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9026 PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN ESTATE
GANESHA RIDING HIS RAT
Bikaner, 19th century 9029
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper. A MAMLUK REVIVAL SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRASS
6 x 8in (15.2 x 20.3 cm) BASIN
Egypt or Syria, circa 1880
US$1,000 - 1,500 Of slightly tapered cylindrical section atop a convex base, adorned in
Arabic inscriptions of thuluth script within cartouches.
9027 4 1/2in (11.5cm) high
A GROUP OF INDIAN AND PERISAN WORKS ON PAPER
Comprising a Mughal drawing of a ruler with a rifle, possibly Shan US$800 - 1,200
Jahan, riding on the back of an elephant and accompanied by two
attendant; a page of calligraphy with the passages framed by gold, 9030
reputed to be by Ghulan Mohamed Tarzi in 1878; and two Persian A MAMLUK REVIVAL SILVER AND COPPER INLAID BRASS
miniature double-pages, each with color illustrations accompanying BASIN
text in nasta’liq; each framed and glazed. [4] Egypt or Syria, circa 1880
3 1/2 x 4in (9.2 x 10.3cm) sight (drawing) Of compressed pear-shape, adorned in Arabic inscriptions in thuluth
script within cartouches.
US$800 - 1,200 4 1/4in (10.8cm) high

PROPERTY FROM THE SARKISIAN COLLECTION, DENVER, US$1,000 - 1,500
COLORADO

9028
A LARGE GROUP OF FRAMED ASIAN AND NEAR EASTERN
TEXTILE FRAGMENTS
The collection including Indian, Persian and possible Egyptian
fragments in cotton and silk woven in brocade technique or printed
in various processes, the fragments set between two pieces of glass
or plexiglass mounted with taped edges forming 44 frames (some
cracks to glass frames, extensive wear, toning and losses to the
textile fragments). [lot]
31 7/8 x 17 3/4in (81 x 45cm) the largest frame

US$1,000 - 1,500

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