Seljuk

Lot 63. Seljuk green glazed bowl, Levant or Persia, Ca. 11th century AD. Size: L:76mm / W:150mm ; 300g. Estimate £150-£300. Lot sold £100. © Apollo Art Auctions A pottery bowl with flaring sides rising from an unglazed ring foot. The interior is covered with green glaze, the exterior with multiple bands in various depths, partly glazed. The rim is uneven with small black protruding knobs. Provenance: Private London collection of Early Islamic Art - M.A.; formerly acquired on the UK art... [Lire la suite]

Lot 14. Seljuk or Ilkhanate tile frieze, Kashan, Ca. 12th-13th century AD. Size: L:250mm / W:193mm ; 1.57kg. Estimate £750-£1,500. © Apollo Art Auctions A rectangular-shaped pottery tile with a brown ground decorated with a dotted and vegetal motifs and navy glazed calligraphy in relief. This tile, which would have originally been one of a series of tiles running along the wall of a building, is a testament to the technical skills of Seljuk craftsmen. Provenance: Private London collection of... [Lire la suite]

Lot 13. Seljuk bowl with writing inscribed in sgraffito,  Persia, Ca. 12th-13th century AD. Size: L:89mm / W:186mm ; 375g. Estimate £450-£900. © Apollo Art Auctions A ceramic bowl of hemispherical shape rising from a ring foot. The interior is painted in black and pale blue under a transparent glaze, decorated with a radial design around the central register featuring four inscribed panels, alternating with blue stripes and panels of abstract motifs. Provenance: Private London collection... [Lire la suite]

A Monumental Stag, Bronze, Russia, 8th century B.C., H: 47 cm W: 21 cm. David Aaron, Stand B 22 © 2017 MASTERPIECE LONDON LTD Openwork Lion Incense Burner, Bronze, Seljuk, Iran, 12th - 13th century A.D., H: 36 cm W: 37 cm. David Aaron, Stand B 22 © 2017 MASTERPIECE LONDON LTD David Aaron. 22 Berkeley Square, London, W1J 6EH, United Kingdom - E-mail info@davidaaron.com - Website http://www.davidaaron.com

Lot 75. A Seljuk inset gold belt, Seljuk Iran or Anatolia, 12th-13th century. Estimate GBP 50,000 - GBP 70,000 (USD 77,100 - USD 107,940). Price realised GBP 61,250 (USD 94,386) © Christie's Images Ltd 2011 Comprising four shaped stepped gold beads each set with three red carnelians, alternating with three tapering pyramidal rectangular beads each set with an emerald or black stone, these larger beads divided by cartouche-shaped panels each set with two pearls and two turquoises in high cylindrical... [Lire la suite]

A Seljuk nielloed gold Ring with turquoise seal. Persia, 12th-13th Century.  Photo Bonhams cast in gold, with oval bezel with eleven prongs securing a kufic inscribed turquoise stone, the shoulders engraved and inlaid with roundels containing birds on a scrolling interlace arabesque; 1.8cm. diam. Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000, € 4,800 - 7,200 Provenance: Private German Collection. Bonhams. Islamic and Indian Art, 24 Apr 2012. London, New Bond Street http://www.bonhams.com

A group of Islamic gold Jewellery Items. photo Bonhams comprising; A garnet-set gold Ring, Greater Persia, 11th/ 12th Century, of stirrup-shape, the garnet inscribed in kufic; Three Seljuk Islamic gem-set gold Rings, Persia, 12th/ 13th Century, each with a rectangular high bezel, the sides of the gold settings variously engraved, one embellished with niello; An Islamic gold Ring, probably 19th Century; An Islamic inscribed gold Swivel, 19th Century or later, with a tear-shaped pendant engraved with inscriptions;... [Lire la suite]

A Seljuk nielloed gold wire bracelet, Iran, 11th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010. The shank constructed from woven gold wire, each with four thick wires twisted around a thinner wire, the clasp held by a pin, the round bezel with stylized quatrefoil inlaid with niello - 2 1/2in (6.4cm) diameter. Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000 . Price Realized £9,750 Provenance: UK trade, 1990s A pair of Seljuk gold bracelets, Iran, 13th century. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010. The shank of triangular cross-section... [Lire la suite]

A large Seljuk monochrome pottery Figurine of a horse and rider. Persia, early 13th Century the horse depicted standing on a platform base depicting a rider on horseback, holding a quiver on one side - 26 cm. high - Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 Footnote: Figural ceramic sculptures were particulary popular in Persia at this time. Many were made as functional vessels such as ewers, while others on a smaller scale with comical subject matter were probably children's toys. Larger figures such as the present lot were made as... [Lire la suite]

A Seljuk monochrome moulded figural pottery Bowl. Persia, 12th Century finely potted with lobed sides and slightly flaring rim on a short foot, the exterior moulded in low relief with a frieze of crowned human heads, the crowns with knot design and birds, decorated in a monochrome turquoise glaze - 14.5 cm. diam. - Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 Footnote: Figures with similar features, high-cheekbones, flat nose, small mouth and strong chin, can be seen on painting, sculpture and ceramics of the Seljuk period. In the ceramic... [Lire la suite]