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9 mai 2011

A rare Mughal gem-set jade-hilted dagger (peshkabz), North West India, 17th-18th century & A jade-hilted dagger, India, 18th ct

A rare Mughal gem-set jade-hilted dagger (peshkabz), North West India, 17th-18th century. Photo Sotheby's the tapering curved watered-steel blade with broad flattened back chiselled and overlaid in gold with a pendant palmette, the dark-green jade pistol-grip...

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Tags: Jade, 18th century, 17th-18th Century, India, dagger, mughal-style, peshkabz

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9 mai 2011

An enamelled and agate-hilted dagger with bubri decoration and scabbard, possibly from the personal armoury of Tipu Sultan

An enamelled and agate-hilted dagger with bubri decoration and scabbard, possibly from the personal armoury of Tipu Sultan at Seringapatam, India, circa 1790. Photo Sotheby's the slender tapering watered wootz steel blade of peshkabz form with broad back...

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Tags: agate, India, dagger, Tipu Sultan, 1790, Seringapatam

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9 mai 2011

JAR jewelry @ Sotheby's Geneva, Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels, 17 May 2011

Spectucular pair of gem-set and diamond ear clips, JAR. Photo Sotheby's Each designed as a stylised articulated feather, set with circular-cut gemstones such as sapphires, garnets, tourmalines and spinels of various sizes and colours, accented with single-cut...

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Tags: Jar, bangle-bracelet, sapphire, garnet, marquise-shaped diamond, pink diamond, tourmalines, Spinel

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8 mai 2011

A Mughal-style carved jade bowl, China, 18th century

A Mughal-style carved jade bowl, China, 18th century. Photo Sotheby's of pale green tones, the walls carved with six lobes, decorated in relief with flowering lily plants and scrolling leaves above a palmette arcade, the well with a central lotus flower...

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Tags: Qianlong, Jade, 18th century, China, mughal-style

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8 mai 2011

Mughal gem-set gold and jade objects and jewelry, India, 17th,18th & 19th century

A rare Mughal gem-set gold spoon, India, 17th-18th century. Photo Sotheby's the shallow bowl delicately inlaid on the reverse with a lotus rosette comprised of radiating foil-backed diamond petals and rubies, the faceted tapering shaft inlaid with emeralds...

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Tags: Jade, 1800, 17th-18th Century, India, Mughal, archer's ring, Jaipur, fly-whisk, Crutch Hilt, hasli

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8 mai 2011

A Kangxi blue and white porcelain huqqa base for the Indian market, China, 1662-1722

A Kangxi blue and white porcelain huqqa base for the Indian market, China, 1662-1722. Photo Sotheby's of squat bulbous form with a narrow neck with a broad horizontal flange and swollen neck, the underglaze decoration composed of six bracketed cartouches...

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Tags: Kangxi, Blue and White, China, huqqa bases, 1662-1722, Indian market

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8 mai 2011

Safavid Polychrome & blue and white, Persia, 17th century

A Safavid Polychrome Bottle, Persia, second half 17th Century. Photo Sotheby's the bulbous body with slender elongated neck on a short foot, the slip painting with central decoration comprising lobed cartouches with blue, black and red floral motifs;...

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Tags: 17th century, Blue and White, Persia, Safavid, 17th-18th Century, Zandi

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8 mai 2011

HERMES Paris. Neuf rares carrés en soie en édition limitée

HERMES Paris. Rare et beau carré en soie imprimée, titré Pékinois, 1959, signé X. de Poret. Photo Artcurial Très bon état général (roulotté restauré par la Maison Hermès. Estimation : 1 200 / 1 500 € Rare and beautiful printed silk scarf, entitled Pékinois,...

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Tags: 1938, 1948, 1962, Hermès, 2010, Chris, Hugo Grygkar, Ledoux, Philippe Dauchez, Pittner, Pékinoi, carré, soie imprimée

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8 mai 2011

Blue Diamond @ Sotheby's. Magnificent Jewels. 14 Apr 11. New York

A Magnificent and Rare Fancy Vivid Blue Diamond Ring. Photo Sotheby's The marquise-shaped diamond of fancy vivid blue color weighing 3.18 carats, within an openwork mounting designed as a flower set throughout with small round near colorless diamonds,...

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Tags: marquise-shaped diamond, Fancy Vivid Blue Diamond, Fancy Gray-Blue Diamond

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8 mai 2011

Two incised-decorated 'Anhua' stembowl. Mark and period of Qianlong

A finely incised-decorated 'Anhua' stembowl. Mark and period of Qianlong. Photo Sotheby's with well-potted rounded sides everted at the rim, springing from a slightly flared tall pedestal foot, decorated on the interior in anhua technique with a six-character...

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Tags: Stembowl, Mark and period of Qianlong, anhua

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