archer's ring

A rare and important Mughal jade Archer's ring inscribed 'Akbar Shah', India, dated 1009 AH/1600-1 AD - Photo Sotheby's of characteristic form, composed of a light green jade with slight brown inclusions, engraved on the shaped outer face with 'Akbar Shah 1009' within a lobed medallion; 4.5cm. Estimation: 30,000 - 50,000 GBP NOTE DE CATALOGUE: inscriptions'Akbar Shah 1009 [AH] (1600-1 AD) Sotheby's. Arts of the Islamic World. London | 03 oct.... [Lire la suite]

A very rare Qianlong blue-and-white porcelain six-necked vase. Sold for: €1,207,150  ($1.513.078). Photo: Sotheby's PARIS.- The sale of Asian Art at Sotheby’s Paris totalled €10,688,875 ($13.397.757), surpassing presale high expectations (estimate of €3.5-4.9 million*). The auction established extremely strong sell through rates of 75.3% sold by lot and 90.2% sold by value. 72% of lots were sold above their high estimate.  The €10.7m ($13.4m) total marks the sixth time in a row that a sale of Asian Art at Sotheby’s Paris... [Lire la suite]

A carved amber group of playful children. 18th Century. Photo Bonhams Depicting five little boys teasing a cat that sits on a drum while another cat nestles to one side, the amber of dark honey brown hue with some incised details and deep fissure lines. 3 1/3in (8.5cm) long - Estimate: US$6,000 - 9,000 Property from the Melikian Collection, Phoenix, Arizona A carved amber figure of a Chinese gentleman. Photo Bonhams With his chest and belly exposed, his face with a grimace, his long queue extending down his back. 4 3/8in... [Lire la suite]

A rare Mughal gem-set gold spoon, India, 17th-18th century.  Photo Sotheby's the shallow bowl delicately inlaid on the reverse with a lotus rosette comprised of radiating foil-backed diamond petals and rubies, the faceted tapering shaft inlaid with emeralds and bands of ruby quatrefoils within an engraved and chiselled gold framework, gold lotus bud terminal; 14.5cm. Estimate 80,000—120,000 GBP. Lot Sold 409,250 GBP NOTE: This spoon is comparable to the magnificent early-seventeenth-century spoon in the Victoria and Albert... [Lire la suite]

Chinese white jade archer's ring. Qianlong mark. Courtesy Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers Courtesy Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers Ring carved to exterior with figures in a simple landscape; true white jade with pebble skin inclusions. H: 1 in. Estimate $3,000-5,000 Light surface wear Freeman's Auctioneers & Appraisers. Asian Arts - Main Floor Gallery - Mar 19 2011 10:00. www.freemansauction.com

A black jade archer's ring © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd With some white-grey inclusion; decorated with a fish jumping above waves; 3.2cm (1¼in) high - Estimate: £1,200 - 1,500, EUR 1,400 - 1,700, HKD 15,000 - 19,000. Unsold Bonhams. Chinese & other Asian Works of Art, 8 Nov 2010. Knightsbridge www.bonhams.com

An unusual Mughal jade Candlestick. Northern India, 18th Century. © 2002-2010 Bonhams 1793 Ltd of mid greyish-green mottled jade, made in three sections, the ribbed cylindrical body with a rib of chevron motif above and below, on a slightly flaring foot, with sloping shoulder, the truncated neck with horizontal rib, delicately carved in low relief with acanthus leaves; 18 cm. high - Sold for £9,600 Note: The unusual form of object in jade can be attributed to a Muslim craftsmen probably working in Norther India in the 18th... [Lire la suite]

A ruby-studded mogul archer's ring. India Moghul, 17th Century In green jade with three small gold mounted rubis and one emerald. Small chip. condition: excellent - Dimensions 41 x 30 mm - Estimation : 2 000 / 2 500 € Provenance: The A. C. Tirri Coll. Part II Oriental Arms Illustrated: in «Islamic Weapons - Maghrib to Moghul» di Anthony C. Tirri», pag. 275, fig. 199B. A similar but more ornate ring is in the Topkapi Palace Museum in Istanbul. Vente du Vendredi 17 octobre 2008. Armes Anciennes, Armures, Militaria.... [Lire la suite]