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5 juin 2011

'Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts' @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

Shah Jahan Receives the Persian Ambassador, Muhammad Ali Beg. Folio from the Windsor Padshahnama, India, c. 1633. Ink, colors, and gold on paper. 12 5/8 x 8 5/8. The Royal Collection, Windsor. ©2011 Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. LOS ANGELES, CA.- The...

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Tags: 17th century, 16th Century, Turkey, India, Mosque Lamp, Venice, cameo, Islamic, Comb, Egypt. 11th century

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1 janvier 2011

"Passion for Perfection" @ De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam

Portrait miniature of the Qajar ruler, Fath‘ali Shah, Iran, early 19th century. Gold sheet, painted with opaque and translucent enamels, JLY 1231 © Nour Foundation AMSTERDAM.- De Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam presents highlights from one of the world’s most...

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Tags: 19th century, Iran, 18th century, Egypt, Syria, Turkey, 15th century, 12th Century, 10th Century, Afghanistan, Mughal India, Iraq, Otoman

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14 octobre 2010

Ottoman Harness Bridle, bowcase, wheel-lock rifle & Ray-Skin powder flask, Turkey, 17th c

A rare Ottoman Harness Bridle, Turkey, 17th century. photo courtesy Sotheby's the headstall and breast strap of reddish-brown leather set with minor silver-gilt panels decorated in relief with stylised floral motifs and arabesques, with major plaques...

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Tags: 17th century, Turkey, Ottoman, Harness Bridle, Ray-Skin, bowcase, powder flask, wheel-lock rifle

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19 avril 2010

Iranian & Turkish jewelry, 11th to 19th century and later

A Seljuk nielloed gold wire bracelet, Iran, 11th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010. The shank constructed from woven gold wire, each with four thick wires twisted around a thinner wire, the clasp held by a pin, the round bezel with stylized...

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Tags: 19th century, Iran, 11th century, Turkey, 13th century, Seljuk, 12th Century, bird earrings

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15 avril 2010

Sotheby's Islamic Sale Doubles Its Pre-Sale Low Estimate

16th century Ottoman gem-set box sells for £2.93million – more than four-times its pre-sale estimate of £500,000. Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON.- Sotheby’s bi-annual Arts of the Islamic World Sale, which presented for sale works of art that span from the rise...

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Tags: 17th century, 18th century, 16th Century, Persia, Safavid, Turkey, Ottoman, India, Tiger, Tipu Sultan, Sogdian, throne-ornament

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26 mars 2010

Sotheby's to Sell Newly Discovered Ottoman Ivory and Turquoise-Inlaid Box

An Ottoman Ivory and Turquoise-Inlaid Box Set with Rubies, Turkey, Early 16th Century. Estimate: £500,000-700,000. Photo: Sotheby's LONDON.- Sotheby’s announced that on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 in its biannual Arts of the Islamic World Auction, it will...

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Tags: Ivory, 16th Century, Turkey, Ottoman, turquoise

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28 décembre 2009

Costume (William Miller, publisher).

Costume (William Miller, publisher). photo Sotheby's A fine group of seven beautifully illustrated works published by William Miller and reprinted by Thomas McLean, in folio (14 x 10 in.; 355 x 255 mm) and uniformly bound, as follows: Est. 7,000—10,000...

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Tags: 19th century, Turkey, China, costume, William Miller

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12 avril 2009

A jade-hilted dagger with gold-inlaid inscribed blade and diamond-set silver scabbard. Ottoman Turkey, circa 18th century

A jade-hilted dagger with gold-inlaid inscribed blade and diamond-set silver scabbard. Ottoman Turkey, circa 18th century The watered steel blade with a double band of inscription on either side, floral interlace on the forte, the spinach jade hilt carved...

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Tags: 18th century, Turkey, Ottoman, dagger, Silver, diamond-set, scabbard, gold-inlaid, jade-hilted, inscribed blade

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9 avril 2009

An Iznik pottery Dish with repeated lozenges. Turkey, 17th Century

An Iznik pottery Dish with repeated lozenges. Turkey, 17th Century of shallow form with sloping sides, underglaze, decorated in cobalt blue, green, raised red and black outline on a white ground, with diamond-shaped lozenges, within a rock and wave border,...

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Tags: 17th century, Iznik, Turkey, Pottery, dish

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9 avril 2009

An Iznik 'Spider's Web' pottery Dish. Turkey, 17th Century

An Iznik 'Spider's Web' pottery Dish. Turkey, 17th Century of shallow form with sloping sides, underglaze, decorated in green, blue and black outline on a white ground with a central floral rosette surrounded by a web, within a border of geometric and...

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Tags: 17th century, Iznik, Turkey, Pottery, dish, 'Spider's Web'

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