A KUFIC QURAN LEAF, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, CIRCA 9TH CENTURY

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

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

DESCRIPTION: Antique large brass bedouin coin pendant featuring engraved designs. CIRCA: Late 19th - Early 20th Century ORIGIN: Middle East/North Africa DIMENSIONS: H: 10" W: 4.75" - CONDITION: One ri

The leaf-shaped blade tapering to a sharp tip, engraved with a central panel enclosing Kalimat al-Tawhid in Kufic script surrounded by Quran verses in maghribi script, with a wooden shaft, inserted in

Ancient late Byzantine Era style earthenware pottery bowl with underglaze design. Circa XVII century Near Eastern ceramics, most probably manufactured in north Syria and traded through Nishapur Khoras

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

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, 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

Late Neolithic Period, circa 2000-1700 B.C. With lentoid-section shank, leaf-shaped blade. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of Wes

A Luristan bronze dagger Circa 11th-9th Century B.C. The tapering blade with a medial ridge and crescentic guard, the pommel terminal formed into a flat disc with ridges spaced along the grip with a

Rare Mayan Codex-type vessel, Late Classic period, circa 6th-9th Century; the flared cylindrical form boldly painted in dark brown-black on a cream ground; Provenance: Estate of William Ashby, thence

Circa 9th-11th century A.D.. Disc with integral loop secured at the reverse; obverse with applied filigree Terslev ornament of three radiating looped knots and interstitial loops. Cf. Kershaw, J.F., V

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

bronze with eyes inlaid in silver, Kashmir or North-East India, 12th century, Pala Dynasty or earlier H: 11 cm Seated in Yellow ease holding a mongoose in his left.

Type: TEXTILE Origin: RASHT (NORTH PERSIA) Circa: 19 CENTURY Size/Feet & Inches: 5'5'' x 7'8'' Size/Meters: 1.65 x 2.34 Reserve: $6,000.00 Shipping: Domestic: Free shipping to anywhere within the co

DESCRIPTION: (1) Lalique style "Acanthes" vase in clear and frosty glass in a bulbous form decorated with holly branches and leaves all around. CIRCA: 20th century. ORIGIN: France DIMENSIONS: H: 11.5"

EDWARD SEAGO (British 1910-1974) A PAINTING, "North East Wind, Waxham Beach," NORFOLK, CIRCA 1959, oil on canvas wrapped pressed board, signed L/L, "Edward Seago," verso titled and placed on board, an

Rare and unique, very large French antique castle Chateau style fireplace Louis XIII, 18th Century, from Lorraine, North-East of France. Hand-carved in pure French limestone from that period. Blason o

Ɵ Three cuttings from an exceptionally early manuscript of Paul the Deacon's Homiliary, in Latin, on parchment [Rhineland, late eighth or early ninth century] Two near complete leaves (each trimm

Near East, Byzantine, ca. 5th to 7th century CE. A dazzling gold signet ring presenting a slender band and stepped shoulder leading to a large bezel incised with the image of an angel and a dove. Faci

DESCRIPTION: Lalique Crystal "Compiegne" Bowl. In the Compiegne pattern, in clear crystal with frosted leaves motifs. Marked "Lalique France". CIRCA: 20th Century ORIGIN: France DIMENSIONS: H: 4 1/8"

Mid 19th century, 168 x 91 cm, North East Caucasus Judging by its knotting structure, this white-ground prayer rug was woven in Daghestan although the long format, the field design of angular botehs a

Second half 19th century, 305 x 192 cm, North East Anatolia Described as "vernehs" in older literature, covers of this kind woven in compartment designs are now called "zili" on account of their weavi