AUCTION FINE CHINESE, ISLAMIC & ORIENTAL WORKS OF ART

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1 Capitolium Art AUCTION FINE CHINESE, ISLAMIC & ORIENTAL WORKS OF ART THREE SESSIONS AUCTION Via Carlo Cattaneo, 55 Brescia Italy Started Dec 18, am CET Lot Description 1 Two polychrome porcelain cups painted with floral motifs and landscape China, 19th century. Cm 6,50. 2 Two blue and white porcelain small cups painted with flowers China, 17th century. Cm 5,00 x 3,50. 3 A group of Chinese porcelain ware and various items China, 20th century. Cm 19,00. 4 A bronze tripod censer and cover incised with floral motifs China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 14,00 x 15,50. 5 A calligraphy brush with deer horn and bone handle China, early 20th century. Cm 40,00. 6 A Canton enamelled box and cover painted with floral design over yellow ground China, 20th century. Cm 12,50 x 9,30. 7 A porcelain blue and white dish and a Tang earthenware lady figure China, Tang period and 18th century. Cm 22,00. 8 A pair of spinach jade cups China, early 20th century. Cm 12,00 x 5,00. 9 A silver and gilt metal hair pin decorated with flowers, a bird and a rock China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 23, A white porcelain brush washer decorated with upraised vegetal motifs China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 6,50 x 6, A Chinese soapstone vase and cover carved with birds, flowers and with a zoomorphic handle on the top. Cm 14,00 x 21, Lot of three jade carvings and one opaline glass plaque China, 20th century. Cm 9, A polychrome porcelain Pho dog China, 19th century. Cm 32, A bronze sculpture of a riding monk China, 19th century. Cm 22,50 x 25, A Chinese dagger with horn handle, wooden scabbard and gilded metal engraved finishing China, 19th century. Cm 61, A small coconut wood libation cup finely carved with reserves containing birds on blossoming branches or characters China, 17th century. Cm 6,80 x 5,50.

2 17 A pair of cylindrical pyrographied bone boxes and covers decorated with inscriptions and characters in landscapes China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 4,50 x 21, A devotional gilded wooden figure of a seated character China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Wooden stand. Cm 9,00 x 18, An agate and a jade snuff bottle China, 19th century. Cm 7, An egg shell porcelain cup painted with butterflies among flowers and with rice grain technique China, 20th century. Cm 14,00 x 6, A pair of paintings on silk depicting courtly scenes China, Qing dynasty,19th century. Cm 43,00 x 33, A pair of small ivory vases finely carved with dragons among clouds China, 19th century. Cm 8, An ivory figure of Guanyin holding a blossoming branch China, late 19th - early 20th century. Cm 21, A tortoise shell fan decorated with carved flowers China, 19th century. Cm 13,00 x 28, A small yellow glazed porcelain brush washer China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Cm 8,00 x 3, Two lapis lazuli carvings depicting a lady and a fish China, late 19th century. Cm 12,30 x 19, A pair of enamelled pottery lady figures for export China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 6,50 x 18, An octagonal porcelain box and cover moulded with characters in relief and bearing a six character Jiaqing seal mark at the base China, Qing dyansty, 19th century. Cm 7,50 x 3, A dark green jade bowl China, late 19th century. Cm 13,00 x 4, A blue and white porcelain vase painted with floral motifs and bearing a double circle mark at the base China, Qing dynasty, 17th century. Cm 15,00 x 19, A jadeite figure of a lady holding a flower. Cm 31, Lot of 9 green jadeite carvings, one carnelian cup (lid missing), one jade buckle and a small jade pendant. Cm 11, Three glass snuff bottles,painted interior China, 19th century. One decorated with scholars and two moulded handles in the shape of a lion head; one (stopper missing) decorated with inscriptions, two seals and birds on blossoming branches (h. 7,2 cm); the last one, with stopper, painted with land...[more] 34 Three glass snuff bottles painted interior China, 19th century. One (stopper missing) decorated with birds among flowers, inscriptions and seal; one, with jadeite stopper, decorated with birds on blossoming branches (h. 7 cm),; the last one, complete with stopper, painted with lake landscape and b...[more] 35 A small speckled jade teapot and cover with bamboo shaped handle China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 13,50 x 8,00.

3 36 Three snuff bottles China, 19th century. A glass double pumpkin snuff bottle decorated with cameo green glass depicting a pond, stopper inlaid with polychrome glasses (h. 7 cm); a red cameo glass four seals (h. 6,5 cm), one yixing pottery snuff bottle enamelled with floral motifs (h. 6 cm).. Cm 7,...[more] 37 Chinese bronze mirror decorated with small dragons in relief China, Han dynasty, 202 B.C. to 220 A.D.. probably from the Leon Anlen and Roger Padiou collection for related pieces see Les Mirrors de Bronze anciens- Guy Trendial editor. Cm 11, A craquelã porcelain vase decorated with characters painted in underglaze blue and two zoomorphic handles. Bearing a Chenghua four characters mark at the base. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Old collection labels on the neck.. Cm 9,00 x 25, Lot of three jade carvings in the shape of an ape, a child and a flower China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 6, A millefleur porcelain vase bearing a four character red painted mark at the base China, 20th century. Cm 17,00 x 36, A jade carving depicting two ducks China, 19th century. Cm 3,50 x 5, A pair of ivory puzzle balls with caryatid high stemmed base China, Qing dinasty, 19th century. Cm 18, A Sancai style vase moulded with floral motifs and glazed with dashes of green strains China or Thailandia, 18th century. Cm 20,00 x 25, A pair of blanc de Chine porcelain censers and an enamelled dish with dragon China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Cm 5, A pair of Canton porcelain jugs, a cup and two Indian company saucer dishes China, Qing dynasty, 18th - 19th century. Cm 12,00 x 13, A wucai porcelain brush rest painted with waves China, Ming dynasty. Cm 9,00 x 6, Two blue and white porcelain bowls painted with dragon and flowers under transparent glaze China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century. Cm 8, An enamelled pottery figure of a boy China, Song dynasty. Cm 12, A small Dehua porcelain libation cup China, Qing dynasty, 17th century. Cm 10,00 x 6, A pair of plants with hard stone petals and enamelled base China, 19th century. Cm 15,00 x 20, Two quartz carved vases China, late 19th century. Cm 18,00 x 43, A pottery fanhua flask China, Ming dynasty. Cm 13,50 x 17, A metal enamelled box painted with floral motifs over yellow ground China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 11,00 x 5, A porcelain snuff bottle painted with bird among flowers and inscriptions China, 19th century. Cm 3,70 x 9, A pottery blue and white pottery dish painted with fish in pond Southern China, 16th century. Cm 31,60 x 6,00.

