India

Persian inspired writing cabinet, ca. 1580-1620, India, Gujarat. Teak, sissoo, ebony, ivory, green dyed bone, sandalwood, brass, and iron. Brass hardware, 28.4 x 21.0 x 16.0 cm.Courtesy SÃO ROQUE, LISBON at TEFAF Maastrich 2023 Provenance: Private collection, BrusselsEdric van Vredenburgh collection, Brussels

COLUMBIA, SC.- The Columbia Museum of Art announces featured spring exhibition Reverent Ornament: Art from the Islamic World, on view Saturday, February 18, through Sunday, May 14, 2023. Organized by the Huntington Museum of Art and toured by International Arts & Artists, Washington, D.C., the exhibition offers some 45 works with which to explore the arts and crafts traditions and scientific innovations of Iran, Egypt, India, Syria, and Turkey from the 10th to the 19th centuries.What was in Western culture historically... [Lire la suite]

Lot 106. A fine Mughal very pale green jade lobed bowl, India, 18th century; 16.5cm (6 1/2in) wide. Estimate 10 000 € - 15 000 €. Sold for €20,400. Photo Fabrice Gousset. Of oval petal lobed form, set on a short foot carved with a large chrysanthemum flowerhead, each lobe finely carved to the exterior with a flower spray issuing leafy stems to each side, each long end with a flowerbud and demi leaf handle, the very pale semi-translucent stone polished to a high lustre, with some pale cloudy... [Lire la suite]

Reliquary in the Shape of a Stupa. China, Song dynasty, 986. Silver, 14 in. (35.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum; Gift of Mrs. Walter N. Rothschild and anonymous gift, by exchange, 2012.5a-d. Photo: Brooklyn Museum. BROOKLYN, NY.- The new home for the Arts of Asia and the Islamic World creates cross-cultural dialogue among collection areas and highlights diverse aesthetic, creative, social, and intellectual accomplishments across Asia and around the Mediterranean, from ancient times to the present day. These newly renovated galleries on... [Lire la suite]

Lot 131. A gem-set and enamelled turban ornament (sarpech), India, late 19th-early 20th century; 13.5 by 9.5cm. Lot sold: 88,200 GBP (Estimate: 50,000 - 80,000 GBP). © Sotheby's 2022 the openwork hinged body set with foiled diamonds and a large central carved emerald, topped with a curling jigha and hanging emeralds, a row of pearls running along the upper border, the reverse with polychrome enamelled floral details, suspension cords with seed pearls. Provenance: Ex-Patiala Collection, by... [Lire la suite]

PARIS.- From October 21st, 2021 to February 20th, 2022, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris presents ‘Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity’, co-organized by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, and the Dallas Museum of Art, with the exceptional collaboration of the Musée du Louvre and the support of Cartier. This exhibition shows the influence of Islamic Art on the high jewellery Maison Cartier in its design of jewellery and precious objects from the beginning of the 20th century to the present... [Lire la suite]

Lot 104. A diamond-set enamelled gold necklace, India, 19th-20th Century; 24 cm. long approx.; 207g. Est: £6,000 - £8,000. Sold: 5 500 £. Courtesy Bonhams comprising fifteen openwork elements of floral form, set with diamonds, each surmounted by a pearl, pendant diamond-set gold elements of teardrop form to lower edge and pearl and bead fringe, the reverse decorated in polychrome enamel with floral sprays and perching birds. Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired at Mansur Galleries, Al Ghurair... [Lire la suite]

Lot 46. An emerald and diamond-set enamelled gold necklace, India, late 19th-early 20th century; 6 ½in. (16.5cm.) wide. Estimate GBP 12,000 - GBP 18,000. Price realised GBP 13,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2021. Set with a row of emeralds carved in the form of leaves and flanked by small foil-backed diamonds around a central emerald cabochon, a row of small emerald beads above, and a row of emerald beads suspended below, the reverse enamelled in red, white and green with flowers,... [Lire la suite]

Aquamanile. Chimera-shaped aquamanile; a donkey´s head, female torso, lion’s feet and a fishlike tail. Portuguese faience, Lisbon, first half 17th century. H 26.5 cm. SÃO ROQUE at BRAFA 2021 Provenance: J.T. collection, Lisbon.  Similar pieces of the same period recorded in European museums (V & A Museum in London, MNAA in Lisbon, Angewandte Kunst Museum in Frankfurt, Kunst und Gewerbe Museum in Hamburg)     Jewellery box, Singhalese-Portuguese, mid-17th century. Ivory and... [Lire la suite]

Lot 140. A carved jade archer's thumb ring, India, 17th century; 4.6cm. max. Estimate 3,000 — 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 7,500 GBP. Photo Sotheby's of pale green jade and characteristic form, carved with a full-face lotus blossom flanked by undulated leafy stems each terminating in a lotus blossom.  Provenance: Acquired in London in 1984. Sotheby's. The Sven Gahlin Collection, London, 06 oct. 2015