A KUFIC QURAN FOLIO, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH-10TH CENTURY

Arabic manuscript on paper consisting of 248 papers, complete.Leaf dimensions 204 x 160 mm, writing box 180 x 110 mm. Text in black and red ink, Naskh script on single column of 15 lines to the page.O

QUR'AN MANUSCRIPT LEAFNorth Africa or Near East Arabic manuscript written in Kufic script, 13th century or later, staining, framed. Leaf: 4" width, 5.75" height; frame: 14" height, 9.5" width

Egypt, Near East, Ca. 9th-10th century AD A beautiful marvered glass sprinkler flask on a flaring foot, with a globular body and long tubular neck with a folded rim. The vessel features a combed herri

Ancient Near East, Islamic, ca. 9th to 10th century CE. A beautifully preserved jar comprised of thick translucent glass and decorated with wheel-cut designs. Sitting upon a concave, octagonal base, t

Ancient Near East, Islamic, ca. 9th to 10th century CE. A lovely glass bottle of a pale, near-opaque yellow color with a concave base and smooth pontil scar, a bulbous body with dozens of raised nubbi

A LARGE NISHAPUR "HAWK" KUFIC INSCRIBED POTTERY DISH NORTH-EAST IRAN, 10TH CENTURY Diameter:35cm Property of a Canadian Private Collection

The first manuscript folio written in Kufic script, in black ink on paper, with red ink beginning of surah. Two surahs, surah Ghafir (The forgiver), verses 76-85, and surah Fussilat (explained in deta

Ancient Near East, Luristan or other part of northern Iran, ca. 10th to 9th century BCE. A magnificent, enormous bronze sword of the "double ear" pommel style, made using the lost wax casting techniqu

Near East, Iran, Samanid Dynasty, Nishapur or Samarqand, ca. 10th to 12th century CE. A steep-walled terracotta bowl with a beautiful, stylized Kufic (the earliest form of Arabic) script in a register

Ancient Near East, Islamic, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A sizeable, hand-blown glass pitcher of striking deep cobalt blue hues, its form presenting an ample piriform body sitting upon a flared foot th

Near East, Byzantine Empire, ca. 10th to 12th century CE. A superb nearly 24 karat - 97.6% - gold pendant featuring a cloisonne medallion depicting Christ Pantocrator blessing with his right hand and

Ancient Near East, Persia (Iran), ca. 9th to 8th century BCE. A near miniature bronze horse and rider, finely cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process. The horse presents with an elongated stylized

Ancient Near East, Iran, Amlash culture, ca. 13th to 10th century BCE (bronze sword) and Achaemenid Persian Empire, ca. 550 to 330 BCE (silver spear head). A pair of ceremonial weapons from ancient Ir

Near East, Western Iran, Luristan, ca. 9th to 7th century BCE. A skillfully cast bronze bell of an intricate design with a spherical openwork cage presenting repeating "S" shaped bars, each side cente

Ancient Near East, Iran, Amlash culture, ca. 13th to 10th century BCE. A beautifully-shaped dagger handle and thin, sharp blade, made of bronze. The handle has twin rounded spikes projecting from roun

Near East / Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A tall, handsome mosaic depicting a young man holding an armful of food - possibly cuts of meat, possibly large fruit - in a white

Ancient Near East, northwestern Iran, Luristan culture, ca. 9th to 7th century BCE. A slender cast-bronze beaker with a mammiform base, smooth walls which taper slightly, a deep interior cavity, and a

Ancient Near East, Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 10th to 12th century CE. A gorgeous cast-bronze processional cross with flaring arms that terminate in pairs of circular knobs engraved with roundel

Near East/Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 10th to 14th century CE. A large, beautiful iron processional cross of the pommee style, with flaring arms that terminate in small balls made of 95% silver.

**Originally Listed At $6000** Near East / Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 9th to 11th century CE. A pair of bronze repousse panels from the upper and lower arms of a large processional cross. These

Roman, Imperial Period, 1st to 5th century CE; Near East, Byzantine Empire, ca. 5th to 14th century CE; Islamic, ca. 10th to 13th century CE. A great collection of over 100 copper and bronze coins fro

Viking Silver Bracelet with Dragons Heads, c. 9th-10th Century A.D.Formed of twisted solid silver wires with two very finely carved dragon heads at the terminals. Exquisite.Size:6.2 cm inside D - 2 7/

A gold Viking pendant embellished with filigree, 9th - 10th centuryThe circular pendant with a loop at the top. The setting held together by two rows of twisted wire around the edge. Five filigree pel

Central India, circa 9th - 10th century A.D. A large and beautifully carved fragment depicting a seated Brahma an attendant to his right and Apsaras above. Custom base. Dimensions: height including ba