4 58 Cup and saucer polychrome porcelain dish China, Qing dynasty, late 19th-early 20th century. The cup bearing a four character blue underglaze Kangxi mark at the base, the dish (diam. 14 cm) bearing a six character Guangxu mark at the base. Both painted and gilded with lotus flowers and sprays. Cm...[more] 59 A blue and white pottery candle holder painted with stylized pendant leaves China, Ming dynasty. Cm 15, A Beijing glass snuff bottle decorated with cameo glass colorful flowers China, 19th century. Cm 3,80 x 6, An ivory figure of Guanyin China, late 19th century. Cm 21, An octagonal zitan wood tea box carved with landscape and bearing a leaf mark at the base China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Cm 9,00 x 16, A jade small bangle decorated with millet seed pattern China, Han period I century. Cm 5,00 x 3, An ivory doctor's lady China, 19th century. Cm 6,00 x 17, Lot composed of a Chinese toggle, a jade carving, a soapstone carving and a jade and silver bangle China, Qing dynasty, 18th - 19th century. Including a toggle figure of a man (5 X 2,5 cm); a pale green jade carving of a fish (l. 6,5 cm); a jade bracelet with silver fittings incised with vegetal...[more] 66 A blue and white porcelain cup painted with floral motifs and bearing a geometrical mark within double circle at the base China, Transitional Period, 17th century. Cm 11,50 x 6, A gilt bronze cloisonnã enamelled incense burner feet China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong period (r ). Cm 15, Two carved soapstone Lohan figures China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Cm 6,70 x 8, Two glass snuff bottles and stoppers decorated with cameo polychrome glass, painted interior China, 19th century. Cm 8, Two snuff bottles China, 19th century. One painted metal snuff bottle bearing a three character mark at the base (h. 8cm) and one blue porcelain snuff bottle, stopper missing (h. 6 cm).. Cm 8, Three blue and white porcelain cups painted with floral elements and bearing figural marks at the base China, early Qing dynasty, 17th century. Cm 7, Four blue and white porcelain dishes China, Kangxi period, 17th century. Three of them bear figural marks at the base.. Cm 13, Two blue and white porcelain cups painted with floral design China, early Qing dynasty, 17th century. Cm 7, A pair of cloisonnã animal figures China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 24,50 x 22, A pair of square porcelain vases painted with characters and inscriptions China, Republic period. Cm 9,60 x 12, A white pottery bowl and round box China, Ming dynasty. Cm 15,00 x 6,50.

5 77 A blue and white porcelain dish painted with auspicious symbols and bearing a mark at the base China, late Ming dynasty, 16th century. Cm 20, A pair of two character enamelled pottery figures China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 8,00 x 13, An albarello pottery painted with Pho dogs in reserves over geometric pattern China, Qing dynasty, 18th - 19th century. Cm 9,00 x 24, A small white porcelain vase decorated with moulded chilong and small blue and white porcelain cup painted with underglaze blue flowers China, 16th-17th century. Cm 9, An earthenware Liao panel carved with central flower and leaves and a set of Ming funerary pottery items China, Liao dynasty, 10th- 12th century and Ming dynasty. Cm 31,00 x 17, An earthenware Tang style statue of a bodhisattva on a lion China, 19th century. Cm 23,00 x 42, A blue and white Kraak porcelain dish bearing the artemisie leaf mark at the base China, Kangxi period, 17th century. Cm 22, A pair of ivory brush holders lacquered with fishes and flowers Japan, Meiji period, 19th century. Cm 8,00 x 8, A porcelain lot including: three blue and white cups, a celadon brush washer, a qingbai white bowl and a blue and white Ming bowl China, various periods, from Song dynasty to the 17th century. Cm 17,00 x 6, Two blue and white porcelain cups painted with floral motifs China, Qing dynasty, 17th century. Cm 9, A blue and white porcelain bowl painted with landscape within moulded reserves China, Qing dynasty, 17th century. Cm 14,50 x 8, A pair of turquoise glazed porcelain vases with gilt bronze European lamp mount China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 15,00 x 32, A white porcelain ding bowl engraved with stylized leaves China, Song dynasty. Cm 11,50 x 5, A blue and white porcelain bowl painted with flowers, dragons and floral sprays and bearing a four character Ming mark painted at the base China, Ming dynasty. Cm 17,70 x 8, A proto porcelain glazed round box China, Song dynasty. Cm 10,50 x 11, A blue and white porcelain dish painted with children at play China, Transitional period, 17th century. Cm 19,70 x 4, A sang de boeuf pottery vase floral painted with famille rose enamels and mounted as a lamp China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Cm 46, A dingyao pottery small bowl engraved with floral pattern China, Song dynaty. Cm 13,80 x 3, A mother-of-peral shell table screen carved with people in landscape and bearing an incised inscription at the top China, 19th century. Wooden base carved with flowers. Cm 21,50 x 27, A dark bronze teapot with dragon shaped handle and spout China, possibly Ming dynasty, 16th century. Cm 31,00 x 31,00.

