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The chief of the grand mosque and his servants, the pilgrimage to Mecca. Based on a photograph taken by Sadik Bey, lieutenant-colonel of the ...

The wrist rest skillfully carved on the concave side depicting 'Daruma', wearing a ear-ring. Signed cachet: Rakudo. 20 by 6 cm.

A Chinese pear shaped vase decorated around the body with wide band of incised phoenix birds amidst clouds left in reserve against red ground. The...

A Chinese celadon dish with rounded sides and flattened rim. The centre molded with two fish swimming in opposite direction. The well with a carve...

The full, pear-shaped body raised on a short, slightly spreading foot, rising to a slender neck and widely everted trumpet mouth, freely painted i...

Opaque watercolor and gold on marble. Painting: 11 by 7.5 cm. Including frame 32 by 27 cm.

Shiny cork wool with silk highlights knotted on cotton, fine knotting, original all around, distinguished appearance, cleaned. 127 by 97 cm.

A set of two solid bronze processional crosses from the Byzantine era, featuring flared arms with rounded terminals and central bosses. Each cross...

A Chinese celadon bowl with low rounded sides, the exterior carved in relief with peonies and leaves above a carved band of petals around the glaz...

A Chinese porcelain vase flanked by two lug handles, all under a greyish-blue crackled glaze. Height 23 cm.

Shiny wool pile knotted on wool, striped pattern, original small back panel, excellent condition, natural plant-based dyes, original all around – ...

48 by 60 cm.

A Sarugh-Mahal carpet, West Persia, circa 1900-1920 100% natural plant dyes, soft sheep's wool on cotton. Oval central medallion on Surmey blue ba...

28 by 38 cm

Early 1st half of the 20th century, wall hanging, all around original. 187 by 123 cm.

of compressed globular form with slightly waisted neck, the exterior engraved around the mouth with a band of nasta'liq inscriptions within cartou...

Standing on a small footring, decorated in underglaze blue with houses amongst trees in a mountainous landscape. Height 10 cm. Diameter 1...

Natural plant-based dyes, sheep’s wool pile knotted on wool, original all around, in good condition. 296 by 85 cm.

Carved fritware painted seated figurine on a flying animal in an opaque turquoise glaze. Height: 14 cm. Width: 11 cm.

A Chinese porcelain box and cover, of rectangular form with canted corners, decorated in yellow on a rede ground to the cover with a rectangular p...

360 by 253 cm.

Punishment for life sins. Tempera on canvas. 24 by 17 cm.

An ASMALYK - TEKKE carpet from Central Asia West Turkestan, antique, 2nd half 1900 or earlier. Very good pile. Upper finish on the left, sl...

Measurements: 38 by 17.5 cm / 38 by 17 cm. (2)

A lidded Greek lekanis vessel featuring red-figure decoration on a black-glazed background. One side shows a seated woman holding a lyre beneath a...

A Persian bronze bowl engraved to the exterior and the interior with cortouches enclosing different Quran verses: surah al-Ikhlas, surah al-Falaq ...

A Chinese porcelain charger, decorated with a five-clawed dragon amidst lotus-blossoming branches. The bottom bears a Chinese Yongzheng six charac...

The group comprises a red clay vase and a green clay vase, each incised with a leafy branch and an inscription in imitation of 'Bai yang shanren' ...

Turkish rug, sheep’s wool pile knotted on wool, natural plant-based dyes, original all around, light signs of use, cleaned. 180 by 120 cm.

A Chinese porcelain meiping vase, decorated with five leaping five-clawed dragons amidst clouds and above a band of crushing waves. The bottom wit...

A lacquered panel, exquisitely decorated with a dynamic hunting scene. The composition features gold-painted figures on horseback and foot engaged...

A complete Quran, Arabic manuscript on paper, 320ff. with 2 fly-leaves, 15 lines to each page in bold black naskh script within a double red borde...

833/1000 Silver - in Louis XV style, each of oval shape pierce4d with scrolling foliage, the handles cast with rocaille. Maker: Fa. J.M. van...

Watercolour on paper, depicting a view of Mecca with al-Masjid al-Haram and the Kaaba, surrounded by Mecca houses, with a mountainous landscape i...

Each cup is decorated with two striding anhua dragons above tumultuous waves. The base bears an apocryphal Chenghua mark. Diameter: 6.5 cm. ...

Terracotta 'Fang Hu' vases with covers and original paint. Height: 38 cm.

50 by 32 cm. PROVENANCE Private collection, Germany before 1990

Kazak from Southwestern Caucasus Armenia, shiny sheep’s wool pile knotted on cotton, minimal old moth damage, black areas corroded, very good cond...

A large tinned copper bowl with compressed rounded body, With a handle. The body and lid engraved with bands enclosing interlacing flowers and spl...

Cheek bits for the attachment of leather straps, cast of circular form with three equally-spaced mask decorations. Diameter 7.5 cm.

Each stem cup is decorated with two striding anhua dragons above tumultuous waves. The base bears an apocryphal Chenghua mark.

A rectangular panel, the red ground profusely embroidered with gilt wire threads. 130 by 90 cm. Inscriptions: The Basamalah with v.1 from sura...

The female saint depicted standing full-length wearing medieval dress; her right hand on her chest. Marked with the monogram M.T. at the base. Hei...

Into two parts with yellow-green tinge, and applied roundels. Intact. Height: 9 cm.

From Southern Persia. Five rod motifs on an unpatterned shaded field, shiny camel-colored wool knotted on horsehair. Good condition, origi...

Engraved with an abundance of fruit set in diagonal banding on a bombed stem. Height 16.5 cm.

Inscribed on the reverse 'Abdul Hassan', 89 by 48 cm.

The central biscuit rock-molded brush rest is decorated with a white-glazed duck in low relief, the other two brush rests are molded as tree branc...

Old printed pictures of different places in Mecca and medina like black stone in kabaa, Masjid al-Nabawi, Hamza grave and Quba mosque etc..

The vase has a tapering square section, with each face decorated with birds perched on a prunus branch above flowers, or butterflies in flight abo...

Signed with the monogram in the plaque lower right. Measurements: 80 by 55 cm.

Arabic and Turkish manuscript on paper, 4 folios from Dala'il al-Khayrat, written in black naskh script with gilt floral decoration, depicting pra...

A substantial bronze spectacle brooch or fibula safety pin, formed as two large tightly-wound coils with figure-of-fourteen-shaped intermediate co...

Farblinolschnitt Akt am Strandauf Papier. Darstellung eines sitzenden weiblichen Aktes im Gegenlicht, nach rechts gewandt. Unten links Titel, unte...

Diameter: 9.2 cm., 7.5 cm., 6.3 cm., 6.1 cm.

60 by 90 cm.

Height 69 cm. Provenance: Collection of the late Mr. L van Dongen, The Netherlands, (former director of Douwe Egberts Company) Sale Christies Amst...

A brown glazed burner and cover in the form of a mountain. Height 22 cm.

NETSUKE Brockhaus, Albert Published by F. A. Brockhaus, Leipzig, 1909 2nd edition

This Japanese woodblock print (ukiyo-e) portrays a gracefully posed woman wearing a beautifully decorated kimono adorned with intricate floral and...