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14 décembre 2018

An early Mamluk silver-inlaid brass bowl, Egypt, 14th century

An early Mamluk silver-inlaid brass bowl, Egypt, 14th century
Lot 189. An early Mamluk silver-inlaid brass bowl, Egypt, 14th century; 5cm. height.; 16cm. diam. Estimate £12,000 - £18,000 . © Sotheby's. with large silver-inlaid engraved calligraphic band between foliage, interspersed with four roundels containing...
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10 septembre 2018

Writers, chefs and musicians draw inspiration from Islamic art

Writers, chefs and musicians draw inspiration from Islamic art
Mosque lamp, Syria or Egypt, 1322–1328, glass with enamel painting and gilding, height 32,1 cm. Gemeentemuseum Den Haag. THE HAGUE .- This autumn Gemeentemuseum Den Haag showcases the stunning ornamental delights of Islamic art in a new exhibition entitled...
22 août 2018

Charles Ede, Stand 76 at TEFAF New York Fall 2018

Charles Ede, Stand 76 at TEFAF New York Fall 2018
Idol of Spedos type, Cycladic, circa 2700-2600 BC. Marble, 4 x 2 cm (1.6 x 0.8 in.). Image courtesy Charles Ede / Stand 76 Provenance: Arthur L. Jacobs (d.1979), New York; Acquired from Zoumboulakis Gallery, Athens, circa 1967, thence by descent circa...
20 août 2018

Bottle, Egypt?, end of 9th-beginning of 10th century

Bottle, Egypt?, end of 9th-beginning of 10th century
Bottle, blue-green glass with luster decoration. Modern neck, Egypt?, end of 9th-beginning of 10th century, H: 13.5 cm, Inv. no. 1/1985. © The David Collection, Copenhagen. The luster technique was probably discovered by Egyptian glassmakers as early...
20 août 2018

Beaker, Egypt, 9th-10th century

Beaker, Egypt, 9th-10th century
Beaker, greenish glass, with pinched decoration, Egypt, 9th-10th century, H: 8.4; Diam: 8.1 cm, Inv. no. 24/2008. © The David Collection, Copenhagen. A simple early decoration technique that was found in both Egypt and Iran was the use of tongs on the...
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20 août 2018

Fragmentary earthenware bowl, Egypt, 11th century

Fragmentary earthenware bowl, Egypt, 11th century
Fragmentary earthenware bowl, painted in luster over an opaque, white glaze, Egypt, 11th century H: 6.5; Diam: 28 cm, Inv. no. 3/1992. © The David Collection, Copenhagen. Birds were a favorite motif for Fatimid lusterware. The partly reconstructed bowl...
20 août 2018

Earthenware bowl, Egypt, 11th century

Earthenware bowl, Egypt, 11th century
Earthenware bowl, painted in luster over a white glaze, Egypt, 11th century, H: 5.5; Diam: 20.5 cm, Inv. no. 4/1992. © The David Collection, Copenhagen. While the motifs on figurative bowls painted in luster in Abbasid Iraq were stylized, a number of...
20 août 2018

Earthenware bowl, Fayyum type, Egypt, 9th-11th century

Earthenware bowl, Fayyum type, Egypt, 9th-11th century
Earthenware bowl, covered with a thin, white slip and painted in yellow, green, and manganese under a transparent glaze, Fayyum type, Egypt, 9th-11th century, H: 6: Diam: 22.5 cm, Inv. no. 3/2004. © The David Collection, Copenhagen. The bowl’s manganese...
20 août 2018

Fragment of a painting on paper. “A Harpy”, Egypt, 11th-12th century

Fragment of a painting on paper. “A Harpy”, Egypt, 11th-12th century
Fragment of a painting on paper. “A Harpy”, Egypt, 11th-12th century, 20.5 × 7 cm, Inv. no. 50/1977. © The David Collection, Copenhagen. Very few illustrated manuscripts have been preserved from the period before 1200, but it would be strange if there...
20 août 2018

Amulet scroll (tarsh) with polychrome block print, Egypt, perhaps Iran, 10th-11th century

Amulet scroll (tarsh) with polychrome block print, Egypt, perhaps Iran, 10th-11th century
Amulet scroll (tarsh) with polychrome block print, Egypt, perhaps Iran, 10th-11th century, H: 86,6; W: 4,5 cm, Inv. no. 85/2003. © The David Collection, Copenhagen. Amulet scrolls like this one, with brief printed quotations from the Koran and God’s 99...
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