6 97 A pale jade cup decorated with archaic millet seed patterns and chilong handles China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 8,00 x 5, Three blue and white porcelain vases China, 17th - 18th century. A transitional period bottle (h.22 cm); a vase painted with characters and bearing an animal mark at the base (h. 19 cm); a bottle underglaze painted with dragons and clouds (h.22 cm). Cm 22, A wooden Buddha with soapstone inserts China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 20,00 x 26, A blue and white porcelain vase painted with a dragon among clouds and waves China, 19th - 20th century. Cm 15,00 x 46, An ivory box and cover carved with a Qilin, phoenix, flowers and clouds China, early 20th century. Cm 16,00 x 5, Two glazed earthenware Minqi burial figures China, Ming dynasty. Cm 14,50 x 43, A porcelain tripod censer painted with dragons chasing the flaming pearl and bearing a square happiness mark at the base China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Cm 19,50 x 10, A root wood sculpture of Guanyin China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 10,50 x 45, A pair of bamboo wooden sculptures carved with warriors on top of Pho dogs China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 16,00 x 32, A pair of jade seals with archaic motif and Pho dog grip China, Qing dinasty, 19th century. Cm 3,20 x 15, A large gilt laquered box with papier machã inside decorated in Canton style reserves containing characters China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Cm 64,00 x 8,00 x 56, Qian Hui An ( ) A painting depicting a scholar with a child Ink and colours on paper. Cm 57,00 x 49, A blue and white porcelain dish painted with vegetal motifs and bearing a Kangxi mark within double circle at the base China, Qing dynasty, 17th century. Cm 17, Three porcelain items China/Japan,18th - 19th century. A blue and white porcelain painted with floral motifs (h.19,5 cm), a bowl decorated with gilded flowers (h. 6,3 cm), a dish painted with birds on rocks (diam. 21,6 cm). Cm 14,00 x 30, A pair of cloisonnã finials China, Ming dynasty, Jingtai period (r ). Cm 3,50 x 4, A blue and white huqqa base painted with floral motifs and bearing a Kangxi leaf mark painted on the base China, Transitional period, 17th century. Cm 10,00 x 14, A blue and white porcelain dish painted with auspicious symbols China, Transitional Period, 16th century. Cm 27, A gold necklace with coral pendant carved with a stork China, 19th century. 117 A red iron porcelain bowl painted with floral motifs China, Hongwu period, Cm 14,80 x 7, A wooden sculpture of Guanyin with soapstone inserts and bearing a mark on the back China, Qing dynasty,19th century. Cm 16,00 x 53,50.

7 119 A small proto porcelain Qingbai teapot and domed cover China, Song dynasty. Cm 10,50 x 9, A famille verte porcelain basin painted with floral lobed panels China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Cm 30,50 x 15, A proto porcelain glazed vase China, 19th century or earlier. Cm 11,00 x 12, A hard wooden table screen decorated with semi-precious stones and inscription with seals China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 38,00 x 40, A jun lavander glazed pottery bowl with red touches China, 19th century or earlier. Cm 17,00 x 7, A pottery brushwasher decorated with sancai colour splashes China, Tang period or later. Cm 8,50 x 6, A wooden lacquered archaic style round box and cover decorated with clouds and leaves China, Qing dynasty, late 18th century. Cm 19, A huge silk embroidered textile depicting the immortals on a mountain China, Qing dynasty, late 19th century. Cm 176,00 x 240, A blue and white porcelain dish painted with deers and rocks China, late Ming dynasty. Cm 27, A blue and white porcelain dish painted with floral motifs and bearing a six character mark at the base China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, 18th century. Cm 25, A blue and white porcelain dish painted with courtly scene and bearing a six character apocryphal Chenghua mark at the base China, Qing dyansty, Kangxi period, 18th century. Cm 29, A blue and white baluster vase painted with floral motifs and bearing a Kangxi flower mark at the base China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, 18th century. Cm 46, A gilt silver filigree pendant inlaid with semi-precious stones China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 5,50 x 7, A white jade plaque engraved with inscriptions and characters China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 4,00 x 6, A blue and white porcelain kendi painted with vegetal motifs and auspicious symbols China, 16th-17th century. Cm 19, Two cizhou pottery stem cups China, Song dynasty. Cm 9, A bronze round censer engraved with carps among waves and bearing chilong handles Japan, 19th century. Cm 10,00 x 37, A dark bronze figure of a taoist character China, Ming dynasty, 16th century. Cm 16,50 x 35, A blue and white vase painted with characters on a boat China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Cm 41, A wucai double pumpkin porcelain vase bearing a six character mark painted within a cartouche on the neck China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 29,00.

8 139 A blue and copper red porcelain vase decorated with vegetal motifs, a deer and a crane China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Cm 20,00 x 38, A pair of porcelain yellow enamelled vases bearing a painted Kangxi six characters mark within double circle at the base. China, Qing dynasty. The yellow ground decorated with dragons chasing the flaming pearl and big cartouches with ducks in a pond and birds on blossoming branches. European gilded...[more] 141 Two blue and white porcelain food boxes and covers bearing a four characters imperial mark painted on the base China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Cm 19,00 x 9,00 x 14, An incomplete millefleur porcelain altar set China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 24, A grey celadon jade brush holder in the shape of a quail and brush washer vase decorated with chilongs in relief. Wooden stand. China, Ming dynasty. Cm 19,00 x 10, A blue and white porcelain ewer and cover painted with interlaced lotus flowers and bearing an apocryphal Xuande mark at the base China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Cm 18,50 x 29, A rare, massive, gilt lacquered bronze statue of the symbolic tantric Buddha Amitabha China, late Ming dynasty, 16th - 17th century. Big bronze cast depicting the Cosmic Buddha Amitabha, portrayed while sitting in the padmasana position on a lotus flower base with three layers of petals. A pivot b...[more] 146 A rare, massive, gilt lacquered bronze statue of the symbolic tantric Buddha Ratnasambhava China, late Ming dynasty, 16th - 17th century. Big bronze cast depicting the Cosmic Buddha Ratnasambhava, portrayed while sitting in the padmasana position on a lotus flower base with three layers of petals....[more] 147 A rare, massive, gilt lacquered bronze statue of the symbolic tantric Buddha Akshobhya China, late Ming dynasty, 16th - 17th century. Big bronze cast depicting the Cosmic Buddha Akshobhya, portrayed while sitting in the padmasana position on a lotus flower base with three layers of petals. A pivo...[more] 148 A celadon Longquan pottery dish engraved with peonies China, Ming dynasty or 19th century. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 23,00 x 3, A pottery flambã glazed bottle with zoomorphic shaped handles China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century.. Cm 12,00 x 23, A rare Zun shaped wucai porcelain vase bearing a Jiajing six character underglaze mark within double circle painted at the base China, Ming dynasty, Jiajing period, Noteworthy vase of archaic shape derived from the Shang bronze wine vessels and characterized by the flared neck and base...[more] 153 A mirror black porcelain vase China, Qing dyansty, 18th century. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century.. Cm 10,50 x 21, A pair of green glazed porcelain parrots standing on rocks China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 13,00 x 20, A blue and white bangchuiping rouleau porcelain five dragons vase underglaze painted with dragons chasing the flaming pearl among clouds China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, Bangchuiping rouleau vase with circular base and tall cylindrical neck. It is finely painted with blue underglaze...[more]

