A LOOSE KUFIC QUR'AN FOLIO Near East or North Africa,

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

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

**Originally Listed At $300** Near East / Central Asia, Turkey, Islamic Culture, ca. 1631 CE. A single double sided paper folio from a Qur'an manuscript, the verses handwritten primarily in rounded Na

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

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

A Iraqw Beaded Skirt. Beads, natural fibers, and animal hide. North central Tanzania, East Africa. Frame: 61 5/8" x 38 3/4". Iraqw skirts are amongst the most elaborately decorated textiles from easte

Made by Armenian orphans at Near East Relief Orphanage, low pile, color bleed, loose selvedges, variation in width-depth, approx 74 x 45 inches

Two hand carved figural stools, Swahili peoples, East Africa, mid 20th century, of 'X' form, mimicking the shape of a Qur'an stand, embellished with geometric incised decoration, one side having a car

A near pair of unusual Chinese Huanghuali wood rose chairs, 18th century, in overall fair condition, with loose joints, missing and replaced pieces with different wood (mainly frame parts under the se

An important historic object, a British 25-pounder shell casing transformed into a presentation award given to general and future Field Marshal ERWIN ROMMEL (1891-1944) by a division of his men in Nor

enameled copper over particle board; signed with initials lower right, signed, titled and numbered verso Overall: 44 x 12 1/4 x 1 in. (111.8 x 31.1 x 2.5 cm.) Provenance: Property from the personal co

Ushabti made of turquoise faience in the name of Horiu. Late Period, 26th - 30th dynasty, 664 - 332 BC. Height 13,8cm. On the back side pillar with hieroglyphics Osiris, Horiu, born to Hab Basteteru .

B. Bachmann - HohmannVienna before 1840 - after 1866Austrian military painterMotif from North AfricaOil on cardboard31,5 x 42 cmSigned b.r.

Carthage Gold AV Stater, Zeugitana, North Africa. Obverse head of Tanit left, wreathed in grain, wearing necklace and triple-drop earring, dot border. Reverse horse standing with three pellates and do

translucent very pale green with areas of rich iridescence, the cylindrical body with slightly convex sides and faint wheel-abraded horizontal bands, ending in a short cylindrical neck and collared ri

Large Tell Brak Marble Eye Idol, Near East, c. 3300-3000 B.C. Bell-shaped body with domed top surmounted by two protruding circular eyes. Some earth patination. Such idols are believed to have held sy

LARGE NEAR EAST BRONZE LONG SWORDVery large, Near East bronze long sword; the blade of long, slender form, tapering towards a point with flat central midrib; the handle and blade cast as a single piec

This steatite carving, measuring 10 x 6.5 cm, represents an intriguing humanoid figure with an "eagle head," a motif suggestive of the Near Eastern artistic traditions dating back to the 3rd millenniu

Near East / Holy Land, Palmyra, Roman period, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. Wow! A stunning, naturalistic limestone head of a priest wearing a characteristically tubular headdress, known as a modius, enc

HANS-JOACHIM MARSEILLE (1920-1942) 'The Star of Africa', a German ace serving principally in North Africa, Marseille had 158 kills in 482 sorties. Marseille was awarded a Knights Cross with Diamonds,

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

Edwin Lord Weeks (1849-1903) Loading the Camels, Salé, Morocco, alternately titled Along the Nile and Loading in the Donkeys, Near East Signed 'E.L. Weeks' (lower right), identified on a label fr

Ancient Near East, Mesopotamia, 6th millennium BCE. A female fertility idol carved from alabaster. She stands on attenuated, stubby legs with her right arm held straight by her side and her left arm f