AN EASTERN KUFIC SECTION ON VELLUM, NORTH AFRICA OR NEAR EAST, 9TH 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

Ancient Near East, Eastern Anatolia (modern-day Turkey / Armenia), Bronze Age, possibly Urartu, ca. 9th to 7th century BCE; Pre-Columbian, Costa Rica, Guanacaste/Nicoya region, ca. 200 to 600 CE. A pa

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

Ancient Near East, ca. 2nd to 1st millennium BCE; northwestern Iran and Turkey, Luristan, ca. 1000 to 600 BCE; Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE; Near East, Islamic culture, ca. 9th to

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

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

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

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

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

Category: Cylinder Seals and Impressions Esteemed for its use in administrative and ceremonial contexts, this calcite cylinder seal from the Near East, dating back to the 8th-6th century BCE, is adorn

Ancient Near East / Holy Land, Byzantine Empire, ca. 12th to 14th century CE. An exquisite cast copper-iron processional cross composed of two flared sections pinned together in the center with a cast

Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, possibly near Antioch, Imperial Period, ca. 3rd to 4th century CE. An impressive section of a dado from a Roman mosaic depicting a semi-recumbent river god propped up on

Lower torso of a Victory; Near East, 2nd century AD. Basalt. Provenance: M.V. collection, Madrid. Measurements: 48 x 28 x 22 cm (torso); 16 x 30 x 30 x 30 cm (base). Fragment of a sculpture from the N

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.

A set of a large garden table and its 2 benches hand-carved in pure French limestone from the 20th century. Provenance: North-East of France, Lorraine, France (dimensions provided for the table. 2 ben

Near East, Persian, ca. 20th century CE. A stunning 18K gold necklace comprised of 28 birds created via openwork filigree and granulation techniques - skillfully constructed and beautifully designed.

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

Roman, Imperial Period, possibly from North Africa, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. A stunning bronze ewer cast via the lost wax (cire perdue) process that presents an elegant silhouette with a piriform bo

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

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