9 156 A fine Dehua porcelain seal with Pho dog handle China, Ming dynasty, 16th - 17 th century. of square section, the handle in the shape of a Pho dog with a smaller pup. The base bears a painted inscription, only partially engraved upper right. Label of an old collection on a side. Wooden stand h....[more] 157 A blue and white meiping porcelain vase with underglazed blue fish in pond decoration and bearing a four character Ming mark at the base China, late Ming dynasty. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 17,00 x 18, A monochrome "sacrificial red" porcelain dish bearing a Xuande six character incised mark at the base China, Xuande period or 18th century. Important dish resting on a disc and with slightly flaring rim. The interior and the external cavetto glazed with peculiar "sacrificial red", characterized b...[more] 159 A porcelain red coral monochrome bottle with garlic head and two Pho dog head shaped handes China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 11,00 x 21, A celadon Longquan dish carved with central peony China, late Yuan/early Ming dynasty. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Wooden stand: h.11,5 X l. 16,8 cm. Cm 6,00 x 30, A fine blue and white Ming style porcelain snack dish painted with lotus flowers and leafy scrolls, bearing a six character Qianlong zhuanshu seal mark and of the period. Noteworthy dish characterized by a white interior divided into compartments with a circular central space, surrounded by five...[more] 162 A wucai Gu shaped porcelain vase with moulded torchon body China, Transitional period, 17th century. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 17,00 x 26, A small cloisonnã vase and cover decorated with colorful floral motifs over dark ground Japan, 19th century. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 7,80 x 13, A cloisonnã vase decorated with blue flowers over white geometrical ground China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 8,50 x 20, A pair of porcelain small saucer dishes painted with red dragons chasing the flaming pearl among clouds and bearing a four character Guangxu mark painted at the base China, Qing dynasty, early 20th century. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 8,00 x...[more] 166 An ice crack blue and white porcelain dish bearing a painted apocryphal Chenghua six character mark within double circle at the base China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 16, Three blue and white porcelain small bowls painted with vegetal motifs China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 8,50 x 4, An earthenware yixing vase decorated with white craquelã porcelain octopuses and bearing an engraved mark at the base China or Japan, 19th century. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 17, A porcelain Kutani style bitong brushpot China or Japan, 19th century. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 10,50 x 20, A blue and white porcelain ice crack vase with later floral openwork metal lid China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 15, A craquelã porcelain Budai figure China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Cm 15,50 x 27,00.

10 172 A Guanyin Dehua porcelain figure China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 9,50 x 15, A monochrome blue porcelain bottle China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Wooden stand h. 2 cm. Cm 7,00 x 14, A celadon Longquan craquelã porcelain tripod censer engraved wih dragons China, Yuan/Ming dynasty. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 12,00 x 7, A porcelain craquelã underglaze painted bowl decorated with characters and landscapes over white ground China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Wooden stand h.10. Cm 24,70 x 11, A polychrome glazed export porcelain parrot on a perch China, Qing dynasty, Kagxi period, Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 12,00 x 25, A wooden carved table screen with porcelain plaque painted with scholars outdoor China, Qing dynasty, 19th century. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 22,00 x 38, A celadon Longquan dish engraved with floral design China, Yuan/Ming dynasty. Provenance: Venetian private collection, in Italy since the early 20th century. Cm 20,20 x 3, A famille rose porcelain vase painted with courtly scenes and bearing a Jiaqing mark at the base China, late 19th century. Cm 54, A porcelain Huqqa base with batavia brown ground and bearing a Kangxi leaf mark painted at the base China, Qing Dynasty, 18th century. Cm 17, A famille verte porcelain figure of Budai China, Qing dynasty, half 19th century. Cm 22,00 x 41, A pair of Dehua "Marco Polo" porcelain octagonal censers, covers and stands China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, 17th century. With four scroll-shaped handles, the body moulded with registers of scrolling foliage, cover and stands surmounted by upright buds. Old collection label, stating: Imperial...[more] 183 Doucai porcelain cup finely painted with vegetal motifs and bearing a six character Yongzheng blue painted mark within double circle at the base China, Qing dynasty (?). Cm 7,00 x 3, A ko-kutani porcelain figure of Fukurukujio Japan, 18th century. Cm 40, A large painting on canvas depicting a Mandarin high civil officer with two wives China, Qing dynasty, early 19th century. Cm 158,00 x 215, A dark bronze sculpture of Wenshu seated on a lion China, Qing dynasty, late 16th - early 17th century. Cm 13,00 x 20, A bronze tripod ritual wine vessel Jue China, Shang dynasty, 12th-11th century BC. Raised on three blade shaped supports, the body shows a band of taotie masks on a geometrical background and a pair of small capped posts rising from the trim. Green patina on the whole item, consistent with the dat...[more] 188 A gilt bronze figure of a bixie China, 19th century. Cm 6,00 x 5,00 x 3,50.

