Habits of the women of Western Tartary. Central Asia. BANKES 1789 old print

TITLE OF THE PRINT: 'Tartarres' (De L'Asie) Tartary (Latin: Tartaria) or Great Tartary (Latin: Tartaria Magna) was a name used by Europeans from the Middle Ages until the twentieth century to designat

TITLE OF THE PRINT: 'Tartarres' (De L'Asie) Tartary (Latin: Tartaria) or Great Tartary (Latin: Tartaria Magna) was a name used by Europeans from the Middle Ages until the twentieth century to designat

Western Central Asia (Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia), Turkoman (Turkmen) people, ca. 19th century CE. An absolutely stunning royal crown made of a large, heavy, silver ornament sew

Central Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 200 BCE to 100 CE. One of the finest examples of a sculpted woman from this culture that we have seen, this is a sensitive and lifelike ca

Western or Central Anatolian Village Rug Anatolia c. 17th or early 18th century, worn and with many old restorations, but briming with early Anatolian design elements. 4 ft. 10 in. x 7 ft. 7 in. /auct

KITANO TSUNETOMI WOODBLOCK PRINTBeautiful and old, Japanese oversize woodblock print by Kitano Tsunetomi (1880 - 1947), "The Heron Maiden", first edition, #82; the woman in a white hooded robe; 17 3/4

Western Greece, Apulia, ca. 5th - 4th century BCE. A beautiful and large vessel, made in honor of a woman presented inside the central Naiskos on the face of the vessel. The woman is depicted seated i

Title: Winter Morning, Connecticut. Martin Lewis (1880-1962) Medium: Watercolor, c.1932. Signed in watercolor lower right. Stamp on verso "Collection Patricia Lewis" and "ML 174." Image size 17 7/8

Title: Spring Serenade. Gustave Baumann (1881-1971) Medium: Color woodcut, 1927. Signed and titled in pencil. Inscribed "No. 45-120" with hand heart chop. Edition 120. Image size 9 1/8 x 11" (23.3

Ca. 1800, 60 x 110 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan The field design of this rare Salor torba consists of three rows of six octagonal güls; small petrol diamonds decorated with double hooks at each c

Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan, ca. 2nd to 3rd century CE. An exquisite, life-size terracotta head of the Buddha, depicted nearly in the round, with a wavy coiffure, a gener

Central Asia, ca. Early Cretaceous (101 - 126 MYO). This is a significant specimen due to its size, completeness, and originality. The bones were meticulously removed from a single block of matrix and

late 18th century, 261 x 130 cm, Central Asia, East Turkestan In the red field of this early rug from the oasis town of Khotan, large dark blue disc medallions are embedded in a basic design of leaves

18th century, 68 x 104 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan This fragment of an early Salor chuval has been cut all around; the left-hand side and upper border are missing. The field displays a spacious d

Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 1st century CE. An absolutely stunning dark grey schist face with a tremendous turban-style headdress, in a beautiful state of pre

Ca. 1800, 76 x 75 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan Small-format knotted trappings of this kind are known as khalyks. Most of the surviving examples were woven by the Tekke tribe. On the day of the wed

Pre 1800, 204 x 105 cm, Western Central Anatolia, Eskisehir Province The white field of this kilim, probably woven in a village between Sivrihisar and Kütahya, is completely filled with very large el

Ca. 1800 or earlier, 56 x 95 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan This unusual bag face showing every sign of great age cannot be assigned to any of the tribal groups defined to date. It is finely and reg

in the form of stylized snowflakes, with millegrain finish and openwork gallery, containing two central old European cut natural diamonds (G-I SI2) weighing approximately 2.65 carats total, two old Eu

DIAMOND THREE-STONE RING The central old brilliant-cut diamond weighing 2.22 carats, between two similarly-cut diamonds weighing 1.20 carats and 0.97 carat, ring size approx. L

First half 19th century, 189 x 99 cm, Central Asia, East Turkestan A fragment of a multiple prayer rug (saf) from the Kashgar oasis. The surviving section consists of four mihrab fields which are stil

Central Asia; Cretaceous Period (65 - 144 million years ago). A fine nest of 6 eggs on matrix. No restoration. Dimensions Greatest length: 11" (28cm)

**First Time At Auction** Central Asia, Pakistan, India, and Afghanistan, Gandharan Empire, ca. 1st century CE. An incredible schist head wearing a turban-style headdress, in a beautiful state of pres

First half 19th century, 97 x 90 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan The field design of this very rare, square sitting rug consists of three rows of five Memling güls and chemche secondary motifs. Star