Art Islamique/Islamic art

  Lot 252. Coupe en faïence à décor de coulures de glaçure verte, Irak abbasside, Basra, IXe siècle. Diamètre : 19,9 cm ; hauteur : 5,6 cm. Estimation :  2 000 € - 3 000 €. Courtesy Ader Large coupe sur pied circulaire en faïence à décor de quatre coulures de glaçure verte sur fond blanc. Restaurations. A splash-painted earthenware bowl, Abbasid Iraq, 9th centuryProvenance : Collection Philippe Magloire. Lot 253. Coupe en faïence à décor d’inscription bleue, Iran ou Irak abbasside,... [Lire la suite]

 Lot 86. An Iznik pottery jug, Ottoman Turkey, circa 1580; 9in. (22.8cm.) high. Price realised GBP 106,250 (Estimate GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000). © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 The accentuated baluster body decorated in cobalt-blue, green and bole-red on white ground with blue fish-scale motifs, overlaid by alternating red lobed panels and green and red cintamani motifs. Provenance: Purchased by present owner in 1980. Note: The use of elegant fish-scale pattern which covers... [Lire la suite]

Lot 181. A Kashan pottery bowl with stylised leaf motifs, Persia, early 13th century; 19.5cm. diam. Lot sold: 16,380 GBP (Estimate: 6,000 - 8,000 GBP). © 2021 Sotheby's of truncated conical form with flaring walls and straight vertical foot, the fritware body painted in blue with black outlines and dots under a transparent glaze, decorated with split palmettes, the exterior divided with stripes featuring stylised vegetal motifs. Provenance: Christie's London, 25 April 1995,... [Lire la suite]

Lot 180. A Kashan blue, black and white conical pottery bowl, Persia, 13th century; 9cm. height; 19cm. diam. Lot sold: 3,780 GBP (Estimate: 3,000 - 4,000 GBP). © 2021 Sotheby's the earthenware body of deep conical form, painted with radiating cobalt blue stripes, black circular inscriptive band to centre of interior and along the exterior near the rim. Provenance: Ex-collection Bonar Hugh Charles Sykes, M.A. (1922-99)For further details on Sykes, see lot 176.  Note: Two exquisite... [Lire la suite]

Lot 178. A small Kashan blue, turquoise and lustre pottery jug, Persia, 13th century; 16.5cm. height. Lot sold: 3,780 GBP (Estimate: 3,000 - 5,000 GBP). © 2021 Sotheby's the tall body with vertical bands decorated with alternating calligraphic bands and foliate designs reserved against a clear, turquoise and blue glaze, with a cylindrical neck and spout with small handle, old collector's label to underside: "T/63" and numbers written in ink: "29272". Provenance: Old collection labels... [Lire la suite]

Lot 172. A Nishapur slip-painted calligraphic pottery dish, Persia or Central Asia, circa 10th century; 33cm. diam. Lot sold: 27,720 GBP (Estimate: 15,000 - 25,000 GBP). © 2021 Sotheby's the earthenware body of almost flat form, with a shallow cavetto and wide rim, on a short foot, decorated with a cream slip-painted ground featuring a bold Kufic inscription along the edge in dark brown, reverse plain. Provenance: Private collection since 1980s. ... [Lire la suite]

LONDON.- Christie’s forthcoming auction, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds including Oriental Rugs and Carpets on 28 October displays a rich selection of rare objects, paintings, manuscripts and carpets from across the Middle East, India and Europe. The sale draws upon a fascinating Classical Ottoman narrative that illustrates the artistic repertoire at its most exuberant. This is led by six remarkably preserved Venetian portraits of Ottoman Sultans from a previously unknown series LINK, and two paintings from the... [Lire la suite]

From left to right: Sultan Orhan, Sultan Bayezid I, Isa Celebi, Sultan Mehmed I, Sultan Selim I and Sultan Selim II, circa 1600. Estimate GBP 800,000-1,200,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021 LONDON.- The Art of the Islamic & Indian Worlds live auction on 28 October 2021 will offer a series of six portraits of Ottoman sultans, covering 250 years of history, from 1326, when Orhan became Sultan until Selim II, who passed away in 1574. The original series counted 14 portraits of which only one full set has survived and is... [Lire la suite]

Lot 301. An Iznik Pottery Dish, Circa 1680, Ottoman Turkey. Diameter 11 3/8 inches. Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000. Sold for $8,820. © 2021 William Doyle Galleries, Inc. The well painted in manganese, iron-red, sage-green and cobalt-blue with long stem peony roses and tulips about a central saz leaf, the sloping rim with a 'rock and wave' pattern border, the underside with alternating cloud and swirls, the footrim drilled for suspension.  C Estate of Sarah Belk Gambrell. ... [Lire la suite]

Lot 42. An Iznik pottery tile, Turkey, 16th Century; 23.4 x 23.4 max. Est: £2,000 - £3,000. Sold: £2,000. Courtesy Bonhams. of irregular form, the white ground decorated in cobalt-blue and turquoise with a central rosette issuing tendrils overlaid with palmettes forming a quatrefoil lattice, surrounded by flowerheads and medallions containing palmettes. Bonhams. Islamic and Indian Art, London, March 30, 2021