandstone high relief fragment depicting the Hindu deity Narasimha (meaning man-lion; also known as Naras

Appears to be the Three Wise Men visiting Mary and Baby Jesus in the manger . North Star is shining in the upper left. Monogram in lower right side.Image measures 8 1/2" by 10" Frame 12" by 18". As fo

A Mughal Spinel retailed by Ganeshi Lall & Son India, 17th Century the spinel of ovoid form, later gold suspension loops to top and bottom issuing from rosette finials, in fitted box 2.8 x 2.2 cm. max

A bronze figure of Vishnu South India, 17th Century standing on a lotus base supported by a tall waisted square pedestal, bedecked with jewellery and dressed in a dhoti, holding in his hands the discu

Of round form with curved rim, inlaid with leaf and floral sprays interspersed, around a central rosette, the rim with scrolling flowers.36 cm. diam.Weight: 2460 gr.

An Indian Miniature of the Madonna and Child with Angels (?) Mughal India (?) 17th/18th Century (?) On paper Property of Stephanie Hoppen Dimensions: (Paper) 12 in (H) x 9 in (W) Lot Essay: This image

Dish; Gujarat, India, 16th century. Mother-of-pearl and bronze. Measurements: 3 x 23 cm. Dish made of mother-of-pearl with bronze finials that can be seen in the lower part of the piece. From the trad

India, ca. 17th century CE. A solid bronze ceremonial spoon depicting Krishna the "Butter Thief" as a youth holding a ball of butter that he stole from his stepmother, beneath a protective Naga, the m

**Originally Listed At $200** India, ca. 17th century CE. Two finely carved wooden figural avatars of Lord Vishnu. The first depicts Hayagriva (Hayagreeva), the horse-headed avatar of Lord Vishnu who

A Rare Gu Embroidery of Three Wise Men, 17th - 18th Century. This rare embroidery is of three wise men in a landscape. There is a crane flying overhead, a deer in the foreground, one man holds a Ruyi

Transylvanian Ghiordes 'Prayer-Rug', West Anatolia, 17th century, wool/wool, approx. 158 x 118 cm, condition: (the complete white field is rewoven, traces of age, old repairs, oxidations), made for th

A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF RAMA, VIJAYANAGAR PERIOD Southern India, 16th-17th century. Heavily cast, standing in tribhanga, wearing a diaphanous dhoti and richly adorned with sacred thread and beaded, f

An illuminated Qur'an, Persia or North India, 18th century Arabic manuscript on paper, the text panel with gold sprinkle, 15 lines to the page written in neat black naskh, ruled in gold and black, ver

**First Time At Auction** West Africa, ca. 17th to 18th century CE. An enormous cast-copper currency ring known as a "manilla" with a crescent-shaped body and a pair of discoid terminals. Strips of ha

Central Asia, India, Moghul Empire (also Mughal or Mogul), ca. 17th century CE. A cast bronze cutter with an iron blade in the form of a peacock, used for cutting open the betel nut (actually the arec