11 189 A gilt bronze figure of a deer China, Qing dynasty, 18th - 19th century. Cm 8,00 x 8,00 x 5, A bronze censer Japan, kamakura period, Cm 20, Living on a mountain along the river Attr. to Qi Bai Shi ( ) Ink and water colours on paper. Published in "Famous Chinese paintings", Hebei Fine Arts Publishing House, July 2016, p.2.. Cm 134,50 x 67, Xu Bei Hong ( ) Scroll painting depicting two horses in landscape Ink and colours on paper. It has a provenance signed by the artist's wife.. Cm 35,00 x 126, A wooden lacquer seated figure of one of the Cosmic bodhisattva China, Kangxi period, 17th century. Cm 70, A stone sculpture of a head of Buddha in the Longmen style China, Northern Wei dynasty, 4th - 6th century. In the style of the Longmen caves sculptures in Luoyang, Henan province, this sculpture shows the elongated face and the pointed chin consistent with the iconography of the time and place. Ac...[more] 195 A small gilt and laquered ivory brush holder decorated with turtles and fishes on a hard wooden stand Japan, 19th century. Cm 8,00 x 11, A bronze vase decorated with bamboo leaves in relief Japan, 19th century. Cm 38, A root carved in the shape of a tiger with mother of pearl eyes Japan, 19th century. Cm 16,00 x 24, A massive Imari tray Japan, 19th century. Cm 62, An ivory nestuke depicting a two headed animal. Signed at the base. Japan, 19th century. Cm 3,00 x 3, Three katagami Japan, 19th century. Cm 26,00 x 45, Scroll with seven fan shaped paintings on paper 19th century. Cm 51,00 x 163, A wooden lacquered rabbit shaped box and cover with small mother-of-pearl tiles Japan, early 20th century. 205 A root carved in the shape of an owl Japan, 19th century. Cm 28,00 x 29, A modular ivory okimono of a farmer. Signed at the base. Japan, 19th century. Cm 13, A blue and white porcelain sakã bottle painted and moulded with floral motifs Japan, 18th century. Cm 8,00 x 19, An ivory netsuke depicting a scholar and a swan. Signed at the base. Japan, 19th century. Cm 5,00 x 5, An ivory figure of a monk or a player Japan, 19th century. Cm 21, Lot composed of an Inro, an ojime and a netsuke Japan, 19th century. Cm 7,00.

12 211 Two blue and white pottery dish Japan, 18th-19th century. A large dish painted with flowers and geometric interlaced patterns (diam. 30,7 cm) Japan, 18th century; the smallest (diam, 21 cm) painted with two fishes. Cm 30, A wooden lacquered theatre figure Japan, 17th century. Cm 15,00 x 10, A finely carved ivory okimono of an elephant, signed at the base Japan, 19th century. Cm 10,00 x 12, An ivory okimono of a Kannon bearing a two character mark at the base Japan, late 19th century. Cm 6,00 x 24, A massive blue and white arita pottery tray painted with vegetal motifs and characters within reserves on the inner walls Japan, 17th century. Cm 58,50 x 14, Two blue and white small dishes painted with landscape and vegetal motifs and bearing marks at the base Vietnam, 19th century. Cm 14,30 x 3, A celadon vase and a pottery kendi Thailandia, 15th century. Cm 21, Pottery dish and vase underglaze painted with blu floral motifs Vietnam, 15th century. Cm 12, A blue and white pottery vase painted with vegetal motifs and clouds Vietnam, 15th century. Cm 20,50 x 14, A bronze devotional figure, a buffalo head with turquoise inlaid and a porcelain ink box. Cm 5, A large thangka depicting Refuge Field Sino/tibet, late 18th century. Huge thangka depicting the so called Refuge Field in the composition peculiar to the Gelug-pa school. The historical Buddha Sakyamuni is portrayed in the center, in his classic posture, surrounded by a golden halo and peonies....[more] 222 Thangka depicting a Rakta mandala Tibet, 17th century. Cm 32,50 x 44, A dark bronze figure of Palden Lhamo China, second half 18th century. Cm 12,00 x 17, A massive dark bronze figure of seated Amitayus Tibet, late 19th century. Cm 33,00 x 53, A gilt copper alloy figure of Prajnaparamita Tibet, 15th - 16th century. Cm 11,00 x 17,00 x 4, A copper alloy figure of Vajrapani with silver inlays Tibet, 15th century. Cm 11,00 x 16, A gilt copper alloy figure of Jambhala Tibet, 17th century. Copper alloy cast depicting the main manifestation of the five Jambhala, portrayed in the lilasana position on top of a lion, his mount. In the left hand he holds the mongoose Nakula, heaving precious stones. The figure is adorned with a...[more] 228 A gilt bronze figure of Achala Sino/Tibet, late 18th century. Two-pieces cast: base shaped as a single lotus flower and body, depicting the triumphant wrathful deity Achala in a kneeling posture standing on a horse and human body. The figure is characterized by a tall flaming hairstyle and a wrath...[more] 229 A bronze figure of standing Tara Tibet, 16th-17th century. Two-pieces cast: torso and legs, depicting Tara in Bodhisattva form, characterized by the standing pose on a double lotus flower base. The serene look and the lithe body are enriched with fine bracelets, earrings and a crown adorned by p...[more]

13 230 A dark stone Buddhist theme base Northern India, Pala period, 11th-12th century. Lavic stone architectural element adorned with eight columned niches inside which are four of the five transcendent Buddhas, positioned specularly to a central axis. In the middle are two Vairocana, both in the padmasa...[more] 231 A cast bronze plaque depicting Mahacackra China, Qing dynasty, 18th century. Cm 5,50 x 7, A nine eyed dzi Tibet. Cm 5, A nine eyed dzi Tibet. Cm 5, A three eyed dzi Tibet. Cm 5, Lot composed of a Chinese snuff bottle, two Tibetan powder flasks and one gilt copper flaming halo Various period. One of the two powder flasks is made of horn.. Cm 18, A two bands chung dzi and one nine eyed dzi Tibet. Cm 7, Lot composed of three necklaces and two bangles Various periods. Cm 60, Two two eyed dzi Tibet. Cm 4, A gilt bronze figure of Red Mahakala in yab yum Nepal, 20th century. Cm 9,50 x 15, A copper alloy basin embossed with auspicious symbols and double vajra Tibet, early 20th century. Cm 30,50 x 8, Two embossed metal gau boxes Tibet, 19th century. Cm 18, Lot composed of two ancient Afghan agate beads, one jade burial Han cicada and two lukmik Various periods. Cm 8, One two eyed dzi and one three eyed dzi Tibet. Cm 4, A metal embossed fragment from a huge praying wheel Tibet, possibly 18th century. Cm 44,00 x 18, A bronze figure of Padmasambhava Nepal, 19th - 20th century. Cm 8,50 x 17, A wooden prabha fragment Nepal, 15th-16th century or later. Cm 48,50 x 23, Thangka depicting Palden Lamho Nepal, late 19th century. Cm 56,00 x 79, A copper alloy female figure Nepal, 19th century. Cm 10,00 x 11, An embossed gilt bronze Cheppu with polychrome traces Tibet, second half 19th century. Cm 26,00 x 21, Painting on wooden panel depicting Sarasvati Tibet, 19th century. Cm 36,00 x 56,00.

