This large Khyber cutlass is also called "Salawar Yatagan". It is a traditional Afghan weapon, originating from the Khyber Pass, this pass which has been the junction between India and Afghanistan for[...]
Circular bronze basin with everted lip, engraved with a sun and calligraphy decoration in stick, from the Seljuk period.
Originating from Khorasan, Persian Empire, from the 11th-13th century.
Beauti[...]
Antique basin decorated with thirty-five gadroons, surrounded by an everted lip, engraved with a frieze of stylized leaves.
This beautiful object is dated 1143 in Turkish numerals, i.e. 1788 of our c[...]
Rare due to its significant floral decoration, branches and leaves,
heavy due to the use of tinned copper and bronze.
This very beautiful Kindi from northern India, is a holy water pot.
There is no[...]
Persia - Caucasus, "SHAMCHIR", late 18th century. Buffalo horn handle mount with two rivets, the brass eyelets missing. Straight cruise with short diamond-shaped lugs and straight quillon ending in a [...]
Large tea tray in red copper, chiseled with tulips placed in single and double cartridges linked together.
The central decoration consists of a rosette with twelve branches from which, cartridges and[...]
Large powder horn in ram's horn and silver (low title), bearing the symbol of the Ottoman Empire around 1910/20. Good condition. Length 44 cm, height 23 cm.
- This item is for immediate purchase, p[...]
Subject: A dallah (Arabic: دلة) is a traditional Arabic coffee pot used to prepare and serve coffee in the Arabian Peninsula or the Persian Gulf. Due to its intimate association with the coffee ritual[...]
The mask represents the deceased wearing a tripartite black wig and a large necklace with eleven rows of floral and leaf beads.The eyes, eyebrows and pupils are painted black.The yellow face symbolize[...]
The “Dallah” coffee pot we see here is a beautiful and representative piece of Arab culture. Probably made of copper, it has a characteristic bulbous body, with a long crescent-shaped spout and a sinu[...]
This ax is a Persian “Tabarzin” or “saddle axe”. Unlike many examples dating from the second half of the 19th century, which are very light and often a little crudely decorated, it is a real weapon, w[...]
Ottoman ewer in tinned copper from the end of the 19th century, very beginning of the 20th century. The bulb-shaped body with fifteen large ribs, similar to the dome of a mosque. Engraved stopper, in [...]
A superb pair of stirrups in wrought iron nickel coated with brass and silver or tin, 19th century I think from Morocco, in great condition, dimensions 18 cm by 12 cm height 16 cm......For any informa[...]
A very large tin-plated copper strainer found at the Mosul market in the early 1980s, beautiful size: diameter 50 cm, height 15 cm, beautiful drilling, ideal for transforming it into a wall light, wit[...]
Very pretty wooden box with sliding lid. The interior reveals two compartments, probably used to store spices, possibly salt and sugar. On the lid two wooden rings carved in the mass to hang the box. [...]
Flint Lighter
Persia, 19th century
Wrought iron
H. 4.7 cm, length 11.8 cm
Wrought iron lighter in the shape of a "bird's wing" with three stylised scrolls that appear to represent the limbs of[...]
Good condition Japanese Samurai Mempo with a strong visual expression. Steel mempo and Yodare-kake, all covered with a typical red sandpaper like lacquer. Some cracks left and right in the lacquer vis[...]
Incredible size and condition Luristan bronze dagger. Total length is 40,5cm. Very big round grip shape. No big damage. Blade in full size. Period: 1100 BC to 900 BC. – Iron Age I.
This large dagger from the "Pesh-Kabz" family is also called a "para-i-tutti" because of its double-curved blade. It is larger than the classical pesh-kabz. It originates from Afghanistan and dates fr[...]
This Khandjar is a curved dagger typical of Persia. It dates from the beginning of the Qajar period, therefore from the first half of the 19th century. BLADE: It has a diamond-shaped section, with two[...]
This saber is to be classified in the "FIRANGI", that is to say the sabers of India mounted from a European blade. This is a so-called “KHANDA” mount typical of the state of Maha Rashtra (Bombay regio[...]
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[...]
Algeria mid-19th century, Powder bulb for rifle and pistol made from a piece of wood (monoxyle), It was hollowed out on both sides, 1 small piece of wood is missing. Remarkable work of sculpture, pret[...]
This Ottoman bichaq is a 19th century manufacture. Its two particularities are its Tombac mount, partly enameled, and the blade deeply engraved with votive inscriptions.
BLADE: It has a single edge a[...]
