Middle East & Islamic Arts
The Islamic Art department managed by Isabelle Bresset is holding auctions twice a year in collaboration with Anne-Marie Kevorkian, an expert in this special field for more than thirty years.
These auctions include antiquities and works of art from the Persian and Arabic worlds, Iran, Syria or Turkey, a wide range of pieces mainly dating from the Middle Age period to the 19th century such as bronze, glassware, ceramics, sculptures or manuscripts.
Some recent Bids
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- A south arabian bronze votive sculpture of a man, 6th century b.c.
- Hauteur : 24 cm. (9 1/2 in.)
- Estimation : 40 000-60 000 €
- 94 375 €, 11 April 2013
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- An important ottoman embroidered panel with flower-heads, Turkey, 17th century
- 208 x 118 cm. (82 x 46 1/2 in.)
- Estimation : 30 000-35 000 €
- 65 874 €, 11 April 2013
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- An Iznik pottery dish painted with a vase of carnations flanked by floral sprays, circa 1575
- Diamètre : 30 cm. (11 3/4 in.)
- Estimation : 18 000-22 000 €
- 51 000 €, 11 April 2013
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- An Iznik pottery tile painted with curving stems of flowers, circa 1570
- 27 x 27 cm (10 3/4 x 10 3/4 in.)
- Estimation : 18 000-22 000 €
- 41 090 €, 11 April 2013
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- Two copper-gilt tombak pilgrim ewers, Istanbul, 18th century
- Hauteur : 33 cm. (13 in.)
- Estimation : 30 000-35 000 €
- 94 375 €, 11 April 2013
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- 18th century Moghol Muraqqa of 30 paintings and drawings from the library of James Forbes (1749-1819)
- Estimation : 80 000-100 000 €
- 553 200 €, 11 April 2013
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- A bactrian bronze beaker early 2nd millenium B.C.
- Hauteur : 21,3 cm. (8 1/4 in.)
- Estimation : 35 000-45 000 €
- 50 106 €, 8 February 2012

- A southarabian bronze plaque early 1st millenium A.D.
- Hauteur : 26,7 cm. (10 1/2 in.),
Largeur : 20 cm. (8 in.)
- Estimation : 14 000-16 000 €
- 136 850 €, 8 February 2012

- A southarabian alabaster mouflon late 1st millenium B.C.
- Hauteur : 43,5 cm. (17 1/4 in.),
Longueur : 29,5 cm. (11 1/2 in.)
- Estimation : 20 000-25 000 €
- 32 757 €, 8 February 2012

- A postsassanian glass bowl 7th-8th century
- Hauteur : 9,4 cm. (3 3/4 in.),
Diamètre : 10,5 cm. (4 1/4 in.)
- Estimation : 4 000-5 000 €
- 136 850 €, 8 February 2012

- An important early islamic scratch-engraved cobalt-blue glass 9th-10th century
- Hauteur : 3,3 cm. (1 1/4 in.),
Diamètre : 22,7 cm. (9 in.)
- Estimation : 80 000-100 000 €
- 97 196 €, 8 February 2012

- A kufic qur'an folio 9th-10th century
- Dimensions : 20,5 x 30 cm. (8 x 11 3/4 in.)
- Estimation : 20 000-25 000 €
- 42 671 €, 8 February 2012

- A large khorasan bronze candlestick 12th century
- Hauteur : 88,5 cm. (34 3/4 in.)
- Estimation : 35 000-40 000 €
- 50 106 €, 8 February 2012

- An Iznik Ottoman ceramic dish second half 16th century
- Diamètre : 28,5 cm. (11 1/4 in.)
- Estimation : 8 000-10 000 €
- 21 605 €, 8 February 2012