14 253 Thangka depicting the five Pehar kings Mongolia, early 19th century. Cm 32,50 x 47, Lot of embossed himalayan metal items including two halos, a disc and a figure 19th century. Cm 37, A thangka depicting Buddha Tibet, 18th-19th century. 256 A copper alloy Gau incrusted with glass and semi-preciuos stones and including a bronze figure of Milarepa Nepal, late 19th century. Cm 20,50 x 23, A bronze Lama with silver inlay Tibet, 14th century. Cm 17, A gilt embossed copper khatvanga head Nepal, 19th century. Cm 8,00 x 9, A gilt embossed copper khatvanga head Nepal, 19th century. Cm 8,00 x 10, A gilt embossed copper khatvanga head Nepal, 19th century. Cm 6,00 x 9, A cast copper alloy head Tibet, 18th century. Cm 12,00 x 13, A Lama bronze figure Tibet, 14th century. Cm 8,00 x 9, A massive gilt bronze figure of Vairocana Nepal, 20th century. Cm 34,00 x 47, A Lama bronze figure Tibet, 13th century or later. Cm 11,80 x 13, Tibetan Art. A wooden door panel with applied canvas painted with a wrathful figure Tibet, 19th century. Cm 87,00 x 170, Tibetan Art. A wooden door panel with canvas applied painted with a leopard Tibet, 19th century. Cm 80,00 x 153, Tibetan Art. A wooden door panel painted with fierce offers Tibet, 19th century. Cm 90,00 x 181, A devotional dark stone stele North-eastern India, Pala period, 12th century. Cm 15,00 x 23,00 x 5, A rare bronze standing figure in the Po-Rome style Vietnam, champa art, Dong-du'o'ng, 17th century. Cm 9,00 x 21, A bronze ghanta bell Cambodia or Vietnam, 12th - 13th century. Cm 6,00 x 17, A standing Buddha Thailandia, 19th - 20th century. Cm 29, A gilt lacquered bronze figure of Sakyamuni Buddha Burma, 19th century. Cm 16,00 x 36, A bronze female deity figure Vietnam, Champa art, 12th century. Cm 10,00 x 20, A bronze figure of Sakyamuni Buddha Northern Thailandia, Chiang-Mai province, late 15th - early 16th century. Cm 23,00 x 27,50.

15 275 A bronze figure of Buddha Sakyamuni Thailandia, early Ayutthaya period, 15th - 16th century. Cm 22,00 x 39, A sandstone sculpture depicting the head of a nymph Cambodia, Khmer period, 12th - 13th century. Cm 14,50 x 26, A moulded pottery tile with underglaze pseudo calligraphic decoration Spain, 19th century. Cm 28,00 x 14, An Ayyubid underglaze decorated fritware oil lamp Near East, 12th-13th century. Cm 12,00 x 5, A Nishapur slip painted pottery bowl Iran, Nishapur, Samanid dynasty, 10th century. Cm 26,00 x 9, Three glazed fritware Kutahya dishes Turkey, Kutahya, 18th century. Cm 18,50 x 4, A Kutahya pottery vase Ottoman Turkey, 18th century. Cm 21,00 x 24, An earthenware slip painted cup decorated with small eyes Eastern Iranian world, probably Nishapur, 10th century. Cm 25,00 x 8, A cuerda seca pottery tile depicting a cypress Safavid Iran, 17th century. a related example has been exhibited at the Ariana Museum in Geneva (From the 28th February to the 31st August 2014) «Terres dâ Islam - Lâ Ariana sort de ses reìserves II », pp , N 95.. Cm 22,50 x 23, Twelve zarfs in European porcelain and Ottoman silver setting with Sultan Abdulhamid II (r ) tughra in a velvet covered box Ottoman Turkey, late 19th century. Cm 6,00 x 5, A cobalt and turquoise pottery bowl with radiating design Persia, Kashan, 14th century. Cm 20,00 x 9, Fragment of turuoise glazed moulded pottery Mihrab Iran, Kashan, 13th century. Cm 12,00 x 28, An Iznik pottery tankard Ottoman Turkey, Iznik, 17th century. The base bears a collector's handwritten label stating that the object was acquired in Cm 14,00 x 21, Eight blue and white Chinese tiles made for the Turkish market China, late 17th, early 18th century. Set of eight square shaped tiles, the front is in blue underglaze with touches of gold, beneath a transparent glaze, picturing a small house beneath a tree, in the vicinity of a lake, encased in a...[more] 289 A pair of Iznik or early Kutahya dishes painted with opium flowers Ottoman Turkey, 17th century. Cm 20, A pottery dish with black and white decoration bearing a pseudo Chinese mark at the base Safavid Iran, 17th century. Cm 21, A large earthenware slip painted bowl with epigraphic decoration Samanid Iran, Transoxiana, probably Nishapur, 10th century. restored. Cm 33, A large Safavid or Ottoman blue and white pottery dish Safavid Iran or Ottoman Turkey, 17th century. The interior and the exterior painted with floral motifs, the inner circle showing gilt traces and the base bearing a square grilled mark. Cm 33, A monochrome blue lavander Safavid pottery vase later mounted as an ewer Safavid Iran, late 17th century. Cm 37,00 x 39,00 x 23,00.