Islamic trays often have a story to tell us, legends, the Koran, leave their mark in the carving of these pieces of popular art goldwork. Our model tells us the story of "Aisha and the battle of the c[...]
OTTOMAN Empire, SHAMSHIR saber, 19th century. Restored French-style wooden frame with steel guard with straight quillon and lozenge-shaped lugs ending in tassel ends. Curved blade with stains, with 1 [...]
Beautiful vase heavily decorated with chased embossed bands and a scene of a lion and deer hunting scene by horsemen. Very fine engravings all over the body. Note the presence of a single hare, symbol[...]
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
La validation préalable de fo[...]
A true object of curiosity, this very beautiful Canope vase is made of white metal (regulates) with a bronze patina. Return from Egypt style, it is from the Napoleon III period at the end of the 19th [...]
Very beautiful hammam sponge ball in tinned copper, diameter 21.5 cm, height 23 cm, not really spherical, gadroon and rosette decoration on the lid, transport handle, missing closing chain.....provena[...]
Magnificent and large damascened Islamic tray, 19th century, most certainly of Syrian origin. Black enameled bronze inlaid with silver, work of very good quality. Birds are the recurring theme of the [...]
Very pretty in shape, here is a large brass basin, or censer, taking into account the interior lip. A circular pedestal, on which the body rests, decorated with 8 stylized medallions, which supports t[...]
Medicinal bowl or hammanm talismanic bowl, a central umbilicus containing beads that resonate when the bowl is shaken to increase the potency of the potion.... tinned copper bowl, starry decoration on[...]
Beautiful and large copper jar, a grain measure? Intended to give alms at the end of Ramadan, hammered red copper, ovoid made up of two parts assembled with a truncated conical neck, handles and lip e[...]
Large antique thick copper jar or jug from Morocco, probably for collecting orange blossom water. Period late 18th or 19th century. Complete with its lid and the chain that holds it. Dimensions: hei[...]
4 Old Tuareg stakes in carved wood. Symbol of social caste or family belonging, these sublime stakes are traditionally used by the Tuaregs, a nomadic people, to fix their tents, or set up a table.....[...]
Lot of 2 objects: 1 Koranic box (Hirz) (containing surahs from the Koran) in ethnic silver, engraved and decorated with colored cabochons with suspensions (good general condition, note that one side o[...]
Very beautiful plaster reproduction of Gudea with a gushing vase. Around 2120 BC, neo-Sumerian art Gudea Prince of Lagash High Plaster. : 37 cm - Width. : 19 cm - Depth. : 17 cm The sovereign Gudea, a[...]
Indo-Persian vases engraved over their entire surface with four dancers, posed in intertwining flowers and branches, and surrounded by a multitude of birds.
## Brasses are yellow alloys, composed mai[...]
Lot of objects from North Africa mid-20th century, including a decorative pistol covered with bone plate and silver-plated metal studs, and two Tuareg sabers, covered with interesting, very elaborate [...]
"Doltcha" tinned copper table carafe accompanied by its goblet, originating from Persia, Iran, and more precisely from Iranian Azerbaijan.
These carafes contained appetizing or healing drinks such as[...]
ALL of our rugs and objects are FREE SHIPPING for France and certain European countries.
Reminder: all of our rugs are professionally washed.
You will receive an invoice serving as a certificate upo[...]
Biface silver plaque by Emmanuel Frémiet, Cleopatra bust and Cleopatra on an elephant, circa 1902.
Emmanuel Frémiet (1824-1910) is best known for his monumental and animal sculptures. Elected to th[...]
Brass trays decorated with friezes of flowers, Chinese ideograms in the center of a bouquet of flowers and exploded pomegranates.
The strongly polylobed border of 24 points of a rush sculpted and app[...]
ORIENTAL HELMET called kulah khud
Ottoman Empire, Qâdjâr, Iran, 19th century
Steel and iron
H. 25, diameter 20.5 cm
Consisting of a rigid half-spherical steel plate entirely engraved with a live[...]
It is an enormous votive koummya, worked in the style of the city of Fes.
This type of object is certainly initially a weapon, but its proportions are incommensurate with the classic koummyas worn in[...]
Quite unusual, here is a very pretty bronze bell. It is entirely engraved, and inlaid with silver and copper, rosette and inscriptions. Grip and internal iron hammer.
Very good general condition, few[...]
Powder Pear
Orient, 19th century
Copper
H. 9.5 cm, diameter 6.5 cm
(missing its stopper)
The body is circular and flat, centred on one side of a round medallion engraved with the octogram: an I[...]
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