HAUTE EPOQUE
Superb mortar with bronze fins with dark to black cracked patina.
Spain or Persia 15th century; These mortars are witness to the Arab invasions of southern Europe and the Moorish in[...]
Ornamentation of stylized animals framed with geometric bands and friezes
Wool and linen Coptic art V and 7th
century 8X15 CM
neutral ecru support in frame 25x33 cm
Rython, container with a long pouring spout dug like a canal. They were exclusively reserved for ceremonial libations. The origin of their shape seems to belong to Eurasia in prehistoric times, but it[...]
Archeology
Terracotta dragon head artefact, stand on a black marble base
Persian ?
2nd/3rd century AD?
Dimensions:
5,6cm height (total height with base 8.1cm)
Width 4.4cm and depth 5.2cm
[...]
Fragment of a tunic or corner of a shawl it seems. Square decorated with diamonds in natural linen tapestry and blue, red and black wool on a natural looped linen background. Rather well preserved fra[...]
Islamic art, 15th/16th century, rare and beautiful bronze cup with rich hammered decoration representing six busts of kings framed by floral and geometric motifs. Inscription in Arabic characters belo[...]
Bronze basin with everted lip, engraved with a sun and calligraphic decoration from the Seljuk period, Khorassan, Persian Empire, from the 11th / 13th century.
Beautiful engravings on the perimeter a[...]
Rare and stunning Persian ceramic cip, Nishapur (Iran), 9th -10th cty
Samanid period (810-1005)
Colors used (green, yellow and manganese) and the richly intertwined zoomorphic decorations (bulls o[...]
Circa 12th century 2 very fine and light ceramic bowls:
*a Persian 12th century more hollow one on a heel, white background and brown vegetal frieze decoration, with beautiful iridescences,
11 in[...]
Archeology
MUSEUM, exceptional zoomorphic embossed and hammered silver, and gilded Rython (protome of ram or ibex)
Persian Achaemenid art (6th - 5th BC)
Very elegant custom-made pexyglas base
[...]
This post-Sassanid bowl is made of thick cut glass and its exterior and granite decor evokes a honeycomb. This glassware is characteristic of the productions of the region of Iran or Iracq where the p[...]
Superb SULTANABAD ceramic bowl, Persia (Iran) circa XIIIth-XIVth century,
Curious, fine and rich radiant design of yellow to orange fish on a green background.
Ilkanid art
Condition: old restor[...]
"Tâs" Basin, chiseled copper on a black bituminous background, domed base, convex wall and curved opening, with incised decorations and traces of encrustations.
This "Tâs", originally from Iran and t[...]
"Tâs" Basin, in copper engraved on a black bituminous background, with curved base, convex wall and curved opening, with incised decorations and traces of encrustations.
. A band of six rings decorat[...]
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