16 294 A set of three blue underglaze decorated Dome of the Rock pottery tiles Ottoman empire, Syria, Damascus, 16th century. Cm 19,50 x 19, A fritware lustre tile moulded with arch and calligraphy Ilkhanid Iran, Kashan, late 13th century. Cm 30,00 x 30, Iznik pottery bowl Ottoman Turkey, 17th century. Cm 24,50 x 10, A moulded pottery bottle in the shape of a seated figure painted with lustre Seljuk Eastern Iran, 12th century. Stopper missing. Provenance: formerly in the collection of Henry-Renà d'allemagne.. Cm 12, A fritware dish painted with cobalt blu floral sprays under transparent glaze Timurid Persia, 15th century. Cm 28, An Iznik dish painted with a quadruped Ottoman Turkey, Iznik, 17th century. Cm 26, A blue and white pottery kendi with Chinese style decoration including a Pho dog Safavid Iran, 17th century. Square mark with small animal inside painted on the base.. Cm 17,00 x 21, Underglaze decorated pottery panel with radiating star design Central Asia, 19th century. Provenance: formerly in the collection of Henry-ReneÌ d'allemagne ( ) Published in Allemagne, H.-R. (dâ ) (1911) Du Khorassan au pays des Backhtiaris, trois mois de voyage en Perse, Tome II, p P...[more] 304 A rare earthenware red ground slip painted epigraphic pottery bowl Samanid Iran, Nishapur, 10th century. Cm 20,00 x 6, A rare slip painted lustre finished earthenware buffware pottery bowl painted with centrale figure Eastern Iran, 10th century. Cm 22,00 x 8, A fritware lustre tile moulded with dragon Ilkhanid Iran, Kashan, late 13th century. To see a similar item please cfr. the one sold at Christie's, London, sale 7615, lot Cm 34,00 x 34, Pair of Iznik border tiles Ottoman Turkey, Iznik, late 16th century. A similar piece has been sold in these rooms last December, auction 210, lot 330. Art Loss Register certificate.. Cm 26,00 x 14, A fine lustreware pottery bowl painted with palm leaves Abbassid Iraq, 9th century. Resting on a disc, the sides are slightly curved and the rim is everted. The inside is fine lustreware painted with three symmetrical palm leaves on white opaque glaze. The exterior is painted with stylized leaves....[more] 309 A rare fritware openwork decorated reticulated ewer with rooster head Iran, Kashan, early 13th century. Item exemplifying the double shell technique, made up of an internal container meant to hold liquids and an external openwork shell. Pear shaped body in silicic paste resting on a disc, upper en...[more] 310 A Persian bronze ewer. Cm 28, An Ottoman silver rose water sprinkler engraved with foliate garlands and filigree collar on the neck Turkey, 19th century. Cm 12,00 x 36, Two silver pencases (divit) with calligraphy Ottoman Turkey; 19th century. Cm 27, A tinner copper Timurid jug engraved with floral design Iran, second half 15th century. A similar lot has been sold at Sotheby's London, auction Arts of the Islamic world, 9 October 2013, lot 31. Cm 10,50.

17 314 A large brass nielloed tray Near East, 19th century. A highly decorative round tray, narratively decorated with sea monsters, people on a boat, trees and phoenix and a Hebrew inscription on the left side of the boat. Floral decorated edge. For a closely related example see the pne published in t...[more] 315 An extremely fine carved Coco de mer kashkul Indonesia, 19th century. Cm 28,80 x 27, A pair of solid cast brass candlesticks Ottoman Turkey, 18th century. Cm 17,00 x 43, A Turkish, Armenian or Greek embossed silver chalice decorated with Christian motifs Ottoman empire, 18th - 19th century. Cm 16,00 x 24, Celestial globe with calligraphic wooden box Turkey, 19th century. Cm 22,00 x 21,00 x 21, A wooden astrolabe quadrant Turkey, dated 1253 H (1837). Cm 18,70 x 20, A bidri plate with silver damascened floral decoration India, Deccan, Bidar, 19th century. Cm 17, A brass censer in the shape of a bird and a Naga India, Deccan, 19th century. Cm 23,00 x 24, A brass water flask (surahi) and lid India, late 19th - early 20th century. Cm 36, A cast brass bird India, Deccan, 18th century. Cm 23, A silver and gilded silver rosewater sprinkler or Gulab pash decorated with acanthus leaves and floreal motifs Mughal India, 18th century. Cm 9,00 x 30, Two folios from the Quran Mamluk domains, 15th century. Arabic text on paper, recto and verso, 7 lines to the page written in nashki script with black ink and gilded rosettes. Text: lines from Surah no.24, Al Nur. Cm 39,50 x 28, A Mamluk Quran folio with the heading of Sura 84 al-inshiqäq Mamluk domains, 15th century. Cm 28,00 x 37, Large Mamluk Quran folio with part of Sura no.2 Al Baqarah Mamluk domains, 15th century. Cm 37,50 x 43, Safavid book cover printed with gilded floral design Persia, 17th century. Cm 16,00 x 25, Ottoman small prayer book and selection of surah copied by Hussein Baba Ebn Sheik Abd Rahman Ottoman Turkey, 19th century. Cm 8,00 x 11, A silver and gold bifolio from the Quran Turkey, 20th century. Arabic text on paper. 11 lines to the page written in naskh script with silver and gold alternated. The text copies few lines from Surah no Cm 30,50 x 25, An illustrated folio from a manuscript depicting a seated man Safavid Persia, 17th century Ink, natural pigments and gold on paper. Cm 6,70 x 13, Two Qaran leaves Safavid Iran, 16th century. Arabic text on paper, 10 lines to the page written in naskh script with black ink, vocalized in red and gilded rosettes as text marks. Round floral cartouches in the margins.. Cm 23,00 x 33,00.

