A pair of antique, 18th century or early 19th century. Turkish Ottoman Islamic embroidered velvet noble lady's heeled shoes with pointed toes.

Crimson silk velvet upper, finely hand embroidered with gold metallic thread and bullion with elaborate floral designs - typical Ottoman Dival embroidery. Thick leather sole and gold lacquered curved wooden heels.

Each leather sole is stamped with the Arabic number 39 and above with the European number 39 (for European buyers)...

Composed of different cotton fabrics, made into a rectangular shaped woman’s prayer cloth indicating qibla, the direction of prayer. The basic fabrics are geometrically worked tapestry weaves, crocheted together. All sides with fringes, backed with a plain weaves. Condition: traces of usage, few thin areas, lining little stained. Dimension with fringes: 113 cm x 55 cm.

Antique middle eastern rug from the Caucus region, hand knotted wool. The rug has blues and reds highlighted with other light colors. The central design has geometrical flowers and birds. Circa 1900. It measures 6'8" by 4'.

Antique India natural hardwood bowl, used for mixing up flour dough for making flatbreads like pita. Very rustic and charming, heavy hardwood. Unusual shape almost like a turtle. Size: 20" L x 17" D x 3" H

Fine antique Persian brass lidded bowl, late Quajar period, lid is finely engraved with cranes in landscape encircled with floral motif. Size: Diameter of the bowl is 2-7/8 inches. Condition Report: Great condition.

Antique hand knotted wool kazak style rug. The rug has a cream colored ground with a central red medallion that has pairs of arrow-like lines crossing through it. It is flanked by a blue and red bordered medallion on each side. The ground is decorated with flowers and other small ornaments...

Wide, double-edged blade with thin central raiser, base with two cartouches bearing gold-inlaid inscriptions in Arabic; iron, two-pieces grip with langets, quillons faced towards the blade ending in stylized elephant's heads. Sword bears name of Qujar king Nase-Al-Din Shah on one side and his title on the other. Naser-Al-Din Shah ruled from 1848 until his assassination the day before country was celebrating his 50th year of his reign on 1898...

The body of the ewer seems in embossed rather than cast bronze because the walls are very thin, however the neck and the handle are in cast bronze and very thick. The decor is incised with a character fighting a snake, details are inlaid in gold. 3 fantastic animals are arranged on the sides on either side of the ewer, they are treated in high relief and seem to be in solid bronze and to be one with the body of ewer because we do not see any welding or rivets...

19th Century India Kashmir Silver (tested silver with silver test kit) Enamel Zoomorphic Ewer

It is 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) tall by 7.5 inches (19 cm) wide. It is 799 gram.

It is in good condition with no repairs, chips, cracks, or dents.

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Burgundy red velvet ground with the design of a mosque with minarets below a tughra. Padded embroidery in couched metal thread. Condition: doubtless a fragment, the basic fabric sewn together, the metal threads with patina and some missing and loose ones. Dimension: 35 cm x 33 cm.

Antique Caucasian soumak saddle bag. Opened flat, finely woven of beautifully colored wool with symbols of protection and fertility.

Age: 19th century

Dimensions: 50" long x 42" wide

this matching pair of Turkomen Yomud tent bags, aka chuval, are out of my private collection...beautiful condition Sumak weave on bag faces plain woven canvas backs 39 x 17 inches (not including fringe)

Antique, 18th- 19th century, Islamic, Turkish Ottoman, 12 pieces silver-plated copper coffee set, consisting of the coffee pot (Ibrik), tray, and ten coffee cup holders - zarfs.

The coffee pot is on a short straight foot, has a pear-shaped silver-plated copper body, and is hand chiseled with panels in the form of the niche "Mihrab" floral pattern and 4 lobed medallions within Arabic scripts, mounted with a silver-plated brass foot, spout, serpentine handle, and mouth rim...

Antique Caucasian wool rug, hand-knotted in geometric pattern design. Dates from the early 20th century. Size: 3'7" x 5'9"

Two pages of Islamic Arabic calligraphy. Naskhi script by Ali Muhammad Al-Taqani AH1312/1894 AD Pasted to card with recent marbled border. Hand written text on reverse. 48x40 cm

Superb Quality antique 17th-18th century monumental Turkish Ottoman Islamic copper tray (Sini) of rounded form with upturned rim, engraved with a central roundel containing a six-pointed star- Seal of Solomon – Khātim Sulaymāni خاتم_سليمان surrounded by further concentric bands containing entwined split-arabesques, with alternating design of two-handed lidded jars and stylized domed buildings flanked by cypress trees.

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A Persian lacquered box, of oval form, lid with the royal court scene with the king on the throne and officials around him, the base with a band of animals, calligraphy poem to the edge. Width 12 3/4 inches, from late 19th/early 20th century period. Condition Report, Sign of professionally repaired age crack to the base Property from the Adrienne Krumhorn Trust, Highland Park, Illinois

The beaked iron grip lavishly inlaid in gold overall in alternating bands of vinework and beading, the pommel with concealed container has a hidden compartment probably for storing poison in case of being captured. Forte of straight, single-edged blade decorated en suite with gold panels. In its velvet-covered wooden scabbard. Late 19th century. Overall length 35.8 cm. Condition Report: Excellent.