All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1483055
Global Ceramics
$250.00
A Persian small brass or bronze box and lid from the Qajar period, 19th century. Of square shape with indented corners and exquisitely engraved with flowers and birds. A small circular reserve indicates which side of box and lid respectively are meant to fit into each other. Width "2 1/2 / 6.5 cm, height "1 2/3/ 4.2 cm. Condition: fine.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Metalwork : Pre 1920 item #1319366 (stock #SK904)
Galerie Hafner
$380.00
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A pair brass vases with handles, engraved with slightly different decoration of interlacing patterns, arabesques and Islamic calligraphy, one with fishes. Condition: some traces of usage. Dimension height: 21.1 cm, weight: 1'180 g.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Textiles : Pre 1900 item #1234869 (stock #SK660)
Galerie Hafner
$180.00
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A silk brocade in gold thread with boteh in lozenge shaped lattice. From Georges Redard's study collection (please visit http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/redard-georges), mainly comprising Persian textiles. Condition: good, little thin areas, few little stains. Please look at photos carefully, being part of condition report. Dimension: c. 38.8 cm x 23.6 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1470894 (stock #IS562)
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...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Pre 1837 VR item #1422135 (stock #JB04524)
A pair of miniature size (3 1/2" by 4 3/8" inside the innermost mat) pages of the holy Qu'ran (Koran) of Islam, circa 19th century, and according to an auction house specialist, most likely Ottoman origin. (A handwritten modern note on the backing says Persia, circa 1800). Note the amazing detail and painstaking calligraphy and decoration. The pages are very nicely framed, with two mats and gold fillets. Framed the entire piece measures 19" by 15"...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1470792 (stock #IS414)
Antique, 18th-19th century, Indo-Persian, Islamic rare divination bowl, also called Magic Bowl or Medicinal bowl. The bowl is made of turned and hand-finished cast brass of typical rounded form, with an averted rim pierced with a small hole, allowing a suspension cord to be fitted. The center of the bowl has a tapering central boss amongst Arabic writing. The inner surface is decorated with talismanic and Koranic symbols in Arabic writings, with three Mihrab and six paisley (boteh) form panels...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1488620 (stock #WN419)
Galerie Hafner
$870.00
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A pair antique lobed brass vases decorated with interlacing patterns, tendrils and Islamic calligraphy, inlaid in silver and copper. Condition: traces of usage. Dimension: c. 29.1 cm high.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Textiles : Pre 1900 item #1430667
Zentner Collection
$4,000.00
Prayer Rug in geometric designs Fachralo design, Azeri area Red-green handknotted wool carpet. Good condition.

Age: circa 1900
Size: 4.2 x 6.2
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Textiles : Pre 1920 item #1094076 (stock #SK349)
Galerie Hafner
$250.00
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A book cover made for a Qur'an, the originating country being North African or in the Middle East. A coarse weave is embroidered with green in counted stitch and with metal wrapped thread. The inside with very soft white leather. Condition: little wear and leather with stains. Dimension opened: 16.6 cm x 23.2 cm.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1470771 (stock #IS561)
Antique 19th century Islamic Indo-Persian Qajar papier-mache lacquer hand-painted book cover with clean pages ready to write poems.

The bindings are rectangular, and the front and the back are finely hand-painted with central lobed medallions depicting various figures in domestic and garden settings surrounded by flower sprays and foliage within a further border of flower sprays. The inner sides are painted with birds and antelope amongst vegetation on a black background...

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Metalwork : Pre 1800 item #1360517
With elephant grips and characteristic steel pommel cap and guard displaying wootz pattern and silver wire wrap to base. The robust, shallowly-curved blade finely wrought of Persian black wootz in the well-known Ladder Pattern and signed in a pair of inlaid cartouches at the right forte, containing the name and title of Shah Abbas I of Iran (e...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Pre AD 1000 item #1334049 (stock #WA303)
Such fused-rod beads represent one of the high points of Islamic glass-making, and this is one of the best examples on the market. It is manufactured from combed mosaic canes of white, red, yellow and green, into which three vertical panels each composed of four eyes have been set. Each eye has three concentric layers of black and white, red, and yellow. Though only a few of these beads have been found in Fustat itself, they were exported very widely and are found from West Africa to Indonesia...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Ceramics : Pre 1900 item #1470873 (stock #IS384)
Antique 19th century Indo Persian Qajar dynasty Islamic ceramic tile of oval form, finely hand painted under a clear crackle glaze depicting a hunting scene with a courtly male dressed in a splendid dress with spear hunting antelopes on horseback in companion of a hound dog, set in a mountainous landscape.

DIMENSIONS: 40.5 cm x 27.5 cm (15.94 x 10.83 inches).

CONDITION: Cracked in half "clean break” and glued together one chip on the back of the rim.

All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Metalwork : Pre 1900 item #1201399 (stock #3948)
Galerie Hafner
$650.00
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A drop-shaped ewer with ribbed body and hinged lid with small bird final. The rococo style handle connecting body and lid. Curved, simple spout and two finely engraved horizontal bands. Condition: small dents, partially rubbed. Dimension: 35.8 cm high, weight: 1030 g.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Metalwork : Pre 1800 item #1058521
Description: Curved, damask, single-edged blade with thickened back, iron forte and ring with inscription and floral motifs in gold; faceted, curved, horn grip; (frayed) blue-velvet covered wooden sheath with iron mounts and floral and geometrical-patterned silver decoration. Overall length is 12 inches in very good condition.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Paintings : Pre 1900 item #1054678
Description: Persian manuscript page, 19th century or possibly earlier, gilded miniature Persian painting and script and copy of the verso taped to the back of the frame. The page size is 6.5" x 4" and in good condition. Collection of a University of Cincinnati professor.
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Textiles : Pre 1900 item #1147276 (stock #4564)
Galerie Hafner
$980.00
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A long woman's coat, made of salmon-colored silk, with woven rows of polychrome flower bouquets. Front and back made of one panel of fabric, therefore the pattern being upside-down at the back. Slitted sleeve ends with embroidery in metal threads and the cuffs lined with additional fabric. Bordered with brocade bands and cream colored cotton lining...
All Items : Antiques : Regional Art : Middle Eastern : Textiles : Pre 1900 item #1335406
Zentner Collection
$3,000.00
Antique Kilim runner of Turkish nomadic tribe origin. A series of 9 large bands, each with three large diamond shaped reserves inside which are crosses surrounded by protective hooked borders. Smaller protective diamond shapes and crosses fill in the space around each large motif. Bands of white with small crosses and diamond provide more protection. Hand woven of wool. Circa 1900. Size: 101" long x 31 1/2" wide.