18 333 A pair of calligraphic panels used to transcribe decoration on ceramics Ottoman Turkey, 19th century. Cm 44,00 x 17, A fine Quran Qajar Persia, 19th century. To be restored.. Cm 10,00 x 15, Dalail al-khairat written by Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sulayman ibn Abu Bakr al-jazuli al-simlali Morocco, 19th century. Cm 11,70 x 12, A marriage certificate involving the son or daughter of Nasr Al Din Shah Iran, dated 1296 H (1879). Cm 43,50 x 69, Al-Sultaniyah, a folio from a talismanic manuscript Ottoman Turkey, dated 1259 H (1842). Cm 30,50 x 44, Imam Fazel Vafaiee "Ruznameh", Manuscript about astronomy Ottoman Turkey, 19th century. Arabic manuscript on paper composed of 119 pages and 2 fly leaves. 23 lines to the page written in black and red ink. Red charts. Red leather cover decorated with glued marble paper.. Cm 10,50 x 20, A Qajar miniature painting depicting Khusrau seeing Shirin bathing Persia, 18th - 19th century Gouache and gold on paper. Cm 19,00 x 28, A Persian firman signed by Mozaffar Al Din Shah Iran, dated 1303 H (1885). Cm 37,00 x 50, A Persian firman signed by Mozaffar Al Din Shah Iran, dated 1301 H (1883). Cm 70,00 x 43, Ottoman Quran Ottoman Turkey, 19th century. Cm 16,00 x 20, Quran Juz Ottoman Turkey, 18th century. Arabic manuscript on paper composed of 33 pages and 2 fly leaves. 7 lines to the page written in muhaqqaq script and black ink with gilded rosettes. Leather cover with flap, impressed with central floral medallion. Text: part of Surah no. 22. Cm 21,50 x 28...[more] 344 A papier machã lacquer pen case (qalamdan) with calligrapher tools Iran, school of Abu Talib Al Mudarris, 19th century. With curved sides and sliding tray, painted with cusped cartouches on a vegetal decorated ground. The exterior decorated with similar cartouches on a red ground. In the style...[more] 345 Gilded calligraphy on leaf Ottoman Turkey, 19th century. The calligraphy reads ayat 36, Surah no. 39. Cm 29,50 x 15, Two Mamluk Quran folios Mamluk domains, 14th century. Cm 17,00 x 25, Hosein Ebn Ali Kashef Beyhaghi "Albab Manavi Mokhtasar Masnavi", Persian poetry book Iran, dated 1215 H (1800). Persian manuscript on paper composed of 9 pages and two fly leaves. 23 lines to the page within two colomns and written with black and red inks. Frontispice painted with red palmettes....[more] 348 Persian firman illuminated with sarpesh-like leaf signed by Muzaffar Al Din Shah Iran, dated 1308 H (1890). Cm 30,00 x 41, A Persian firman with illuminated tear shaped central medallion signed by Nasr al Din Shah Iran, datato 1300 H (1882). Cm 34,00 x 57, Manuscript about religion Ottoman Turkey, dated 1237 H (1821). Cm 14,50 x 21,00.

19 353 Firman signed with black tughra of Abdulmecid 1st (r ) Ottoman Turkey, 19th century. Turkish text on paper, 8 lines to the page written in diwani script with black ink, decorated with three vertical lines of gilded dots and surmounted by the Sultan's tughra illuminated with floral motifs...[more] 354 Double page composed by Surah titles Safavid Iran, 17th century. Cm 31,00 x 24, Imam Abd Alghader Aljilani "The road of truth" North Africa, dated 1213 H (1798). Arabic manuscript on paper, composed of 224 pages and two fly leaves. 19 lines to the page, Writing surface 153 X 103 mm, Maghribi script written in black ink with some letters in green, blue and red ink. Catchwords....[more] 356 North African bifolio on parchment Maghreb, 12th-14th century. Arabic text on parchment, 7 lines to the page written in maghribi script with black ink and red and blue diacritical marks. Gilded rosettes in the text and illuminated gilded section marks in the margins. The text is part of Surah no....[more] 357 Three consecutive juz ( ) Ottoman Turkey, 18th century. Three Arabic manuscripts on paper. 9 lines to the page, written in naskh script, black ink and red headings. Gilded rosette and catchwords. Leather cover with flap, impressed with central floral lobed medallion. One of the three cover...[more] 358 Persian Safavid manuscript with Qajar cover Iran, 17th century. Cm 19,00 x 28, Turkish hilye with Mecca painting Turkey, 20th century. Cm 52,50 x 76, A marriage certificate Ottoman Turkey, dated 1221 H (1806). Cm 40,50 x 64, Firman with tughra of Sultan Abdulmecid I ( ) Ottoman Turkey, 19th century. Cm 24,00 x 62, North African Quran folio on vellum Maghreb, 9th-10th century. Arabic text on vellum. 17 lines to the page written in early Abbassid script with black ink and red diacritical marks. Text marks in the shape of small gilded dotted triangles. Cm 26,50 x 18, An illuminated page with a sparrow drawing Safavid Iran, 16th century. Safavid illumination, 18th century drawing. Cm 15,50 x 24, A small Quran written with saffron. Arabic manuscript on paper composed of 217 pages and 2 fly leaves. 33 lines to the page written with saffron and black ink titles. Finely illuminated unwan painted with golden arabesque over blue ground. Red leather cover decorated with golden stylized flowers wi...[more] 365 A Persian drawing in the style of Mohammad Siyah Kalam (signed by). Cm 27,00 x 15, A pair of Qajar papier machã book covers depicting courtly scenes Iran, 19th century. Cm 28,00 x 43, A painting depicting Khosrow and Shirin Ink, pigments and gold on paper Safavid Persia, Herat, early 17th century. Cm 16,50 x 27, A papier machã box and cover Iran, 18th century Ink and natural pigments highlighted with gold. Exquisite rectangular box with rounded top and corner feet. The surface is richly ornate with high-relief crã me colored lobed cartouches, on a background painted with flowers, birds and animals on a...[more] 369 Mamluk double sided folio from the Quran written with part of Surah no.3 Mamluk domain, 15th century. Cm 27,50 x 36,50.