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Chinese Arabesque with Tightrope Walker
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Pen Box with the Virgin and Child, and Parrots in Medallions
Pen Box with the Virgin and Child, and Parrots in Medallions
Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in vertical format with three cartouches surrounded by dense gold arabesque. The central cartouche contains a ...
Vase with Inscriptions
Vase with Inscriptions
Vase with tall, round, slightly flared neck; the pear-shaped body stands on a tall footring. The neck is engraved with three bands: at the top, a band of kufic script set against a...
Pen Box with Shaykh San`an and the Christian Maiden
Pen Box with Shaykh San`an and the Christian Maiden
Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in horizontal format and divided into three sections separated by elaborate gold scrollwork and arabesque desi...
Manuscript of the Qur‘an, with lacquer binding
Manuscript of the Qur‘an, with lacquer binding
This Qur'an manuscript opens with double illuminated pages with prayers copied in gold in medallions and pendants in the center. The first text pages containing sura 1 and 2 are a...
Pen box with enamel decoration; with ink holder
Pen box with enamel decoration; with ink holder
Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top and sides are covered in polychrome arabesque designs in cloisonné enamel. The base bears the stamp of the Brothers Grachev...
Pentafoliate Mirror with Well-Defined Rim and Decoration of Geese Flying Amidst Floral Scrolls
Pentafoliate Mirror with Well-Defined Rim and Decoration of Geese Flying Amidst Floral Scrolls
A well-articulated, relief lip encloses this mirror, which is generally circular in form, though its lip and border are segmented into five well-defined lobes. The mirror's decorat...
Medallion Oushak Carpet (in five pieces): Central royal blue medallion containing arabesques and vines, flanked by lobbed half medallions on a brick red arabesque, vine and carnation-filled field, within a royal blue palmette-filled border
Medallion Oushak Carpet (in five pieces): Central royal blue medallion containing arabesques and vines, flanked by lobbed half medallions on a brick red arabesque, vine and carnation-filled field, within a royal blue palmette-filled border
The central medallion is blue ground; the field is red and is filled with a beautifully drawn blue floral arabesque. Wool warp, wool wefts, and symmetrical wool knots....