Tombstone. Limestone, carved in relief with a recessed arch. Inscribed with a Kufic inscription which includes the name of deceased and scroll design.
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TURKEY AND INDIA, 19TH CENTURY
Cer, Syria, Mamluk, Polychrome - Tile, fritware, hexagonal, painted in underglaze blue, black and turquoise; Damascus (Syria), ca. 1420-1450.
Tiles (2), part of collection, earthenware / glaze, maker unknown, Damascus, Syria, 1550-1600
Lamp, openwork sheet brass Iraq or Iran; 10th century H without chain: 26; Diam: 40 cm
CENTRAL IRAN, LATE 13TH CENTURY
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Furniture; Spain c.1500
Authentic ancient Ottoman Turkish coins and artifacts for sale. Los Angeles, California, USA.****
Round bottomed bowl, sheet brass engraved and inlaid with silver, gold and black organic inlay. Around the outside of the bowl is an inscrption frieze interrupted by six roundels containing flying birds arranged symmetrically around an 8-petalled whirling rosette. Below this frieze is a narrow arabesque scroll border interrupted by six 6 petalled whirling rosettes. The base is decorated with a large roundel containing a design based on six intersecting circles. The interstices contain either four flying birds on interlace or plain interlace with a central multi-petalled whirling rosette. Around this is a wide band divided by slightly wavy interlace, plain interlace, groups of three vines or lotus. The interior base of the bowl is covered with a design of swimming fish and balls around a central multi-petalled whirling rosette. Despite the use of a compass, it is iregularly laid out.
DAMASCUS, SYRIA, CIRCA 1420-50
Jar. Transparent bluish green; many bubbles, largest of which is 1.5 cm long. Blown in dip mold. Jar: cylindrical. Rim plain, with rounded lip; neck short and cylin …
OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Khalili Collections | Islamic Art | The face of this standing stone is headed with a finely executed shahadah in an oblong panel surmounting...
NORTH-EASTERN IRAN, 12TH CENTURY
The Khalili Collections Islamic Art | Two traditions determine the make-up of most private collections today. One is that of the connoisseur...
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